Most agents are not lawyers. You will pay them to negotiate a legal contract for you that will affect your career for a long time. And sometimes agencies have very sticky fingers. (See what happened to Chuck Palahniuk). If you sign with an agent, you will be handing your books and your business and all the attendant paperwork to a total …
Most agents are not lawyers. You will pay them to negotiate a legal contract for you that will affect your career for a long time. And sometimes agencies have very sticky fingers. (See what happened to Chuck Palahniuk). If you sign with an agent, you will be handing your books and your business and all the attendant paperwork to a total stranger (in most cases).
Trad publishers will take your copyright. They will say “You get your rights back when your book goes out of print” and they’ll make sure the book never goes out of “print.” They’ll buy one ebook copy a year or something similar to say book is still in print. Why do this? It has something to do taxes and creative accounting.
Most agents are not lawyers. You will pay them to negotiate a legal contract for you that will affect your career for a long time. And sometimes agencies have very sticky fingers. (See what happened to Chuck Palahniuk). If you sign with an agent, you will be handing your books and your business and all the attendant paperwork to a total stranger (in most cases).
Trad publishers will take your copyright. They will say “You get your rights back when your book goes out of print” and they’ll make sure the book never goes out of “print.” They’ll buy one ebook copy a year or something similar to say book is still in print. Why do this? It has something to do taxes and creative accounting.
They will also do next to no promotion.
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Yes, I self-publish my gothic horror books.
And I am having the time of my life.
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