There's no one right way to make a living as a writer. And even though I might be critical of the publishing industry's business model, that doesn't mean I want publishers to fail.
If I've chosen to be an indie author that choice was made because it seemed like the most logical and efficient way to get my work out to readers, not because I was trying to destroy anybody. (As if I alone could do such a thing. Ha!)
Since I've started down this self-publishing road, it's become an increasingly popular and even respectable option, for newbies as well as traditionally published authors.
Up until now, self-publishing ebooks has mainly been the purview of: 1) midlist authors with recovered rights to out-of-print works; and 2) new and emerging indie authors (such as moi :)).
I guess it was just a matter of time before a REALLY big deal like the Barry Eisler story happened. Walking away from half a mill offered by a Big Six publisher is causing a whole lot of jaws among my peers to drop. (For the record, I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner. But that's me.)
You can read the details in a great big long post on Joe Konrath's blog right here.
Oh, yeah. And while that was going on ... guess who was looking for a traditional publisher?
Like I said, everyone must choose their own path. And, frankly, print isn't dead. Yet.
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