WE'RE BACK . . . and better than ever

 Yup. Bacon Press Books is ready to dive back into the world of micro-publishing.
We’re still committed to:

• Putting authors first
• Setting reasonable fees
• Offering personal support through all of it
• Giving you a beautiful, professional-quality book
• And getting it to market on a timetable that works for everyone involved

 
We’ve added some top talent. A new editorial director and a website consultant. We’re going to offer some new services. And with any luck, we’ll still have the terrific freelance artists we’ve worked with to publish our first 15 books.

Before you say, “Do we really need another publisher who’s going to ask writers to contribute money as well as their time?”

My answer is what it was when I first started Bacon Press Books in 2012: “Yes.”

Here’s my thinking:
I’ve seen way too many authors with very good books scramble for years to get an agent and/or a publisher. I’ve seen authors, a year or two into the querying process, slip into self-doubt and despair. Too often, they just give up.

Would they rather get the big advance, the book tour, and the rave reviews instead of sharing the cost of bringing their book to readers? Do I even need to answer that?

But getting a book published has always been tough. Some say it’s getting harder. The most common statistic is that 1%-2% of all books submitted to agents and publishers get published.

I’m not great with statistics. When my first novel came out, I was told the odds were 80,000 to 1. So I figured – well, someone’s got to be the 1.

Still, it’s good to know if you’ve been rejected that it’s not you. It’s just tough out there.

Which is why I believe in partnership publishing, hybrid publishing, and self-publishing. The one thing I know to be true is that readers don’t care who published a book if it’s good.  

Readers don’t care if you got a big advance or no advance. If you paid for marketing or someone else paid.

I was set to relaunch Bacon Press Books, but then the pandemic started, and I had to step back. I couldn’t see getting caught up in the publishing world when everyone was facing so many more serious, life-changing events.

I always wished I had someone to work with—not because it’s so hard, but because it’s more fun to work with someone. I still believe publishing a book and​ getting your book published should be fun. And now I have an editorial director who can do developmental editing, beta reading, and a little marketing consulting, and​ a website consultant who can help authors with their websites. 

So stay tuned. More announcements to come.

And if you want to see a really good run down on statistics – check out 21 Debut Author Statistics: The Real Odds of Getting Published by Natalie Harris-Spencer on Aspiring Author