Zitat des Tages von J. A. Konrath:
I love bookstores and booksellers. In my novel 'Dirty Martini,' I thanked over 3,000 booksellers by name in the back matter.
Writers are essential. Readers are essential. Publishers are not.
Publishers vet books, and they do a good job keeping out the low quality. But they also miss some good quality.
I doubt I'll ever have another traditional print deal.
I really think it is possible to make a very nice living by writing and not worrying about anything else.
I don't care what people are saying about me, good or bad, in blogs or on Twitter or in the media. There will always be people who don't like you and don't like your books. Ignore them.
No one was interested in picking up a midlist series, even though I have a decent fanbase and respectable numbers.
The business model - where books can be returned, and where a 50% sell-through is considered acceptable - is archaic and wasteful. Writers get small royalties, little say in how their books are marketed and sold, and simple things like cover and title approval are unheard of unless you're a huge bestseller.
I just try to write entertaining books that are easily identifiable.
Because we self-published 'Draculas,' we control the rights. Not just for now, but forever.
Authors need to decide if they want to keep forever to themselves, or share forever with a publisher who takes over half the cover price.
E-books are preferable to paper; they can be delivered instantly. In many cases, they're cheaper; you can buy them with the press of a button.
Time is the ultimate long tail. Even with a big wad of money up front, if something sells forever, the back end is what ultimately counts.
After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
