{"id":1607,"date":"2011-06-02T08:17:15","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T12:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quackingalone.com\/blog\/?p=1607"},"modified":"2011-06-02T11:35:43","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T15:35:43","slug":"the-best-trend-of-all-authors-choice-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quackingalone.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/02\/the-best-trend-of-all-authors-choice-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Trend of All – Author’s Choice Wins"},"content":{"rendered":"

The romance world is buzzing over biggie Courtney Milan turning down a contr<\/a>act from Harlequin for her next 2 and self-publishing them.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 She gets better terms on the deal.<\/p>\n

There was also recent news about Barry Eisler and Joe Konrath signing deals with the new publisher on the block - Amazon. Previously, both had turned their backs on traditional deals with Barry having most recently walked away from a big\u00a0un.\u00a0 Why the change? \u00a0Better terms from Amazon <\/a>that will help promote the titles they are self-pubbing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A little while back you'll recall that indie phenom Amanda Hocking inked a multi million dollar deal with a big publishing house for\u00a04 books.\u00a0 Why? She was raking in the money as an indie.\u00a0 Well, because the terms were better for her.<\/a><\/p>\n

All of 'em say they'll continue to self-publish as well and Courtney says she may publish with a big house or publisher again. And you know what? Joe and Barry say their deal will help promote and publicize all their books - and that's very\u00a0true for them and for Amanda and Courtney.<\/p>\n

The blogosphere has been buzzing.\u00a0 Lots of indies are portraying all of 'em as traitors. I've been a big time fan of indies, but you know what?\u00a0 I cheer for Courtney, Joe, Barry and Amanda.\u00a0 Because I see this as meaning that finally - at long last- authors are holding the power.\u00a0 The deal they'll make is the one that is best for them. It may be a big publishing company, the Rebel new powerhouse (Amazon) or going it solo.\u00a0 Whatever it is, it's long past time that the people producing the work have the power to control how they'll make money with it.<\/p>\n

I know that despite all my cheering for indies, I'd look at an offer from Amazon or a big publisher. What I did would be decided by what's best for me and my family.\u00a0\u00a0Despite all the rampant shouting, I think any writer would make the choice the same way - which is just what Joe, Barry, Courtney \u00a0and Amanda did.\u00a0 Which is as it should be.<\/p>\n

So the newest wrinkle in the indie revolution is that POWER HAS SHIFTED.\u00a0 Writers now have \"hand.\"\u00a0 Joe and Barry's piece phrased this best: \"If you're selling eggs, don't piss off your chickens.\" \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Publishers have long sold the eggs\u00a0without respecting the chickens.\u00a0 Now the tide has turned and that's the best possible result of the indie revolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The romance world is buzzing over biggie Courtney Milan turning down a contract from Harlequin for her next 2 and self-publishing them.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 She gets better terms on the deal. There was also recent news about Barry Eisler and Joe Konrath signing deals with the new publisher on the block - Amazon. Previously, both had ...continue reading \"The Best Trend of All – Author’s Choice Wins\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quackingalone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1607"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quackingalone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quackingalone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quackingalone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quackingalone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1607"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/quackingalone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1609,"href":"https:\/\/quackingalone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1607\/revisions\/1609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quackingalone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quackingalone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quackingalone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}