Comments on: “Exactly What Does It Take to Get a Book Published?” http://www.yourbookpublishingcoach.com/exactly-what-does-it-take-to-get-a-book-published/ Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:40:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Diane http://www.yourbookpublishingcoach.com/exactly-what-does-it-take-to-get-a-book-published/comment-page-1/#comment-39890 Diane Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:24:24 +0000 http://www.yourbookpublishingcoach.com/?p=1309#comment-39890 Thanks so much for adding a lot to the discussion, Betsey. You're a great example of the kinds of comments one should make on blogs--relevant, intelligent, and worth reading. Really appreciate you! Hope all your publishing dreams come true. :-) Thanks so much for adding a lot to the discussion, Betsey.

You’re a great example of the kinds of comments one should make on blogs–relevant, intelligent, and worth reading. Really appreciate you!

Hope all your publishing dreams come true. :-)

]]> By: Betsy Gordon http://www.yourbookpublishingcoach.com/exactly-what-does-it-take-to-get-a-book-published/comment-page-1/#comment-39880 Betsy Gordon Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:51:40 +0000 http://www.yourbookpublishingcoach.com/?p=1309#comment-39880 That "massive sea change" you mention in the publishing business is even more massive than I had realized. I recently read an article in "The Economist" that quoted a survey by Publisher's Weekly. According to the survey, somewhere around 73% of all the books published (I assume in the US -- it wasn't specified) in 2009 were "self-published," and only the remaining 27% were produced by traditional publishers! I was astonished by that statistic. The term "self-publishing" in the article was used to include many, if not all, of the "alternative ways of getting published" that you mention, Diane. The Internet has made it possible for people who have dreamed of publishing a book to do so, even without that all-important "author platform" of followers. A first-time author can get assistance in editing, formatting, designing, and everything else that goes into publishing a book from professionals -- like you -- by looking around the Internet. Unfortunately, that 73% of books published in non-traditional ways is not completely made up of high-quality works that would be of interest to a traditional publisher, or that would be likely to attract a "platform." Writers who choose this route don't have the automatic benefit of a staff editor or designer to help improve their books. Articles like those you offer go a long way toward educating the aspiring author in what's necessary for a book to be a good one. Thanks for your help! That “massive sea change” you mention in the publishing business is even more massive than I had realized. I recently read an article in “The Economist” that quoted a survey by Publisher’s Weekly. According to the survey, somewhere around 73% of all the books published (I assume in the US — it wasn’t specified) in 2009 were “self-published,” and only the remaining 27% were produced by traditional publishers! I was astonished by that statistic.

The term “self-publishing” in the article was used to include many, if not all, of the “alternative ways of getting published” that you mention, Diane. The Internet has made it possible for people who have dreamed of publishing a book to do so, even without that all-important “author platform” of followers. A first-time author can get assistance in editing, formatting, designing, and everything else that goes into publishing a book from professionals — like you — by looking around the Internet.

Unfortunately, that 73% of books published in non-traditional ways is not completely made up of high-quality works that would be of interest to a traditional publisher, or that would be likely to attract a “platform.” Writers who choose this route don’t have the automatic benefit of a staff editor or designer to help improve their books. Articles like those you offer go a long way toward educating the aspiring author in what’s necessary for a book to be a good one. Thanks for your help!

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