Thank you Anastasia for an honest look at what happens. As an indie press author (Elixir Press, 2019: The Wolf Tone) I feel you are spot on with all this info. In my case, I'd mention I paid heftily for a publicist and still didn't get many reviews (next to none). In regards to the "game" you mention playing with indie booksellers (whom I adore and support and inside which I have worked for many years in the past), A small press author can ask, even beg, them to carry your title and they can and will say no. Because your small Indie press is not distributed by Ingram, the behemoth book distributor analogous to Amazon, the small shops don't get the same discounts with small in distributors like SPD (Small press Distributors) and so don't order from there. Not even Bookshop.org. So yes, we small press authors do need Amazon, Fuck and alas.
Just FYI: I work with my authors at least a month or more after their pub date! Not all of us publicists end services on the pub date. I also incorporate marketing into my proposals--some of us do, some don't, but always ask!
Interesting read! Reiterates how everything in writing is a marathon and not a sprint
Great article, thank you.
Thank you Anastasia for an honest look at what happens. As an indie press author (Elixir Press, 2019: The Wolf Tone) I feel you are spot on with all this info. In my case, I'd mention I paid heftily for a publicist and still didn't get many reviews (next to none). In regards to the "game" you mention playing with indie booksellers (whom I adore and support and inside which I have worked for many years in the past), A small press author can ask, even beg, them to carry your title and they can and will say no. Because your small Indie press is not distributed by Ingram, the behemoth book distributor analogous to Amazon, the small shops don't get the same discounts with small in distributors like SPD (Small press Distributors) and so don't order from there. Not even Bookshop.org. So yes, we small press authors do need Amazon, Fuck and alas.
Good article.
Great article, thanks!
RE: Two years. Shouldn't us old folks get a handicap? You know, just in case... :-)
Just FYI: I work with my authors at least a month or more after their pub date! Not all of us publicists end services on the pub date. I also incorporate marketing into my proposals--some of us do, some don't, but always ask!