Re: Do Authors Make Good Publishers?

Any broad brush answer is patently wrong, and it's almost as if they chose
who they spotlighted just to prove a point that it spurious at best. IOW,
they don't want to admit that authors can be good publishers, so they focus
on three they feel are failing to prove their side of an argument.

Whether or not an author would make a good publisher depends entirely on
what other skill sets the author possesses, not whether or not the person
has successfully made money as an author. It also depends on their patience
levels, willingness to learn new things, realistic expectations, and many
other things. I'd say that Treva Harte, one of the owners of Loose-Id, is a
fantastic publisher, but she's one of a group of four owners, she has a past
in IP law, and her partners have backgrounds in other basic skill sets a
publishing house requires. Likewise, Debra Dixon and her partners are
fabulous with Belle Books.

What I've found in dealing with successful author/publishers is that they
find the need to spread the work around to those most suited for it and take
them on as partners or employees. I database EVERYTHING and spend a lot of
time online. That makes me a good choice for a jobs like administration,
where I have to be available and have to keep order in the general chaos
flying around the company. Couple that with my editing skills, and I make a
decent EIC. While I have degrees in computers and accounting, I have no urge
whatsoever to run the accounting or work with IT for a publishing house. So
not my interests these days. I know what I have patience for and what I
don't. Knowing your limitations and filling the gaps with partners or
employees is the right way to succeed at being a publisher. Doing everything
yourself is often a recipe for disaster....not universally but often.

Brenna
-- 
http://www.brennalyons.com    http://www.facebook.com/brenna.lyons
"Brenna takes a creative shot with Beldon and hits the bull’s-eye. The
futuristic setting offers freshness to the subject by blowing away dust
that’s settled on the mythos. I appreciate the socio-political messages
embedded so carefully, skillfully in this story." Joyfully Reviewed about
BELDON


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