Comments on: Traditional Publisher, Self-Publisher Form Venture: Not All Authors Benefit

By: Ruth Cohen

Ruth Cohen — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:45:00 +0000

I am very frustrated with my puplishing company, waiting for copy-edit for 6months and only now I start stressing them with the fact I wonâ€t buy their books for the galleys. I also read terrible comments about the company. I wonder if my contract if fine, as I donâ€t have any lawyer. Could it be better to go to self publishing if it was possible. I am going to ask if you check contracts by fax, I live for the moment in Israel. My book is about My bipolar sickness and recovery after 30 years. Sincerely, Ruth

By: Ruth Cohen

Ruth Cohen — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:43:00 +0000

I am very frustrated with my puplishing company, waiting for copy-edit for 6months and only now I start stressing them with the fact I won’t buy their books for the galleys.
I also read terrible comments about the company. I wonder if my contract if fine, as I don’t have any lawyer.
Could it be better to go to self publishing if it was possible.
I am going to ask if you check contracts by fax, I live for the moment in Israel.
My book is about My bipolar sickness and recovery after 30 years.
Sincerely,
Ruth

By: Joseph Ternes

Joseph Ternes — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:21:29 +0000

The information in the Newsweek article was incorrect. Chronicle Books will not receive a referral fee for recommending Blurb.com to aspiring authors or artists.

Just as from time to time our editors refer authors or artists to other trade houses, Blurb.com presents another option if they consider it an appropriate choice. This option will not be part of our response to every author submissions. There are many self-publishing options in the marketplace, though far fewer for illustrated book authors and artists. As an independent illustrated book publisher in San Francisco, Chronicle Books felt an affinity for the locally based Blurb.com and the quality of the product it is offering the public.

Chronicle Books

By: Jody Scott

Jody Scott — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:27:25 +0000

Hey, guys, where should I submit work? Have a clamorous. fan base. Have been labelled “science fiction” but am really more like magic realism. Just spotted a review on Amazon that says, “Whatever happened to this Jody Scott? She’s a real writer”–maybe that says it all (wild laughter). Any advice? Thank you, J.S. (read first chapters at my site)

By: Eoin Purcell

Eoin Purcell — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:06:56 +0000

Kassia,

Spot on on the niche point as ever.

As for the deal being a bad one for some authors I think you got it on one too!

Perhaps Chronicle could have done a deal with two POD types, one for great coffee table books and another for paperbacks at reasonable prices!

Overall it seem very sensible to me, though I dislike the idea of there being a financial reward for rejecting a submission! Seems ripe for abuse if this becomes standard! Also blurs the line between self publishing and publishing in the real sense, perhaps irreversibly.

Eoin