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amother
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 Sun, Jul 31 2022, 10:28 am
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A teen novel. What are the differences & pros and cons of each? TIA.
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amother
SandyBrown
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Sun, Jul 31 2022, 10:33 am
I am not an author, but my unprofessional opinion is:
Magazine pros:
Much wider audience
Much more attention
Book pros:
Easier to get accepted by a publishing house than a magazine
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shaqued_almond
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Sun, Jul 31 2022, 11:04 am
There's a few things to consider.
1) serials should be mostly completed once you apply to magazines and for books they should definitely be completed
2) if you're going through a Jewish publisher they might have content and other (like word count) requirements that you have to comply with. It's best to contact them for more info
3) YA secular publishers have a lot of authors authors who want to get published and are therefore highly selective.
4) you could also self publish with Amazon
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Goody2shoes
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Sun, Jul 31 2022, 11:18 am
I'm not an author but I do have an opinion. While a magazine might get you more readers, if you ever do want to put it out as a novel half those readers won't buy it because they read it already. Or their mother/sister/neighbor/ friend thinks it's a waste of money cuz they follows and it was silly.
Think book is the safer
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amother
Burlywood
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Sun, Jul 31 2022, 11:36 am
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For a new author? Definitely magazine.
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amother
NeonYellow
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Sun, Jul 31 2022, 11:38 am
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I made a lot more money by publishing a novel as a serial than by publishing a book.
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shaqued_almond
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Sun, Jul 31 2022, 11:47 am
| alwayssmiling wrote: | I'm not an author but I do have an opinion. While a magazine might get you more readers, if you ever do want to put it out as a novel half those readers won't buy it because they read it already. Or their mother/sister/neighbor/ friend thinks it's a waste of money cuz they follows and it was silly.
Think book is the safer |
The books after the serials still get sold. If the story is good she can get paid for it twice
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Goody2shoes
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Sun, Jul 31 2022, 11:52 am
| shaqued_almond wrote: | | The books after the serials still get sold. If the story is good she can get paid for it twice |
Could be. Again I'm not an author and maybe I have no right to say anything. I'm actually the one who runs to buy the books cuz it was so good and I want to have it in book form. But dunno,I sometimes get the feeling from family and friends that once you read it there's no point if it being published as a book.
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amother
Burlywood
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Sun, Jul 31 2022, 11:57 am
| alwayssmiling wrote: | | Could be. Again I'm not an author and maybe I have no right to say anything. I'm actually the one who runs to buy the books cuz it was so good and I want to have it in book form. But dunno,I sometimes get the feeling from family and friends that once you read it there's no point if it being published as a book. | Those are the same people who probably wouldn’t have bought it regardless because they’d rather borrow from someone else, read it once and then return it.
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