M. David Hornbuckle chats with Cantara Christopher about Cantarabooks, the independent press that published his novella, The Salvation of Billy Wayne Carter. (You might remember seeing his trailer on GalleyCat back in the spring.)
“A few weeks after I submitted my novella to Cantarabooks,” Hornbuckle reports, “they offered me a contract to publish it as an e-book, sold exclusively on their Web site as a PDF file. The contract specifies that they will offer me a paperback contract once the e-book sells above a certain threshold, indicating that my readership is wide enough to justify the cost of printing. The terms are very generous; because of the e-book format, they have little overhead, and I make a 40 percent royalty on all sales.”
Hornbuckle’s obviously sold on the idea of publishing with an e-book company early in your writing career—but only you can decide whether it will bring the kind of success you’re looking for. Read the article, take a close look at the companies specializing in this field, and make up your own mind.
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