Traditional book publishers act as mere printers without providing distribution value
Steve Olsher · EP 342: How to Write a Best-Selling Book with Steve Olsher · Jul 1, 2016 · at 15:04
Author Steve Olsher discusses the realities of traditional vs self-publishing models with Nathan Latka.
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“And frankly, you know, there's self published, there's hybrid publishers and there's traditional. I've done all three. And at the end of the day, publishers are nothing more than printers. You know, so, I mean, all they do is print, you know, the books for you, and occasionally they'll be able to help you out with some distribution, but reality is that, I mean, you've got to already have, you need to already have a pretty good size name and following in order to get any sort of reasonable retail placement.”
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