#WritersCoffeeClub Sept 24: What are your biggest bugbears with publishing?
As a self publishing author, my biggest issue (with KDP) is the very high print cost and publisher's cut. It makes some paperbacks so expensive you're lucky to sell any.
I don't know if this is the same with other POD publishers. I may try elsewhere in the future.
This means ebooks are more lucrative. Unfortunately, I know many readers who won't touch them.
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