tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post8658397816988154405..comments2024-02-20T15:12:28.660-08:00Comments on A Time-Travelling Apocalypse: Chronic Self-Publishing Syndrome. Graham Clementshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-67328775803859068012013-07-18T13:31:43.946-07:002013-07-18T13:31:43.946-07:00A great article Graham. I am sure you are right a...A great article Graham. I am sure you are right about the authors responding being towards the upper end of the earning scale. It sounds like if you really want to earn money you need to write all day and promote all night or the other way round.Guy Portmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02763290613296361500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-29042748389780288972013-07-13T15:32:18.847-07:002013-07-13T15:32:18.847-07:00Okay, there are a lot of things you can do with st...Okay, there are a <b>lot</b> of things you can do with statistics. I would ask whether the authors who pay editors earn more as a result, or have they earned more, therefore they are able to afford to engage an editor. The chicken, or the . . . well . . . You know.mistertrainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06908806266880517883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-72362791626118937442013-07-12T23:06:56.577-07:002013-07-12T23:06:56.577-07:00Karen,
Having just finished reading your sequel t...Karen,<br /><br />Having just finished reading your sequel to Me and Her, Me and Him, I, like your husband Steve, have no doubts about your determination to be successful. Hopefully one day I will come close to matching your efforts.<br /> Graham Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-81019662891006159832013-07-12T23:03:32.189-07:002013-07-12T23:03:32.189-07:00Hi Anthony,
I am not gearing up to self-publish....Hi Anthony, <br /><br />I am not gearing up to self-publish. At the moment I am gearing up to actually finish re-editing something I have written before sending it out to traditional publishers. I am just curious where the publishing industry is heading.<br /><br />Graham Storrs, who sometimes visits my blog, is one Aussie who has had some success with his ebook Timesplash - he said in a blog a while ago that he was making some decent money from it. He has since been picked up by Harper Collins or a sub of it.Graham Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-75324985331336162232013-07-12T03:51:02.816-07:002013-07-12T03:51:02.816-07:00hi Graham,
Very interesting article indeed. I'...hi Graham, <br />Very interesting article indeed. I'm an Australian indie-published author learning how to diversify my business as an author-speaker. I write non-fiction and fiction books,in ebook and print. I also write for magazines. I deliver writing and mental health workshops and gigs as a motivational speaker. Its hard work juggling all those balls BUT I'm determined to be a success... Karen Tyrrell :) http://www.karentyrrell.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07162076453358595918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-6457605505291638562013-07-12T03:04:40.079-07:002013-07-12T03:04:40.079-07:00Dead over the keyboard - it just may be!
Very goo...Dead over the keyboard - it just may be!<br /><br />Very good article Graham and well researched.<br /><br />I think you made a good observation right at the beginning, that the authors had been invited to participate. I would argue that most make very little indeed, particularly in Australia, though it shouldn't matter, but I still feel that somehow, corporations like Google and Amazon skew their promotions towards US authors through things like search algorithms.<br />I could be wrong but I just don't see Australian authors earning anywhere near that amount. <br /><br />Are you gearing up for self-publishing? <br />I have next to no experience with the e-book world, so really, I have no opinion based on experience.<br /><br />As for word count, well, when I was writing my novels, before my daughter was born and before burnout, I was probably writing about 1,000 a day. But after that first draft I would write nothing as I spent 3/4 of the overall time on a novel in the editing and re-drafting stages. <br />Especially now as you say, much time is required to promote, even if youre not self-published. I wouldnt take too much stock on word counts and simply work the way you like to work. I hand wrote my first drafts anyway so I never counted. It was more about being satisfied with a day's work.<br /><br />These days, I write very little. One day, when I'm not so busy being a parent etc I will return to novels.Anthony J. Langfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02027216695415849158noreply@blogger.com