After putting out several successful books with a Big 6 publisher, I just signed my first contract with a fairly new indie publisher. It was for a lot less money, obviously, but the book bends genres and therefore was passed up by the larger publishers. I'd self-published before, to less-than-spectacular results, so I thought I'd give indie a try, rather than tossing my book under the bed.
My next book is more commercial and my agent is going to try for larger publisher again. I'm concerned that it might be harder, though, with my last book being indie-published.
Conventional wisdom states that you start small and go bigger. Does anyone have any thoughts about moving to an Indie after being published traditionally? Can one successfully move back and forth between the two? In the end, is a good track record of sales all that matters?
My next book is more commercial and my agent is going to try for larger publisher again. I'm concerned that it might be harder, though, with my last book being indie-published.
Conventional wisdom states that you start small and go bigger. Does anyone have any thoughts about moving to an Indie after being published traditionally? Can one successfully move back and forth between the two? In the end, is a good track record of sales all that matters?
