Comments on: Self-Publishing–The "American Idol" of the Publishing World https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/02/self-publishing-the-american-idol-of-the-publishing-world/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:34:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: Twitter, Contests, and Some Links on Self-Publishing | Amanda Rudd's Blog https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/02/self-publishing-the-american-idol-of-the-publishing-world/#comment-3562 Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:34:52 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=2408#comment-3562 […] 1) Kristen Lamb compares self-publishing to American Idol. […]

]]> By: The Truth about Writing Contests | Jami Gold, Paranormal Author https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/02/self-publishing-the-american-idol-of-the-publishing-world/#comment-3561 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 01:23:42 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=2408#comment-3561 […] Idol.  However, since then, my friend Kristen Lamb used that analogy in her fabulous post about self-publishing.  Self-publishing.  Contest entries.  Those are similar concepts, with authors presumably […]

]]> By: >Food for thought By Gary Fultz | garyfultz https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/02/self-publishing-the-american-idol-of-the-publishing-world/#comment-3560 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:48:58 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=2408#comment-3560 […] or less wondering where to start. Me first…     As I sat up to the computer to read Kirsten Lamb’s Blog so I can learn how to blog. Me first…Again..It was distinct and I didn’t need to look […]

]]> By: Sanity Saver: Book Launch Planner | Kait Nolan https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/02/self-publishing-the-american-idol-of-the-publishing-world/#comment-3559 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:02:40 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=2408#comment-3559 […] was about how I came to be one of those queryless, yet agented authors, in which I talk about the comment on Kristen Lamb’s (2/4/2011) post that got Laurie’s attention.  In a stroke of irony, Kristen reposted that post today […]

]]> By: Interview: Kait Nolan on Red | Hunting High and Low https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/02/self-publishing-the-american-idol-of-the-publishing-world/#comment-3558 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:18:11 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=2408#comment-3558 […] always need to watch what you say on the internet!  Kristen Lamb (of We Are Not Alone fame) did a post about self-publishing in which she called it the American Idol of Publishing.  Being not self-published herself, Kristen opened the floor to those of us with more experience, […]

]]> By: JLSimons https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/02/self-publishing-the-american-idol-of-the-publishing-world/#comment-3557 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:05:33 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=2408#comment-3557 Thanks Kristen, and Kait. I don’t know whether I’m a diamond or a dud, but I am on the precipice of finding out. I wrote my novel in the late 90’s, failed to find a publisher through the “I’ve got a friend at…” route, and then just gave up for a while.

I’m good at marketing everyone else’s stuff, but for myself, I freeze. How do I find an agent? How do I find a publisher? Oh, woe is me…

Then, I got the book to a friend at a Transmedia Development company, where it was discovered by an editor/transmedia producer who fell in love with it, so I got my first external, I-don’t-know-you-from-Adam-but-I-Love-your-book, along with notes to improve it, which I followed diligently and thankfully, leading to my latest rewrite, which she loved.

Alas, they are a Transmedia company, not a publisher, and so my book has been languishing there for nearly a year as they try and find a publisher for it.

Now, every day I wake up and wonder if I should self-publish, put the first chapter up on a blog, start doing what I can to get it out there… and today, I stumbled onto your blog via Jeremy Duley following me on Twitter, then going to his blog… hey, you know, this social thing may catch on?

Okay, no need to write a novel here. Just to say thanks to you and Kait, for inching me one step closer to the precipice. Great stuff that I still need to digest, but some stones just went plunging into the abyss…

]]> By: Jami Gold https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/02/self-publishing-the-american-idol-of-the-publishing-world/#comment-3556 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:08:03 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=2408#comment-3556 I read this last week, but I can’t help rereading it because it’s so true. 🙂

]]> By: kayspringsteen https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/02/self-publishing-the-american-idol-of-the-publishing-world/#comment-3555 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:31:20 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=2408#comment-3555 Excellent analogy. Letting the fans choose means the trends that are set go according to what fans want – no more based solely on the vision of the gatekeepers.

]]> By: The Big News! | Kait Nolan https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/02/self-publishing-the-american-idol-of-the-publishing-world/#comment-3554 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:45:28 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=2408#comment-3554 […] last week, Kristen Lamb made a post about how Self Publishing was the American Idol of the publishing world. I made a zillion comments because it was a really GREAT discussion and I wanted to take the time to […]

]]> By: Let’s Talk Platform–Why We Need One « Kristen Lamb's Blog https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/02/self-publishing-the-american-idol-of-the-publishing-world/#comment-3553 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:59:41 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=2408#comment-3553 […] Friday’s blog got a ton of comments. One of my regular followers, Kait Nolan, offered a lot of useful advice for self-publishing and shared how she had been very successful (based in part on her using WANA). An agent I met at a conference happened by MY blog, saw HER comments, then clicked and checked out her platform…and offered her representation. […]

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