If you have a manuscript is it better to get an agent and try to entice the big guys first, and then try the little fish? Or is it better to go straight for the small press and hope for the best?
In your opinion, does being published with an independent publishing house enhance an authors street cred, or just make you think they couldn't hack it in the big time? From a publishing standpoint does a CV of small press novels make you look more or less successful to the larger publishers?
Have you ever purchased a small press book? If so, was the quality of the writing any better or worse than a writer from the big leagues? Was the quality of the book as a material good any better or worse than a product of the professional publisher?
In general: what are your thoughts on publishing with a small or independent publishing house?
Ayden Bennett
i self-published because im shy he he :)
Benjamin Turner
In the case of translated literature even quite celebrated authors are often on small publishers. Don't really know how it is with originals, but I don't think I have ever given any thought to who the publisher is when deciding whether to read a book.
Lucas Reyes
I really wish you'd inverted that image horizontally. It's... It's driving me nuts, man.
Nolan Parker
Why?
Wyatt Brown
The hat, man. The party hat!
Angel Butler
Unless you are an indigenous lesbian living in the far northwest, or a good rat fresh off making up (i.e plagiarizing) your life story, you're fucked with just about any publisher. Amazon self publishing is the only way to go for "the rest of us."
>celebrate diversity
Ethan White
this must be why I browse and browse barnes and noble and can't find any books by white men, I even check amazon but none have been published this year :(
Jaxon Hill
The book industry is a giant fucking SJW mess. This is a byproduct of the fact that only women read books in our modern society. Men are too busy fucking paying for everyone else's way.
