What is the difference between Simon and Schuster traditional submissions and self-publishing via Kindle Direct Publishing regarding royalties and turnaround time for a manuscript I finished today?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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What is the difference between Simon and Schuster traditional submissions and self-publishing via Kindle Direct Publishing regarding royalties and turnaround time for a manuscript I finished today?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (2)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
Simon & Schuster unsolicited manuscript submissions literary agents official publisher submission guidelines 2026 Google ↗
Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing royalty rates 70% 35% paperback royalty printing costs publication review time official Google ↗
- All About Advances: What Authors Should Expect · authorsguild.org
- - The Authors Guild · go.authorsguild.org
- Publishing Your Book · pw.org
- eBook Royalties · kdp.amazon.com
- Paperback Royalty · kdp.amazon.com
- Timelines · kdp.amazon.com
- Demystifying Publishing · asauthors.org.au
- Help Center - Publishing · simonandschuster.com
- Simon & Schuster Fraud Alert · simonandschuster.com
- Simon & Schuster Submission Selector · editors.simonandschuster.com
- Simon Stream · simonandschuster.co.uk
Queries
2 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Simon & Schuster unsolicited manuscript submissions literary agents official publisher submission guidelines 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing royalty rates 70% 35% paperback royalty printing costs publication review time official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 |