Man thats alot of work you did there Michael! Thanks for the summary, that does clarify things.
Going by your numbers it seems like a good way to go would be to focus on producing work exclusively for distribution as ebooks and by-passing print althogether. By aiming either to self publish or...
Yes I agree, it seems like a good idea to make the most of all the alternatives. A beginning author could initially post samples of his/her work on a personal blog, then upon completion of a manuscript aim to get it made into an ebook and an audiobook... Under that scenario the author could be...
I am currently trying to understand the various methods for getting published. I'm not making any comment on which is better, just trying summarise the different processes. Below is a summary of my understanding so far.
Ideas, corrections, additions welcome.
Traditional methods:
Author...