How Indie Authors Can Compete With Traditionally Published Books?
There's a stubborn myth floating around writing circles that self-published books are somehow the consolation prize — the thing you do after a stack of rejection letters. That myth is outdated. Plenty of indie authors now outsell traditionally published titles, and they do it by treating the craft and the business side with the same seriousness a publishing house would. The gap hasn't disappeared entirely, but it's a lot smaller than most people assume, and closing it comes down to a handful of decisions made early. Authors who take the time to work with trusted best UK book publishers on the production side, rather than cutting corners, tend to see that gap shrink fastest. Editing Can't Be an Afterthought Here's where a lot of self-published books fall apart before they even get a fair shot: the editing. A traditional publisher runs a manuscript through several rounds — developmental notes, a line edit, then a proofread — before it ever sees a shelf. Skip that ...