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Username: Troy
Post Number: 941
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 | | Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 03:54 pm: | |
Quickly;
1 - Readers want good books
2 - Sellers need to generate profit
ANYTHING that addresses these issues favorably for the BOTH the reader and the seller is an optimal and sustainable practice, technique, or activity over the long term.
Readers don't not care if the book was published by Randomhouse or "Joe Neck-Bone's Publishers" by way of an I-Universe.
The problem with this method of publishing is distribution, returns, difficulty of getting a review, and all of the other obstacles that the self published author has to deal with. The hampers the ability to profit and therefore make this method of publishing less attractive.
Note this is not a reflection on the iUniverses of the world but the method of publishing chosing by those typically least prepared for publishing.
The more knowledgeable you are about publishing the better your odds are at profitting from the benefits offered going the iUniverse route.
If you know nothing about publishing and have written a bad book. iUniiverse will still take your money, but your odds of profiting are zilch.
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