Gregory Gottfried is an aspiring novelist who is hard at work on
his first work of fiction. He plans on releasing the novel by 2017. Gottfried
isn’t afraid of going the traditional or the new way to publish his novel. The
traditional way is usually longer and more difficult, but usually brings more
long-term success. Authors are self-publishing their work now at a much higher
rate than ever before as well. While this is an easier way to get their work
into the hands of readers, self-publishing too has its own pitfalls.
Gregory Gottfried hopes to get his novel published the
traditional way, but he would also love to self-publish his work as well,
depending on his options. For a novel to travel from the author’s mind to the
bookshelves in the traditional manner, the author must first sell his or her
novel to an agent. Gregory Gottfried, in the process of drafting his first
novel now, has already sent samples of the work to prospective agents in NewYork City, hoping that what he has written so far will inspire one of these
agents to represent him to a publishing firm there. Once an agent accepts a
writer as a client, he or she will start selling it to publishers. The
publisher will decide if they can sell the author’s work and offer the author a
contract, from there the marketing effort begins.
Gregory Gottfried has worked hard on his first novel and plans
on publishing it himself if can’t find an agent.
