When did Stephen King try it? And what about it didn't work? I'm thinking it's one of those things where it either works or doesn't depending, maybe, on what actions are taken - as you mentioned, doing the advertising or free-publishing at the right sites.
Personally, for me, doing this wouldn't be about going professional without the aid of a publisher. I want to be professionally published. I want an agent. But from all that I've researched, most companies and agents won't give you another look if you don't already have some kind of experience with being published. So the more I can do to look professional (that is, say to them "hey, look, I have sold some books), the better the chance that they might give my stories a look.
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Date: 2012-07-17 01:14 am (UTC)From:Personally, for me, doing this wouldn't be about going professional without the aid of a publisher. I want to be professionally published. I want an agent. But from all that I've researched, most companies and agents won't give you another look if you don't already have some kind of experience with being published. So the more I can do to look professional (that is, say to them "hey, look, I have sold some books), the better the chance that they might give my stories a look.