I've searched everywhere and can't find what this means. I've heard of vanity, traditional, self, etc, but I've never come across this term until today.
Anyone have an answer?
Anyone have an answer?
Boutique means your book will only be on their website and Amazon, they don't have really good editors or the time to edit your manuscript properly and you're completely on your own in regards to marketing.
Nevertheless, MOST authors who go with these very small presses will never sell any significant number of books unless they hit the bricks for themselves.
I was under the impression that just about every new author had to do a lot of legwork themselves, these days.
Yeah, I wasn't being 100% accurate. Perhaps only 95-99% accurate. Exaggeration is a fault of mine.
Nevertheless, MOST authors who go with these very small presses will never sell any significant number of books unless they hit the bricks for themselves. MOST editors at small presses are overworked and don't have the same competency of editors at larger presses. MOST books published at small presses never see the inside of a bookstore.
Maybe I should have told y'all why I ask; a 'boutique press' requested a full from me today. Just want to make sure I'm not dealing with the devil.
Yeah, I wasn't being 100% accurate. Perhaps only 95-99% accurate. Exaggeration is a fault of mine.
Nevertheless, MOST authors who go with these very small presses will never sell any significant number of books unless they hit the bricks for themselves. MOST editors at small presses are overworked and don't have the same competency of editors at larger presses. MOST books published at small presses never see the inside of a bookstore.
My understanding was you wrote commercial genre fiction. That's not the usual area for a boutique press (outside of limited edition fancy versions of books perhaps... but that tends to be a collector's thing when an author is famous). So approach with extreme caution. It shouldn't take much looking to see if they're actually a boutique press, or a micro-publisher trying to make themselves sound fancy.
Boutique means your book will only be on their website and Amazon, they don't have really good editors or the time to edit your manuscript properly and you're completely on your own in regards to marketing.
Do not believe they are a boutique press just because they say so. The term has now been thoroughly hijacked. Check them out.
I tried with the one of which I speak. They don't have a listing here on AW nor on Preditors and Editors.
What they do look like... is two people who decided to hype a micropress. It may be a perfectly valid micropress, but it looks like it's only got two authors. And interestingly enough they sell editing services, design services, and other 'author services'.
=grimace= I'm not an author, I do production myself.
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A small press with a craving for a pretentious title.
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