tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987498151721871849.post1977215044407057362..comments2020-02-03T18:33:09.686-08:00Comments on Musings and News: Carole Bellacerahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11233116846891654970noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987498151721871849.post-61576277855578276882012-09-27T05:22:15.236-07:002012-09-27T05:22:15.236-07:00This is one of the many reasons I decided to e-pub...This is one of the many reasons I decided to e-publish only. I didn't want to deal with bookstores, but rather directly with readers.<br /><br />The "paper people" are still entrenched in the old way of thinking.<br /><br />Keep plugging away. Wishing you the best!Chicki Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01866110558880351017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987498151721871849.post-82889551530065453292012-09-26T12:54:24.784-07:002012-09-26T12:54:24.784-07:00Hi Carole,
Glad to see you back at it so hard and ...Hi Carole,<br />Glad to see you back at it so hard and heavy; happy I could turn you on to this new self-publishing world when it seemed to me you had almost given up. That would have been sad as I loved Lily of the Springs and thrilled that I was one of the first to get to read it. I know a few other traditionally published authors who have lost their agents and publishers and still thumb their nose at self-publishing and won't even talk about it anywhere on line just in case a publisher they might in the future sign with sees it; they think that a public interview on someone's blog will shoot them self in the foot. <br /><br />If I owned a bookstore, I'd definitely read and nominate it for a SIBA and I wish you luck and that it wins. You will have to keep posted. We've come a long way from our writing days in Hawaii and I'm glad we were able to get in touch again.<br /><br />JacqueJacquelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06037261003957874781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987498151721871849.post-2213718228678866242012-09-26T12:18:24.054-07:002012-09-26T12:18:24.054-07:00I think that the indie bookstores will shortly wak...I think that the indie bookstores will shortly wake up to the fact that indie authors and especially indie authors who are resident local or who set their stories in a local setting are what they want and need to bring people into their stores. by-stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01506419859017213976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987498151721871849.post-39296005945111943502012-09-26T10:35:37.845-07:002012-09-26T10:35:37.845-07:00In so many respects this really is the best of tim...In so many respects this really is the best of times and the worst of times to be an author. Unfortunately self-publishing has a long way to go before no one bats an eye how a book arrives in print. I was watching <i>BBC Breakfast</i> this morning and a musician was on talking about an album he had released on his own label and no one batted an eye. He had self-published but that’s okay if you’re a musician; it’s even a bit cool. There are simply too many books coming out at the moment and the traditional publishers aren’t helping matters by pressuring their authors to bring out more than one book a year. Just be grateful you’re not a self-published literary novelist. We get looked down on by everyone. At least that’s how I feel at the moment. My fellow Indies—the vast majority of which write genre novels (and only review genre novels)—think me snobby whereas the traditionally-published authors—who are happy for me to review their books at length—shy clear of me when I ask them nicely if they might be willing to return the favour. It’s a tough old life.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.com