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Seven questions about publishing with Amazon
By Carol / June 11, 2015 /
Ever since Lake Union Publishing acquired my novel Go Away Home (re-launch on July 7), I get questions. Lots of them. About how it works, the advantages, the disadvantages. Jane Friedman invited me to answer the top seven most frequently asked questions on her blog. If you haven’t connected with Jane yet, take time to look around her blog; she offers a deep well of information on the writing and publishing world.
If you’re curious about how it all worked, too, hop over and read my answers to such questions as:
- How did Lake Union find my book?
- Why did I sign with them?
- What happens when a book is acquired?
- And four more …
My Experience Working with Amazon Publishing
Note from Jane: Today’s guest post is from Carol Bodensteiner (@CABodensteiner), author of the self-published memoir Growing Up Country and the upcoming Go Away Home via Lake Union Publishing, an imprint of Amazon Publishing.
Unable to land a publisher after I wrote my first book, a memoir, I cast my lot with the indie world. I enjoyed the control, and good sales put money in my pocket. So when I completed my pre-WWI-era novel, Go Away Home, in July 2014, I didn’t even look for a traditional publisher.
Imagine my surprise when six months later an email arrived in my inbox from an acquisition editor at Lake Union Publishing, an imprint of Amazon Publishing. I felt like the average teenage girl sitting at the soda fountain counter who is spotted by a director and cast in a major motion picture.
Have more questions about publishing with Lake Union and Amazon? Leave a comment and I’ll do my best to answer.
Hi , I have a unique medical memoir. I has not be submitted around . Does Lake Union take submissions . Thank you Aaron Feingold
Their website says they do not accept submissions. http://www.apub.com/contact That’s consistent with my experience since they contacted me. Good luck with your memoir.