I've been self-publishing for a while now. I've published five books on Amazon Kindle, the sixth one is around the corner, and I'm about to finish the manuscript for the seventh. After that I'm going to start a new series, and I'm wondering whether to use that as an opportunity to stop this whole indie business.
I've tried basically everything an indie is urged to do. NOTHING I have tried spending money on has had the slightest effect on my sales. I'm seeing a very mild uptick after I started frequenting Reddit's Fantasy page last summer, but I'm still far from being a success.
I went indie precisely because I was utterly sick of query letter hell, but I know basically nothing about the whole agent business. What can I expect if I go looking? Will having several books already out, and positively reviewed, help? Would it help more or less in just going straight to publishers again?
I've tried basically everything an indie is urged to do. NOTHING I have tried spending money on has had the slightest effect on my sales. I'm seeing a very mild uptick after I started frequenting Reddit's Fantasy page last summer, but I'm still far from being a success.
I went indie precisely because I was utterly sick of query letter hell, but I know basically nothing about the whole agent business. What can I expect if I go looking? Will having several books already out, and positively reviewed, help? Would it help more or less in just going straight to publishers again?