Self vs. Traditional Publishing

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by Fantasy510

by Fantasy510

One of the struggles of publishing is, well, PUBLISHING!!

There's the struggle of finding the RIGHT publisher. And also the complications of money and marketing. Especially when you're only a kid.

But one of my problems is that I can't decide between self or traditional publishing.

Self:
-I can do it myself
-Quicker
-Bit less complicated
-How do covers and stuff even work?
-I feel as if they're won't be as well known as traditionally published books

Traditional:
-I feel as if they're more well known than self published books
-Publishing company helps
-But I'd have to find an agent. How do I even do that? They probably won't even take me seriously because people have an annoying tendency to judge people by their age
-I'd have to write a query letter. I don't know the key components and what makes a good query letter! And again, will they even take me seriously?
-I'd probably have to wait until I'm older to publish it

If anyone knows of, like, teenagers who've traditionally published, comment them to boost my confidence in traditional publishing.

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