We are a group of authors who have shared the long road to publication.
Beta readers, critique partners, editors and fact-checkers, we have done it all. Like so many other authors, we have yet to find real success.
Keep on querying, hunting for an agent when we lack the right credentials to get attention? Or strike off on our own, pooling our various talents and skills?
We've decided to form our own publishing company.
Initially, it will be small, putting out one or two books a year until we see where things might go.
There is a great deal to be done, of course, before our first book is released. Writing is one thing. Formatting a manuscript, deciding on a printer, and finding a distributor are not easy matters.
We have nothing to lose, except a small amount of money that we may never realize in sales. It makes little difference, all things considered. We've spent money on submissions, on paper, on toner cartridges and software upgrades. It's the cost of pursuing a hobby for people who don't actually have hobbies.
We've invested time in the agent search. For a change, we'll invest time in preparing a manuscript for publication and then publish it.
More to come, as the business venture develops.
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