Post by account_disabled on Dec 27, 2023 2:39:08 GMT -5
This question is difficult to answer: we cannot know in advance how readers will judge us, how they will consider us as writers. Each reader, however, forms an idea of the writer he encounters in his readings. What will the reader's perception of us be when we start publishing books? In my opinion there are 6 factors that influence this perception , at least I have identified the 6 factors that influence my perception when I read a new writer. The first published work identifies the writer Which story to publish as your first novel ? I talked about it years ago, when I gave the example of the first novel published by Stephen King . It is because of that – as his agent had predicted – that he is always remembered as a horror author.
Almost a century and a half earlier the same thing happened to another author, Edgar Allan Poe: even if he didn't have an agent, his "Metzengerstein", the first story published (on 14 January 1832 in the "Philadelphia Saturday Courier"), was a horror story: and isn't he always seen as the Master of Horror? How many other authors has this happened to? The Special Data first work always identifies the writer , but this is not a problem, in my opinion, as I have already said. Ultimately it is a label that does not bind us in any way, that does not oblige us to maintain it to please immature readers who will not like works of other literary genres that we can deal with. Traditional publishing or self-publishing The publication method creates different expectations in readers. Although today self- publishing has practically established itself - and some authors are committed to investing in the book product (editors, professional covers, marketing, etc.) - I don't think the masses still consider a self-published book at the same level as a published book. from a publisher.
To this we add all those readers who only buy in bookstores. Likewise, we all know that publishing houses are not perfect and that it is not uncommon to find books that should have remained in the drawer of authors' dreams - and I am not just referring to books by famous people, especially from show business, or even so-called stars . of Youtube . Small or large publishing Let's say another great truth: if we publish with a small publishing house , we are invisible authors. Literary ghosts. I have heard several stories of authors who have not received promotion (like me), who have not been paid the rights, I have heard of tiny publishers who no longer respond to emails and phone calls. Not to mention those which, by contract, oblige the author to purchase a certain number of copies. But, these vicissitudes aside, the problem is not being present in the publishing market : zero promotion = zero sales. And zero sales=zero readers.
Almost a century and a half earlier the same thing happened to another author, Edgar Allan Poe: even if he didn't have an agent, his "Metzengerstein", the first story published (on 14 January 1832 in the "Philadelphia Saturday Courier"), was a horror story: and isn't he always seen as the Master of Horror? How many other authors has this happened to? The Special Data first work always identifies the writer , but this is not a problem, in my opinion, as I have already said. Ultimately it is a label that does not bind us in any way, that does not oblige us to maintain it to please immature readers who will not like works of other literary genres that we can deal with. Traditional publishing or self-publishing The publication method creates different expectations in readers. Although today self- publishing has practically established itself - and some authors are committed to investing in the book product (editors, professional covers, marketing, etc.) - I don't think the masses still consider a self-published book at the same level as a published book. from a publisher.
To this we add all those readers who only buy in bookstores. Likewise, we all know that publishing houses are not perfect and that it is not uncommon to find books that should have remained in the drawer of authors' dreams - and I am not just referring to books by famous people, especially from show business, or even so-called stars . of Youtube . Small or large publishing Let's say another great truth: if we publish with a small publishing house , we are invisible authors. Literary ghosts. I have heard several stories of authors who have not received promotion (like me), who have not been paid the rights, I have heard of tiny publishers who no longer respond to emails and phone calls. Not to mention those which, by contract, oblige the author to purchase a certain number of copies. But, these vicissitudes aside, the problem is not being present in the publishing market : zero promotion = zero sales. And zero sales=zero readers.