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"Baby, the bogeyman is coming," parents tell their children. This is the same tone used by some players in the publishing industry with self-publishing books. For many it is the candy at the door of a school, but this candy is totally healthy and recommendable if it is well managed, although it is true that you have to be careful.
Self-publishing is full of myths surrounding it. There is an urban legend surrounding this form of publishing. We think that self-publishing has its advantages and disadvantages for the author, but unless you are not a very well known author, the advantages are much more important and a way with the same possibilities as traditional publishing to someday be a prestigious writer who can publish a book that reaches the bestseller lists.
Let's try to debunk the myths of self-publishing:
Poor quality of works
There are good self-published books and others that are not so good, just as in traditional publishing. In fact we can ask a question: What is a good book? Publishers are committed to quality self-publishing with style reviews and suggestions to the author, with professional typesetters and illustrators to try to guarantee the quality of the works.
Self-published books are full of spelling mistakes
There may be self-publishing platforms that publish manuscripts automatically as they are received from the author, but most publishers pay special attention to proofreading, dedicate time to it, or partner with different services like a college paper writing service Paperhelp. You can contact such services directly as a client if you need to proofread your work for grammatical errors. Especially after reading some of the paperhelp.org prices review, you will realize that it is a very affordable and budget-friendly service.
Self-published books do not sell
The literary panorama has changed and has put self-published books on an equal footing with conventionally published books in the market. Internet sales, social networks, literary blogs and means such as print-on-demand have made these books available to everyone, and self-published books are also among the best sellers. In our case, we have sold more than 500 copies in a single presentation and numerous reprints have followed this.
Self-publishing involves a large initial investment for the author
It is also a mistake. It is true that you have to put some money for the first print run, but that has been minimized, in the case of our publishing house there are no minimum amounts for the first printing, the first budget is adjusted to your pocket and the initial investment is always recovered quickly.
If you run out of copies you have to invest again to sell more
Another important mistake, first of all because if the author orders more copies the cost of layout, proofreading, design and marketing is already paid for and only the printing would be paid for, but you can also continue to work with print on demand, you sell a book and print it when the order is produced without having to invest anything.
Far from the myths: Advantages of self-publishing
In addition to the above myths being wrong, self-publishing has a number of advantages over traditional publishing:
Higher percentage of profits. The royalty percentage with a conventional publishing house for the author does not exceed 10%, with self-publishing it will be marked by what the author himself wants depending on the price he sets for the work, we are always talking about much higher margins.
Intermediaries disappear. The figure of the literary agent or the conventional distributor may cease to exist and also their share of the profit from the sale.
Absolute control of the final product by the author. A product will be created based on their tastes and needs.
More targeted distribution. It avoids the distribution of books that are lost control of and that are left gathering dust in warehouses.
Speed. The self-publishing process shortens deadlines compared to traditional publishing, both in terms of publication and profit sharing.
Online sales. As we have said before, the possibility of online sales has opened up a universal dimension to the self-published book, which can be found in any large chain of bookstores through this channel.
Your book will never go out of print. Self-publishing allows the print-on-demand formula, which means that it is in an inexhaustible catalog, it will always be a living title even if time goes by.
You will be able to withdraw your book from the market whenever you want. You may decide at some point to withdraw your book from the market for any reason. This is possible with self-publishing, since you control the process without intermediaries.
Greater transparency. Although conventional publishers offer numbers to their authors, they do so every long periods of time, self-publishing minimizes these periods, the author is informed of the sales that occur and makes the process much more transparent.
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