Yes, Self Publishing
thrives! In spite of its beer bubbles in publishing's wine tasting room.
Four years ago I wrote “Publishing’s Death Knell Premature" (01/01/09), about the redheaded stepchild
of the book industry: Self Publishing. Of course, I’m using the term “self
publishing” as the masses do – ANY form of publishing that is not through a
traditional publisher.
I know, I know, that
is not correct – have you tried
changing public perception lately? (Click here
if you want to know the difference between forms of publishing.)
So, let’s pretend
this is January 1, 2013 again – seriously, I meant to write this then – after
four years we can attest that the industry has indeed, changed. Not news. But
the stagnation of self publishing’s image is.
After four long,
recessionary years in which self publishing has exploded, unlike other
industries, a recent journalist’s query requested to connect with “authors who have not yet been
signed to a publisher,” still assuming
all authors have the desire to sell their souls to a traditional publisher. I nearly
choked on my coffee (OK, it may have been beer … don’t recall what time of the
day).
