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|    Dirk van den Boom to All    |
|    Re: Self pub or Indy pub?    |
|    02 Sep 14 14:18:05    |
      From: spameimer@sf-boom.de              Am 02.09.2014 01:27, schrieb Nicky:              > I've been a pro writer for years. My concern is more that this book       shouldn't damage my reputation!       > If it is very badly produced it certainly wouldn't do me any favours.              Then the answer is clear.              During the panel at WorldCon where the big 4 mass-market-publishers of       SF/F were assembled and were asked about their opinion of       self-publishing, they said that it might be interesting, but if you lose       as a self-publisher, it is very likely that no "real" publisher will       take you on, because, well, you have proven to be a loser.              Bad causality, I thought.              --       www.sf-boom-blog.de              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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