Courtesy of Publishing Perspectives.
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Ilona
Human, female, mother, wife, friend of people who are much cooler, owner of dogs, writer of books featuring chicks with swords and monsters who love them.
Author of bestselling urban fantasy Kate Daniels series
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MJ is right on with this. If Big Publisher expects us to shoulder half of the burden (and cost) for marketing & promotion, there should be some compensation for that time/effort/dollars spent. It is more of a partnership every day and should reflect that.
Congrats on the awesome article about you and Gordon in Romantic Times. Definite thumbs up!
Does this reduce publishers’ gatekeeping powers? If I’m going to bust my hump to sell my own books, then vanity publishing looks a little less unattractive. Online publishing should also serve to reduce the need for big publishing houses, if they’re not going to handle the PR.