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I’m sure the authors would also love to release their work together but, again, this is a gate on the publishers side. The publisher is the one that refuses to
by SamoyedFurFluff 5y ago
I’m sure the authors would also love to release their work together but, again, this is a gate on the publishers side. The publisher is the one that refuses to invest in authors, resulting in situations where authors who could write amazing trilogies and multi book series are gated or dropped too early before their careers can really take off. Writing a stand-alone is different skill than writing a series.
- falcolas 5y agoAuthors are, in this day and age, no longer bound to their publishers. Self publishing is both easy and widely practiced. Perhaps not ironically, my current favorite authors (Forthright, Travis Baldree, Honor Raconteur) do not go through traditional publishers. They also don't drop series in the middle of the story because of market forces.
- SamoyedFurFluff 5y ago> Self publishing is both easy Self publishing is not at all easy. It’s a completely different thing with very different necessary skills to succeed. An author may not have the skills nor time necessary to successfully self publish. (Off the top of my head- just keeping track of sales/sale trends, reaching out to booksellers, organizing your own marketing campaign, editor, cover art, rights management, etc.)
- falcolas 5y agoFWIW, most of the books published today have been self published. The books handled by publishers are just the tip of the iceberg. As for those skills - these are skills common to every entrepreneur, including authors who work with publishers (they still need to do their own promotions and market research - they are the ones who propose new series to the publishers, after all).