Umm ... New?

That's my hope, too! I'm actually working on a novel that I plan to send off for publication as soon as I finish editing it. How about you?

shadowsowner888 wrote:That's my hope, too! I'm actually working on a novel that I plan to send off for publication as soon as I finish editing it. How about you?

Sweet!

Well, I'm working on two different novel ideas. You just read one of them, the more developed one. (Shades of Gray.) ^_^

Ooh, awesome!

shadowsowner888 wrote:Ooh, awesome!

Yeah, I'm really eager to start it. But, since its a real novel, the chapters will probably be around 4000 words or more (I don't know, maybe less. It'll depend on the chapter and what is happening.) each. ^_^

"...forgive me posting back so soon, but perhaps some points should be looked at first..." said the goblin, not discouragingly, just continuing "...the publishing world is in crisis at the moment, simply, the market share is decreasing daily, in that, for every a new reader of a book let's say, hundreds more are flocking to the internet now, which is good, because any publisher who wants to survive will have to move onto the internet too, which is my first point here, simply, that they are going to come, maybe not to this forum perhaps, but to these forums, they have no choice...", the goblin stopped for a second, thought hard, then continued once more, "...this year some famous authors have already dropped their publishers for selling directly through amazon, understandable, since amazon sold more kendell ebook readers than physical books last year, the authors will make works directly for those devices then, which is my second point here...", but then the goblin saw this as a bridge so to speak, in that, yes the publishers and author were moving on-line for their part, but the other side of the coin needed explaining too, concluding "...at first glance, how are publishers going to find talent here, do you think that they will go into the each and every section, actually wading though tons of stuff to choose amongst it, no, they are going to look at various indicators here, of which a "uniform persona" is one of them, something I previously explained, where also a high hitcount becomes another, and where too, a constant output is yet another, simply ask yourself if you fit that bill, and where not, how one can adjust to it...", which surprisingly all meant nothing to the goblin himself, simply because, he wished to remain anonymous and was quite happy with his readership, saying "...o how I hate long posts, sorry about this one then..."

That's definitely something to think about. I still see publishing the "normal" way as the way, but things have been changing a lot . . . I don't doubt that you're right about this.

shadowsowner888 wrote:That's definitely something to think about. I still see publishing the "normal" way as the way, but things have been changing a lot . . . I don't doubt that you're right about this.

*Nods* I also agree. We hopefuls need to look into publishing not just hard copies, but also the other methods and possibilities. Fleaman presents several good points.