Comments on: Paths to Publication: The Small Publisher https://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/05/paths-to-publication-the-small-publisher/ A Blog On Writing Sun, 02 Feb 2025 06:41:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Kate Moretti https://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/05/paths-to-publication-the-small-publisher/#comment-84894 Tue, 02 Jun 2015 01:44:45 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=19987#comment-84894 In reply to lorihenriksen.

I think rejection is possible, even likely, at any stage of the game. Never easy, never fun, but it's part of it, I agree! Good luck to you!

]]> By: Kate Moretti https://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/05/paths-to-publication-the-small-publisher/#comment-84891 Tue, 02 Jun 2015 01:40:15 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=19987#comment-84891 In reply to Patricia Yager Delagrange.

Good luck with your release, Patricia! Hope it flies off the shelves! 🙂

]]> By: Kate Moretti https://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/05/paths-to-publication-the-small-publisher/#comment-84888 Tue, 02 Jun 2015 01:37:43 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=19987#comment-84888 In reply to anemulligan.

Great info, thanks for sharing!

]]> By: Kate Moretti https://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/05/paths-to-publication-the-small-publisher/#comment-84885 Tue, 02 Jun 2015 01:35:23 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=19987#comment-84885 In reply to 50at70.

I think rejection is part of the game no matter what for 99% of people. I've been lucky, BUT, my agent submitted my newest manuscript to over 40 large publishers and I got about 30 rejections. So, even though I consider myself "lucky" I've been rejected over 30 times. It's all part of it, I think! Good luck!

]]> By: Kate Moretti https://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/05/paths-to-publication-the-small-publisher/#comment-84882 Tue, 02 Jun 2015 01:33:49 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=19987#comment-84882 In reply to Fae Rowen.

Glad to be of help, Fae!

]]> By: Kate Moretti https://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/05/paths-to-publication-the-small-publisher/#comment-84879 Tue, 02 Jun 2015 01:30:47 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=19987#comment-84879 In reply to Mary.

Good luck to you Mary!! Hope for good news! xoxox

]]> By: Kate Moretti https://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/05/paths-to-publication-the-small-publisher/#comment-84876 Tue, 02 Jun 2015 01:26:09 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=19987#comment-84876 In reply to cerrissakim.

Luck is definitely a factor and yes, I got lucky with the agent rejections! Mostly I wanted everyone to see that there are a ton of ways to get into the publishing game and no matter who you talk to or what you read, there's no "wrong" way. UNLESS you're giving someone money to publish your book. Don't do that! 🙂

]]> By: Patricia Yager Delagrange https://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/05/paths-to-publication-the-small-publisher/#comment-84663 Sun, 31 May 2015 20:03:28 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=19987#comment-84663 In reply to anemulligan.

I am using Ask David right now as well and feel that for a mere $10, it can't hurt to try and see if the tweets can help me out. Why not?

]]> By: Anne Parent https://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/05/paths-to-publication-the-small-publisher/#comment-84642 Sun, 31 May 2015 18:06:03 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=19987#comment-84642 Your information on a small press has made me rethink what I want to do with my novel. I'm in the final revision stage and I'm beginning to look at agents and publishing houses. Although my dream has been to find and an agent who can get me seen by one of the big 5, I'm now thinking I want to look at small presses, too. I guess I'm trying to move back into reality. Thanks!

]]> By: Patricia Yager Delagrange https://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/05/paths-to-publication-the-small-publisher/#comment-84633 Sun, 31 May 2015 15:58:15 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=19987#comment-84633 What a GREAT post and really in truly, one of a kind because I haven't read one like it before. I've read indie versus traditional but not much about small presses. My first book was pubbed by a small press but I was new, they were new, and marketing was fairly non-existent. Hence, the sales were abominable and ultimately they folded this year. So I went to another small press. I could line my entire house with the rejection letters I've received from agents on my books. So I bumped into Ravenswood Publishing and my book comes out tomorrow. Long story short, I agree with all your points. I had to pay for my own editing but I always have my books professionally edited before I send them out to agents anyway, so my cost was minimal. I didn't have to pay for cover art or formatting and Ravenswood does a good amount of promo. Of course, as Laura Drake said, an author still has to do a LOT of their own marketing with a big or a small press. That is totally true. I've been doing that heavily for the last month. After tomorrow I'll see what a difference all of it makes for my second book.
Thank you so much for your post.

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