I published through a traditional publishing house and I’ll be honest… it’s been a long, tedious, and frustrating journey. I still don’t have my publishing date and I basically did my own edits because the ones I paid for weren’t satisfactory… but the finished product looks professional and will be sold in stores and online (mega pro).

Looked into self-publishing a children’s book I’ve been working on and idk if I like it any better. The quality that comes from self publishing just feels mediocre in comparison to the traditional means of publishing. Plus, there is so much added work on the backend if you don’t give Amazon rights to your work. I think I’m gonna publish my second work with another publishing house instead of doing it myself or with the company I used previously.

Ultimately, it all depends on what your expectations are for the finished product.

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Thank you so much for the great answer! (zapped ❤️⚡)

I'm asking because I went the self publishing route for my first book and I'm curious about the process for the second. I actually got an extremely high quality final product that is indistinguishable from a traditionally published one, but I had to pay a good chunk of $$$ to make that happen between editors and cover designers.

The timeline thing is big. I don't want to be waiting for years for my story to get out into the world. On top of that, I've heard that sentiment from others that even through trad publishing they still had to do all of their own marketing/editing.

Ofc! Thank you🫶🏽😊

Its just a big pro and cons list. Do you have any company’s you’re thinking of working with?

It’d be a dream to have a book published by Swan’s publishing house (haven’t done any research to see how yet) but I’m also looking into Jai publishing house, they have pretty interesting packages.

No specific company right now. I'm just wrapping up the first draft of the current book, I'd estimate something like a year out until I'm close to ready to publish, but the story is awesome and I'm making good headway.

I did Amazon in the past so I could get on their KDP platform. It was great as it made it more accessibly to people, but I don't know that it's actually worth it because of the lack of control that you mentioned before.

Well whatever you decide I’m excited to read it!! 💫

Thank you very much! I'm gonna keep in touch as I would love your perspective again as things get closer ❤️📚