Why would a successful writer like Hill go indie? Well, that story, according to Hill, is “likely to elicit some naughty language.”
literary chaos sprite that is Gregory Hill
And that was all Hill wanted from his would-be publisher: to “do the things they say they’re going to do.” And the publisher Hill was planning on working with failed at that in spectacular fashion, he laments. “It’s just unbelievable, and completely unacceptable to me, that someone will say, ‘Your book is going to come out on this date,’ and then six months after that date, it still hasn’t happened," he says.
It started with the company listing Hill’s books with a release date in its catalogue, even before Hill had signed any contracts. It then took two months of requests, Hill says, for the company to finally get him that contract, and when it did, it was oddly full of typos. “I should have known then,” Hill says. “This was supposed to be the ‘crack staff’ that would get the manuscript in top shape.”
Since that professional breakup, Hill has been busy. “I gave every single book another edit, recorded two audiobooks, did all the covers, did layout for the books’ designs, and have been working on laying a foundation for promotion,” he says. “At this point, the only added value I could get from a publisher was maybe promotion and distribution.”
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