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I attended a writer's conference this weekend where the main speaker was a a gentleman who is both an author and the acquisitions person for a traditional print publisher.
He commented that an author's nonfic manuscript is a perfect fit for an e-book if traditional publishers have said the manuscript is a good idea with potential but the market is too narrow (which is exactly the feedback I am getting from both agents and a few publishers).
I am not foolish enough to think that my manuscript will be the next huge bestseller, but, if I do go in the e-book direction and it does sell well, what do traditional publishers think about a book being an e-book first? I have heard of self-pubbed books that do well enough that a traditional publisher picks it up, but what about for e-books?
He commented that an author's nonfic manuscript is a perfect fit for an e-book if traditional publishers have said the manuscript is a good idea with potential but the market is too narrow (which is exactly the feedback I am getting from both agents and a few publishers).
I am not foolish enough to think that my manuscript will be the next huge bestseller, but, if I do go in the e-book direction and it does sell well, what do traditional publishers think about a book being an e-book first? I have heard of self-pubbed books that do well enough that a traditional publisher picks it up, but what about for e-books?