Has anyone else given up on finding a publisher?
Posted Monday, January 31, 2011 by admin
100 reviews, majority of them from independent readers, all loved my work. The last publisher that rejected me said they liked my work, but as I’m new and untried, plus with the economic downturn, they can’t take a risk. They did think I should approach a bigger publisher directly.
After three years am thinking of giong the ebook route.
Any advice welcome.
keep trying to get a publisher. JK Rowlings first harry potter book was turned down many times before some finally agreed to publish it. If you were rejected by a publisher you should try to ask them again after a while because the second or third time they might agree.
Why are you limiting yourself like this? Only a tiny subset of publishers accept submissions direct from authors. I’d advise you to look for an agent.
Also, where did these 100 reviews come from? If your work is available for free online, no publisher is going to pay to print it. You’ve already used your first rights.
NO!! keep pushing and writing
Where did you find your reviewers? Were they friends, family, acquaintances, strangers, what? Were they well-read in the genre of your book?
Good reviews from readers can be meaningless. It’s not unusual for them to go easy on you, because being nice costs them nothing and being negative may have a ‘cost’ of a sort, such as your feeling defensive or disagreeable. Publishers’ (or agents’) opinions on your work are what matters, not what your reviewers thought, or said they thought.
It sounds like you have one genuine rejection which gave a reason. (Most don’t bother.) There’s no reason to let rejection turn you away from seeking legitimate publication until all avenues have been exhausted.
I truly believe self-pubbing, in print or ebook, is a terrible idea for fiction.
You probably need a literary agent to approach the big publishers. If you don’t know how to go about that, post a new question.