This post, by Alexander M. Zoltai, originally appeared on his Notes From An Alien blog on 2/24/11.
{This post is almost a rant and purposefully written in a voice I rarely use…}
A madhouse is where insane persons are confined or a place exhibiting stereotypical characteristics of such a place.
This, to me, right now, is what self-publishing is.
Let me define my terms a bit more precisely:
“Sanity” has roots indicating “healthy condition” or “soundness of mind”. If I temporarily constrict my argument to the term “publishing”, most people who are trying to keep up with the frenetic pace of change in this arena of human experience would, I feel, tend to agree that publishing is not in a healthy condition or showing soundness of mind.
Many of those same people would go further and claim that self-publishing is the medicine needed for the sick field of publishing.
Well…
I’ve been involved in self-publishing for about six years now and the last year has seen me working overtime to come to terms with how to best take advantage of the opportunities that self-publishing seems to offer.
I don’t have space in this post to detail the ills of the traditional publishing route but anyone interested can easily find much to ponder.
Read the rest of the post on Alexander M. Zoltai‘s Notes From An Alien blog.