About this episode

Mikaela Mathews discusses the misconceptions surrounding self-publishing and advocates for author ownership.

I’ve got a pet peeve. A real, “nails on a chalkboard” kind of pet peeve. When people call self-publishing “vanity publishing,” I about jump out of my skin. Only in the literary world do we call an artist taking agency… vanity. A musician bypassing a record label? We celebrate. A filmmaker ignoring a production studio? Indie and impressive. A writer choosing not to pitch agents and self-publishing? Suddenly it’s suspect. Let’s talk about it. In this episode, I’m getting a little preachy about:...

People in this episode

Host: Mikaela Mathews

Topics covered

• self-publishing
• vanity publishing
• literary agency
• author empowerment
• independent publishing

Keywords

• self-publishing
• vanity publishing
• literary world
• author agency
• indie publishing

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