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chelereynolds | March 30, 2009 08:00 PM | in Books & Authors | via Twitter | about Self Publishing

Which is better self publishing or using a agent/publishing house? Recommendations welcome!

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drmatt | March 30, 2009 08:32 PM | view on twitter

I think self-publishing is better... It's much more difficult to get a publisher and you probably make just as much money (little to none).

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Self published my book: A Practical Guide to Healing By Remembering Your Past And Future Lives.

http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Guide-Healing-Remembering-Future/dp/0595427...

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paulgrostad | March 30, 2009 08:33 PM | view on twitter

While I am not a writer myself, and don't know very much about the publishing industry in particular, I am fairly certain that the old model of agents/publishers will be a costly experience for almost any writer starting up today. The old media houses are dying, and I think its a very bad idea to attach yourself to any of them. If your product is good and you advertise it smart, it will sell. Maybe not so much in brick and mortar stores (if at all), but certainly on Amazon, Audible, Itunes store etc

Good Luck!

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angelaenglund | April 01, 2009 01:09 AM | view on twitter

It depends.

A publishing house will do a lot of the hard work of marketing for you and there are some things you may have to change that you might not want to.

Self publishing (such as through Lulu.com) means you're doing everything yourself. And I do mean everything. The trade off here is that you have complete freedom.

So it depends on what exactly you want and don't want, your time, how hard you can work, etc.

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