Re: Authors and Self-Publishing
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DB - where do you live? Have you ever considered a publishing career?
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Hi whiney*TT*,
I love books, i spend more of my time on this part of the forum rather than the limit/sng/mtt sections that i should be on reading and improving my game.
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I currently live in London. I have always thought about working in the publishing industry, with dreams of perhaps one day running my own business.
Unfortunately i never tried to get my foot in the door. I didnt get outstanding results at uni, and the competition to get jobs in publishing can be ultra fierce (i'm not a natural networker which made it even harder for me). I suppose i also allowed myself to be convinced upon leaving university that there wasnt much of a future either as salaries appeared really low for jobs that i saw advertised (and the number of competing applicants high) and with the decline in small bookshops and the growth of big retailers / supermarkets butchering the range and quality of books available in the stores, and often not willing to see what smaller publishers have to offer.
I am still only 32 so i guess its never too late to get in, but i imagine it gets harder the older you are...
It's funny, but reading this thread and writing this post has rekindled my interest in getting into the industry. ( i remember about five years ago trying to think of a way books could be printed onsite in bookshops to save on shelf space and widen the choice available!). I have been thinking of a career change for a while, perhaps i should be brave enough to follow my heart for once...
Any advice you can give on getting into publishing i would be grateful.
Thanks,
DB.
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