To compete with the big boys, you need to bring money. Or have skills that include graphic design and marketing. Or have friends that do. Because to be taken seriously, you have to treat independent publishing as a business. A business that demands respect and recognition.
According to the discussions reported by Publisher’s Weekly at the recent Nebula Awards, it was suggested that authors budget $4-6K for their book design and marketing. This was part of a discussion about the business of independent, or self-, publishing by people who belonged to an organization that bans self-published authors from membership.
The SciFi/Fantasy community is struggling with what the Romance Writers and Mystery Writers organizations have been debating for years.
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