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So with the shocking news from Samhain today, and the not-as-shocking-but-way-messier news that I anticipate from EC as soon as they stop being pigheaded and admit what's happening...
Does it still make sense for romance authors to publish with small houses? Is it just a question of spreading your eggs out into a lot of baskets? Do the Big 5 start to look more stable and therefore appealing, or is self-publishing the way of the future? Is self-publishing just a way of setting ourselves up for another issue down the road, when Amazon stops being so "generous" with its authors and we turn around to find there are no other options?
What are you guys thinking/planning?
For myself? I'm definitely trying to get my eggs into different baskets. Diversifying as much as I can. I got my first Big 5 deals last year (Berkley/Penguin), but sales haven't been good, so I'm not sure if that opportunity is going to come again anytime soon. I'm self-publishing, but not finding that my sales are as good as they are with good small publishers (like Dreamspinner, Riptide, and, sigh, Samhain). And I really don't want to be a publisher--I just want to be a writer. But who can I write for?
Anyone else got plans?
Does it still make sense for romance authors to publish with small houses? Is it just a question of spreading your eggs out into a lot of baskets? Do the Big 5 start to look more stable and therefore appealing, or is self-publishing the way of the future? Is self-publishing just a way of setting ourselves up for another issue down the road, when Amazon stops being so "generous" with its authors and we turn around to find there are no other options?
What are you guys thinking/planning?
For myself? I'm definitely trying to get my eggs into different baskets. Diversifying as much as I can. I got my first Big 5 deals last year (Berkley/Penguin), but sales haven't been good, so I'm not sure if that opportunity is going to come again anytime soon. I'm self-publishing, but not finding that my sales are as good as they are with good small publishers (like Dreamspinner, Riptide, and, sigh, Samhain). And I really don't want to be a publisher--I just want to be a writer. But who can I write for?
Anyone else got plans?