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Originally Posted by DMatusik  OK - but I'm not sure there's parity between those 2 groups with respect to the decision to self-publish. |
No, it's not exactly the same, but some of the issues are the same. The industry is changing and we have to change with it. There are some books I very much want to write that I'm ninety percent sure I won't be able to sell to a publisher, but I think I need to get them out of my system. So I am considering self-publishing for those, as well as a couple of backlist titles. It will depend on how well the reprints do, whether I can afford to do it at all.
And this is why I've been giving a lot of thought, lately, to what works and doesn't work in the way of self-promotion. Fortunately, I've had three years here to observe some who have made it work (most notably Mark Robson) and some who didn't.