If you’ve finally succeeded getting past the narrow opening, through the gate of getting published, and have found yourself a great publisher, you have to look at the way things are going. For the most part, you might have already surrendered control of your book and you’re working under the dictates of your publishing contract. The situation can still get worse when you find out that you’ll only get a small percentage of the profits of the sales. This is where the path usually leads. You worked so hard to find publishers for your book, and you’ll only get 10% of the profits in the end.

As narrow is the way is to getting published, there’s a tactic that you can make it work. More correctly, there’s a way that you can make it work for yourself. Have you ever thought of self publishing your book? As difficult as that might sound, it’s actually a snap. You’ll have a publisher to work with there but this person will give you all of the control with the publishing of your book. That also goes with the amount you get as income for the book sales.

With so much being on your hands, you can assume that you also have control over the price of your book. You can go ahead and sell it for a very cheap price, you can also go and sell it for the most expensive price. Although you’ll get a bit of advice on that, you still have the last say. If you choose to sell your book for $20 a copy, you’re going to get $20 in your pocket when someone buys your book. If two people buy your book, you’ll get $40 and so on.

The greatest joy with getting published is having the ability to share your work to the world. Aside from sharing your talent, you can also make an income out of it. You’ll make a meagre income if you go with the conventional publisher who takes control over everything, but the profits can be larger with self publishing.