Comments on: The Importance of Context (Part 1) http://www.sfwa.org/2011/01/the-importance-of-context-part-1/ Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Sun, 19 May 2013 20:02:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: JA Konrath http://www.sfwa.org/2011/01/the-importance-of-context-part-1/#comment-33986 JA Konrath Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:37:01 +0000 It isn’t easy to be successful no matter how you publisher, either through and agent and the Bi6 6, or uploading ebooks to Amazon yourself.

But I’m convinced the majority of writers will see more success and make more money focusing on ebooks.

Crap won’t sell. But good books, priced low, with good covers, can compete against anything NY puts out.

As for the low price: I eanr $2.04 royalty on a $2.99 ebook. Compare that to 64 cents on a $7.99 paperback sale.

All writers need to go the self-pub route. If you follow my blog, you’ll know I can’t come up with a single compelling reason to sign with a NY house. And this is coming from a man who used to warn authors against self-pubbing.

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