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23:30:15 -0000 From: "Richard Moore" <
moorich@aol.com> To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re:
Mercenary Questions
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Rob Kantner"
<rob@...> wrote:
> >
>
> > I published some detective novels back in the
80s and 90s, and have
> > published mystery and non-mystery short fiction
in magazines and on
> > line for 25 years. The book sales were barely
marginal and since the
> > last contract ran out I have had, despite a lot
of effort, zero
> > success in publication. In the eyes of agents
and publishers, having
> > published and not sold well is clearly much
more fatal to a "career"
> > than having never published at all.
> >
> > I keep on writing, though, because I have to.
Beyond that, I've had
> to
> > re-think what I really want out of this. And
what I want -- the last
> > element of this weird equation -- is simply to
have the work 'out
> > there' and available. Which is why I decided,
with the latest
> Perkins
> > book, to skip 'traditional' channels altogether
and put the thing
> out
> > via POD -- which establishment authors,
publishers, and agents often
> > contemptuously refer to as 'vanity
press.'
> >
> > So far, it's been fun. I've had complete
control (something I never
> > had going the traditional route); it's selling
via Amazon,
> Booklocker,
> > and even via some independent book stores; to
my pleasant surprise
> > it's already broken even; and (most important)
the fans seem
> pleased.
> >
> > Just my .02. YMMV.
> >
> > Rob Kantner
> > www.robkantner.com
> >
Have you ever read Donald Westlake's The Hook? Wink :)
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