Guest Post: The Alternative to Traditional Publishing by Hipso Media
Today, Dan from Hipso Media Publishing is here to talk about the Next Big YA Book Event and how it could open doors for authors looking for an alternative way to publish their book. THE EVENT IS ENDING IN A FEW HOURS! Make sure you get your synopsis in now! Hope you enjoy this post about the world of literature, it’s struggles and it’s solution.
If the world of literature were a person, than writing would be the soul and publishing would be the body.
The beauty of writing is that anyone with a story to tell can spell it out, but finding a suitable body is becoming more and more difficult. Yes, self-publishing and vanity publishing have made words-to-paper more accessible; but those bodies can often be flawed, stiff, and deceptive.
Traditional publishing, on the other hand, is where you find the editors, marketing people, cover designers, social media specialists, and everything else an author deserves to help their story reach the people it will touch most.
But for young writers, traditional publishing seems out of reach, because of agents and red tape.
And we wanted to change that:
Enter the NEXT BIG YA BOOK EVENT
If you have ever hashtagged #amwriting, #MSWL, or #IWantToBePublishedSoBadlyMyEyeballsMightPop, than pay attention.
From September 17th through October 1st, Hipso Media Publishing and Jenny from Supernatural Snark will be hosting the ‘Next Big YA Book Event.’
Why is this good news for #amwriters?
Here’s how the event works. Most publishers work exclusively with agents, which makes it difficult (more like close to impossible) for up-and-coming writers to get their work seen. Well, Hipso Media Publishing will be opening their doors to all YA writers who dream of traditional publication, but can’t seem to catch a break. Writers who have mountainous ideas, along with an actual mountain of rejection letters. Hipso wants to pick one of those writers, and treat them like the literary rock star they are, showering them in every publishing perk someone of their caliber deserves:
- Publishing contract with a generous royalty program
- Custom cover from Seedlings Design
- Candace Book Blog Book Tour
- Exclusive front-page podcast on AuthorsOnTourLive, iReadBooksRadio and iHeartRadio (which gets an average of more than 1 million hits a year)
- Novel as an eBook on all major retailers – Kindle, Nook, iBooks, Kobo, around the world
- A featured post on Supernatural Snark
- Awesome book swag, and more…
Once the winning manuscript is picked, Jenny from Supernatural Snark (Owner of Seedlings Design) will work with the author to create a custom cover that will be sure to shout, “NEXT BIG YA BOOK”. And then she’ll do a featured post on Supernatural Snark, to make sure the world hears.
No agents, hoops, or hassles. The only criteria are that your YA manuscript be finished, you must believe it’s great, and it must not already be published somewhere else.
Here’s the link to the submissions page and contact info:
http://www.hipsomedia.com/the-next-big-ya-book/
Good luck and happy writing!
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