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Why I Said No to a Publishing Deal and Decided to Self-Publish Exclusively

taymatameem
Jul 24, 2022
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Some little girls dream of becoming princesses. I dreamed of getting a book deal. I wrote fantasy stories from a young age. Browsing the shelves of my favorite bookstores and libraries, I imagined my own books sitting side-by-side with volumes by my favorite authors in the “T” section (alphabetical by author) — brightly-colored cover art, with my name on the cover and the spine! When self-publishing became a thing, I swore I would never do it. That’s not what real authors do, after all! Realauthors have the stamp-of-approval that comes in the form of a publishing deal!...