tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post7721165974423199318..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Do You Want an Agent and Publisher? – Chris LongmuirKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-45339330010460111872013-05-19T20:35:25.108+01:002013-05-19T20:35:25.108+01:00yes, spot on. Apart from ebooks the writer can do ...yes, spot on. Apart from ebooks the writer can do paperbacks with Create Space - anyone found this a good method of going indie? Be good to hear from a few who've used this route as well as ebooks. Small presses are great too. And although I spend a lot of energy attempting to market my work, I've heard the big publishers do naff all PR any more so you still have to do it yourself, or get dropped for duff sales for which you'll be blamed even though they did nothing to tell the world the book existed. So even in the marketing sphere, going indie might be the best bet. Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-90292293448170635792013-05-19T16:23:38.665+01:002013-05-19T16:23:38.665+01:00Spot on Chris!Spot on Chris!madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-10804889766589452912013-05-19T14:04:01.233+01:002013-05-19T14:04:01.233+01:00Excellent summary of the issues, Chris. Sometimes ...Excellent summary of the issues, Chris. Sometimes the whole industry seems incomprehensible to me. Have a read of this painful series of posts if you can bear to! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rex-pickett/ A whole other can of worms - involving the amazing fact that even when they have a sure fire hit on their hands, they don't always exploit it. And perhaps most distressing of all are the comments which say 'why is he complaining? He should be thankful for what he has.' Well, he's worked hard for what he has, and what they can't see is that he is simply gobsmacked by the sheer inefficiency. Years ago I did a dramatization of Ben Hur for radio. It had Jamie Glover, Sam West, Michael Gambon and many others. It was a beautifully produced and popular production and you'd have thought it was a dead cert for release on CD. They turned it down. I never found out why. I remember my agent's incredulity though. Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-34366015628625094992013-05-19T10:57:30.997+01:002013-05-19T10:57:30.997+01:00Spot on, Chris. I was naive enough to be surprised...Spot on, Chris. I was naive enough to be surprised, 10 tears or so ago, when my then agent told me it was useless telling publishers that I'd already been published in hardback because they wouldn't say 'Were the books any good?' but 'How well did they sell?' And since they were by a then newbie novelist and cost 16 quid in hardback, the unsurprising answer was 'Not very well'. I've never regretted going solo.<br /><br />(BTW, I did notice the 'tears' typo but I left it there deliberately.)Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.com