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Have phone calls with Authorhouse and Palmetto tomorrow to help me self-publish my manuscript.

Heard good things about Palmetto, but mixed to bad things regarding Authorhouse. Should I tell the AH agent to fuck off?

>> No.17734184

>>17734180
*tell the AH agent to fuck off.

>> No.17734659

Oh fer shure b. Show em ur hawlg homie

>> No.17734672

>>17734180
ITT we write OP's reply to the authorhouse agent, one word at a time
i'll start: dear

>> No.17734732

Schaub

>> No.17735105

>>17734180
dude just do it on your own on amazon, the fuck you need a "self-publishing" agent for... i hope you haven't given these people money

>> No.17735846

>>17735105
Heard that’s a one way ticket to failure, plus I wanted physical copies to sell too.

>> No.17735851

>>17735846
you're paying people to vanity publish your novel, you've already failed

>> No.17735954

>>17735851
Damn, you’re right.
What about Lulu, Ingram, and KDP?

>> No.17735962

>>17735954
KDP? I already rec'd amazon

>> No.17736099

>>17735954
Jesus, stop being a fucking retard and go with amazon. If you're going to self-publish, at least do it intelligently.

>> No.17736106

>>17734672
Mr. Agent

>> No.17736141

>>17736106
Goodbye.

>> No.17736150

>>17734180
Go to Amazon, you fucking retard. Who even goes to vanity publishing?

>> No.17736599

>>17735105
>>17735962
>>17736099
>>17736150
Fuck off Bezos

>> No.17737869

>>17734180
tell me in 3 sentences why anyone should bother reading your manuscript let alone pay for it
who even are you?

>> No.17737997
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17737997

You don’t need an agent.
Self publish your book for free on KDP and simply establish a royalty on your books which will be printed on demand.
At most you should be hiring somebody to market the book for you, and you should be investing in marketing to sell your book, but you do not need an agent.

A literary agent’s job is to middleman your relationships with publishers, query your work for publishing, and secure you contracts that serve you. A traditional publishers job is to print AND SELL your book to wholesalers. A wholesaler’s job is to sell your book to customers. Because you are selfpublishing, you will be marketing your book directly to wholesalers.

I’m order to market your book to wholesalers, you can use a marketing firm, but you can always use a distributor, who actually work for publishers. This might seem a little convoluted but it is true. Traditionally published authors are not expected to market their own book (though that’s changing). In contrast, selfpublished authors are expected to not only market the book, but to pretty much handle every other aspect of the books development.

>> No.17738025

>>17737997
In OP’s case, Palmetto and AH will market the book and handle aspects of the book’s development.