Self-publishing is good for women! https://bmysticaladventures.runboard.com/t12203 Runboard| Self-publishing is good for women! en-us Fri, 29 Mar 2024 08:54:15 +0000 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 08:54:15 +0000 https://www.runboard.com/ rssfeeds_managingeditor@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds managing editor) rssfeeds_webmaster@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds webmaster) akBBS 60 Re: Self-publishing is good for women!https://bmysticaladventures.runboard.com/p236034,from=rss#post236034https://bmysticaladventures.runboard.com/p236034,from=rss#post236034It is actually quite eye-opening to see how men still dominate most literary award lists. I'm very happy that self-publishing has gotten so easy - even if getting visible is still hard.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Firlefanz)Sun, 22 Mar 2015 17:58:08 +0000 Re: Self-publishing is good for women!https://bmysticaladventures.runboard.com/p236025,from=rss#post236025https://bmysticaladventures.runboard.com/p236025,from=rss#post236025Another obstacle created by Trad pub. When it's up to the readers, they don't care who wrote the book as long as it's a good book. Only the bigwigs at the publishing houses cared.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Syrakynn)Sat, 21 Mar 2015 17:10:28 +0000 Self-publishing is good for women!https://bmysticaladventures.runboard.com/p235995,from=rss#post235995https://bmysticaladventures.runboard.com/p235995,from=rss#post235995Wow, I just found this link through Twitter, and I'm doing the happy dance! It seems that self-publishing is at least reducing or maybe even eliminating the industry bias against women in publishing. (Yes, it's there. Just look at the winners of literary awards etc.) quote:Looking at the most popular titles across the top self-publishing platforms Blurb, Wattpad, CreateSpace and Smashwords, FicShelf found that 67% of top-ranking titles were written by women. This compares with the top 100 traditionally-published titles on Amazon, of which FicShelf discovered that 61% are written by men. (I am a bit disappointed by the stats on Amazon, to be honest.) Anyway, here's the link to the article. Self-publishing lets women break book industry's glass ceiling, survey finds So let's write - and add our own bestsellers to that list!nondisclosed_email@example.com (Firlefanz)Fri, 06 Mar 2015 14:03:16 +0000