Traditional vs. Self-Publishing: An Agent's Point of View

Is there a future for traditional publishing? Or is the behemoth dying a slow death? Literary Agent Steve Laube tackles the question. As a long-time agent and a founder of a press for self-published authors, he is in a unique position to speak on the topic.

I highlighted Steve Laube in an Agent Friday post not too long ago. He's got a great blog.

Recently, Laube has posted a "Defense of Traditional Publishing" in five parts. I've been waiting for the entire series to be complete before I linked to it here.

So here are the five parts:





Take a few minutes to read Laube's thoughtful analysis. You'll be better able to offer your own opinions on the subject. It will be a hot topic for a long time to come.

Do you think traditional publishing has a future?

7 comments:

  1. What a tremendously informative post,Debbie! I'm sending this to a bunch of folks I know will be interested. Thank you so much for posting this.

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  2. You're welcome, Les! Looking forward to your new book.

    ~Debbie

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  3. I think traditional publishing may change as we know it, but it will be around for a long time. Look at newspapers. They are still here, but have changed with the times (of course, with a less profitability). I scanned through the posts and the final one had the information I keep returning to on the self-publishing topic: the legal issues. While one agent I follow mentioned some folks might want to self-publish a memoir, I still want the safety nets of a traditional publisher. I mean "The Help" author was sued and that's fiction.

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  4. Brilliant! I'm reading the articles today! Thanks once again, Debbie, for your informative posts. I'm so glad I found you!

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  5. Stacy: I agree that traditional publishing will stick around, though the self-publishing end of things will force some changes. I didn't know about the author of 'The Help' being sued. I'll have to look that up.

    S.M.: You're welcome! Keep on inspiring me with your amazing word counts. If I could write that much, I'd have a dozen books under my belt by now!

    ~Debbie

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  6. Very Informative and an interesting post. Thanks for sharing. THis information is important for new writers to read and understand when looking to get published in one way or another.

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  7. You're right, Terri. We all need to have a little background information to make the best decisions.

    ~Debbie

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