There are several industry blogs I check out at least once a week. One of them is Redlines and Deadlines, an Ellora’s Cave/Cerridwen Press editor blog. One of their recent posts really caught my attention. Allow me a bit of buildup before I explain…
With so many epublishers failing in the past year or two, the author outcry has been intense, to say the least. I’ve read everything from “epublishers should be avoided at all costs” to “NY is the only true publisher.” This recent one made the red-head in me turn feral. Excuse me? I’ve kept my peace. I’ve been polite, but the ONLY TRUE publisher?
Last time I checked, New York was both a state and a city, NOT a publishing god. Yes, some of the largest publishing houses in the world are HOUSED in the city. But come on people! With the internet age of publishing, it’s easier (and less expensive!) for publishers, agents, etc to live somewhere other than NY. It’s far more cost effective. If your goal is NY, I’m rooting for you, but don’t stomp on everyone around you to get there. But I digress. Little rant over…
Raelene Gorlinsky put the epublishing world in perspective, from a business point of view. (Finally! Thank you Raelene for LOGIC over emotion!!) For those who are nervous and wondering if epublishers should be avoided at all costs, read this first. Writing is a business. Before you choose a publishing venue, do your research. No one else is going to do it for you. Let me say that again. NO ONE IS GOING TO DO IT FOR YOU. There are hundreds of online resources out there to HELP you make the right choices.
My favorite part of her article?
I don’t believe that epubs fail in any higher percentage than businesses overall. So please quit it with the nay-saying about epublishers. Focus on those of us who are doing it right, surviving and succeeding, rather than trying to make the world see only the ones that don’t make it.
Truer words were never written.
