Below you can see some of the work they have done and go from there (I share this, because I want others to succeed when they self publish. And if they do, this sticks it to the traditional publishers who are robbing authors of their fair share of royalties).
Today, when I was bumming around on social media and other sites, I got to thinking about ways to get the word out when my full length novel is finished. My goal is to subvert the traditional publishing route. Why, you might be asking, would anybody avoid this? Well let me tell you why: Frist, publishers don't do for you what they used to. Today the whole publishing market has changed. If you get accepted for a publishing deal through an agent, you would be lucky to get 10% of the profit. Yes, you heard me right. On top of it, the publishing firm often expects the author to do most of the leg work for marketing: social networking, websites, local advertising. It seems counter intuitive that a publishing firm would do this, I know. But, that's what they do now. Why they would cut off their own legs is beyond me? So, in fact, now it is really smarter to do all the work yourself. Any, way I have been looking into marketing and did you know that there are companies out there that will make a book trailer and market it! This is a great way to take some of the hard work out of your own hands and save tons of time and gain exposer. And, as a bonus, you still get to keep your high royalties through Amazon. Here is one site I found recently just browsing around YouTube: cosproductions Below you can see some of the work they have done and go from there (I share this, because I want others to succeed when they self publish. And if they do, this sticks it to the traditional publishers who are robbing authors of their fair share of royalties).
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