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Deb Lund's avatar

Thank you! Now, instead of long conversations about this topic, and reassuring nonbelievers, and responding to “but, but…” and yes, if you don’t illustrate that picture book yourself, it’s 5% instead of %10, I’ll just send them here! 😁

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Janet Fox's avatar

LOVE!

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Darcy Pattison's avatar

Of course, the alternative is independently publishing, bringing your book to market yourself. It’s lots of work, but financially, the payoff is much better.

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Janet Fox's avatar

Totally agree and you are my role model and guru (in so many ways!) I'm actually thinking about moving in that direction for my next book. And my son is self-publishing and doing quite well.

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Darcy Pattison's avatar

Really? What is his genre? MG books are hard, but can be done!

Darcy

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Deb Lund's avatar

Oh, Darcy, I keep thinking about this, but that part isn’t where the joy is for me. I’m waiting for you to start accepting manuscripts. 🙃😁

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Debbie Burke's avatar

Janet, You're spot on. I found this is true in most genres, not just Kidlit and YA. The Authors Guild does annual surveys about authors income. Every year the percentage of income from book sales drops. We have to find other ways (editing, teaching, personal appearances, etc.) to support our addiction!

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Janet Fox's avatar

So, so true. It's deeply frustrating, but the system is antiquated, honestly. I have other thoughts...............

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Wendy Parciak's avatar

Good advice to remember for later (if I ever get past the If-I-Could-Only-Get-An-Agent phase)!

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Janet Fox's avatar

You will!!! It takes a lot of time - more than it used to, IMHO, but persistence is the true key. Stick in there!!

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