My first publisher, ZigZag Education, has recently sent me an email, requesting that I post links to their website from my own personal website or blog in order to increase their sales. ARE THEY JOKING??
I have suspected for a couple of years (well, since I signed up with them really) that the meagre percentage that they pay me in royalties was a joke, and their latest communications have really confirmed that.
They claim that they take the majority of the income from my resource to cover their advertising costs, and yet it is only now that they have realised that social networking and SEO are important, and they have the gall to ask their writers to publicise their site for them!
I THINK NOT!
I spoke to an editor about a year ago, and have had written confirmation that I can publish my original content through other avenues. I have approached another publisher, but am currently of a mind to self-publish, and sell through my activity days in schools, or through my own web site (once it's up to scratch!).
My resource: Poems and Puzzles for Key Stage 3 Science, received great reviews from teachers, and has been well received by the majority of my own students with whom I trialled the poems and associated worksheets. Despite this, ZigZag have managed to get me a total of 9 (Yes, Nine) sales in two years.
NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!
Maybe I should just publish the poems as an e-book, and be done with it. I certainly couldn't earn a lot less money in royalties that at present!
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