Should you self publish or get a publisher

All for free (never pay a publisher, they pay you).You can get royalties as high as 70% with self publishers.You need to find a book agent, put together a proposal, send your manuscript to traditional publishing houses, and wait and wait (often for years) before getting published.That means you need to sell a lot less books in order to actually make money.We all make them and some are easier to make than others.

To me, that seems like the longest, most difficult, and most expensive way to test if there's a sufficient market for your book.Does anyone have any experience either with dorrance, or with a publishing company?7 reasons to aim for a traditional publisherThe other 2% should take a lot of time and effort and really dive into the details so they can make a hard decision.Traditionally published authors might talk about the support they get or natter about social media and blogs and twitter followers.