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I that case, why do established authors do deals with publishers?

• maccard 12y ago
  When they weren't established authors, they signed deals for the next X books to be with said publisher. Another is that an established author may sell X copies at 15.00/copy, or Y copies at 25.00/copy (but only take 7.00 of the 25). If I'm an author, and my passion is writing, not marketing, if X15 < y7, or even anywhere close to equal, then it makes sense to go with the publisher, so you can spend more time writing
  • gdilla 12y ago
    Exactly. I work in publishing and I often wondered why established authors don't just self publish. The answer: not all authors are Tim Ferris. They love having a staff cater to them, market their books, and editorial help. They are not really entrepreneurs like Ferris. They don't want to do too much more than write or whatever else they do (many authors are celebrities in other fields and are busy doing that, like most chefs on the food network).
• jarcane 12y ago
  Because for an established author, an advance can be really big, and also because not every author actually wants to deal with the work described above. I know I sure as hell didn't, but in my case and my market at the time there just wasn't any other choice.