Comments on: For those who’ve Self-published, what have been the Pros and Cons? https://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/for-those-whove-self-published-what-have-been-the-pros-and-cons/ Nonfiction Authors & Writers Group Membership Community Wed, 05 Apr 2023 21:16:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Wendy https://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/for-those-whove-self-published-what-have-been-the-pros-and-cons/#comment-48623 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 21:10:48 +0000 https://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/?p=24997#comment-48623 I tried to interest a publisher in my The Boat That Saved an Industry, but even though an editor liked the book, he declined to work with me for lack of a platform/interest in chasing all over the place for a sale. the previous book in the series, Five Theories on the Fitz, I published PoD on Amazon. I tried to enter a contest dedicated to Great Lakes authors and/or subjects, but they barred “vanity” publishers–which they used to refer to ANY non-traditionally published book–because they wanted “to encourage those writers that perservere in submitting their publication to publishers.”

So, pros: Self-publishing allows me to get a book up and (hopefully) making money as soon as I decide it’s finished.
Cons: There are awards and marketing opportunities that are STILL using the label “self-published” to reject books out of hand.

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