The Big Lie About Self-Publishing
I was reading the Publicity Hound’s newsletter today and thought this was a great little add:
“One of the fiercest debates among authors and publishers centers
on whether your book is any good if you self-publish.
Purists keep perpetuating the big lie: That self-published books
lack credibility.
It’s a ridiculous argument.
Just ask Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen. When they shopped
their first Chicken Soup book to publishing houses many years
ago, they received several dozen rejection letters. Refusing to
give up, they published the book themselves.
It was so successful that the two have since self-published an
entire series of more than 100 Chicken Soup titles that have sold
more than 100 million copies. Add to that a variety of licensed
products such as calendars, greeting cards, nutritional
supplements, and even dog food.”
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