{"id":661,"date":"2016-08-29T11:21:42","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T11:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/refiction.com\/?p=661"},"modified":"2022-05-30T15:41:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T15:41:24","slug":"is-trade-publishing-right-for-you","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/refiction.com\/articles\/is-trade-publishing-right-for-you","title":{"rendered":"Is Trade Publishing Right For You?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Your manuscript is polished to perfection, and you\u2019re ready for your work to reach the hands of eager readers worldwide. But how do you span that gap between a written novel and a published book?<\/p>\n
One method is trade publishing, which we\u2019ll explore in this article.<\/p>\n
Trade publishing or traditional publishing means going through a company for the production and distribution of your book. In real trade publishing, money moves in only one direction: from the company towards you, the writer, and never the other way around. (If a company charges you money for the production of your book, it\u2019s either a scam or a vanity publisher.)<\/p>\n
In trade publishing, you sign a contract with the publisher in which you sell the rights to produce and market your writing, whether in print form or in digital form. In return, you receive royalties\u2014a certain percentage of all sales generated by your novel.<\/p>\n
Going through an established company for the production of your book is a cumbersome process with many steps.<\/p>\n
Traditional publishing is a cumbersome process, which means there are a\u00a0lot<\/em>\u00a0of obstacles.<\/p>\n Can it be worth all the aggravation? Tradition publishing has some upsides, as well.<\/p>\n If you have plenty of patience, a thick skin, and high-quality writing that appeals to the masses (as opposed to tight niches), by all mean, consider traditional publishing. It\u2019s a highly rewarding path\u2014for those who manage to place a novel with a publisher.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re more of a hands-on person, need absolute control over every step of the process, and have the time and energy to run the show yourself, self-publishing may be more fitting for you.\u00a0Read more about self-publishing here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Whatever you do, keep on writing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","categories":[36,18],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/refiction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/661"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/refiction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/refiction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refiction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/refiction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/refiction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Payoffs of Trade Publishing<\/h2>\n
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Is it Right for You?<\/h2>\n