The Bookseller - Comment - Turning traditional

I had been happily self-publishing for over a year when I landed a traditional deal for The Cellar. The process was smooth at the start with both parties quickly agreeing on the structural changes needed in my manuscript. It had been my dream for such a long time to see my books in stores that I didn't think much about the differences between indie and traditional.

Although I was thoroughly enjoying the process, meeting a wonderful team who were just as enthusiastic to bring my book to life, I did quite quickly realise that my experience was indie specific, and trad was a whole different ball game.

I assumed, rather naively, that it would be a similar process, and I'd sail through it. After all, I'd had plenty of experience, having published three books already. I knew how to take a book from an idea to Amazon, and I'd done it mostly on my own. This time I was going to have an entire team and publishing house behind me. Surely that would be even easier than going it alone?