Self-Publishing Part 6: The Judgement
We will not move the project until we hear from you in order to make sure we have the correct version.
Committed—Self-publishing Part 5: Last Stop Before the judgement
Next edit is the final stop before the reading that will either recommend the book to the Editorial Board for acceptance into the Special Recognitions program with an Editor’s Choice designation—or not.
Going it Mostly Alone: the Publishing Path of A Perfect Blindness
ended by suggesting a ‘book doctor’.
Going it Mostly Alone: the Publishing Path of A Perfect Blindness
I was burned out on it. I had several other ideas I wanted to move on to.
Going it Mostly Alone: the Publishing Path of A Perfect Blindness
this forces a gut check: a clear eyed evaluation of the writer’s true commitment and the book’s realistic possibilities of selling enough copies to, at least, break even.
Going it Mostly Alone: the Publishing Path of A Perfect Blindness
Then, I got a humbling summary evaluation of my manuscript:
Going it Mostly Alone: the Publishing Path of A Perfect Blindness
I had a simple choice: stick to my artistic guns and refuse to remove the subterfuge and find another publisher, or revise
Going it Mostly Alone: The Path to Print of A Perfect Blindness
if they can’t print the book because of this, they can keep my deposit and we’ll go our separate ways.
Going it Mostly Alone: self-publishing A Perfect Blindness
my contact at iUniverse had understood my position well enough after our call to not have wasted my time even offering them.
Changing my mind about Self-publishing Part 4: intake to the alternate Publishing Path
Things get more serious: Money becomes involved
