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I'm self publishing my own work

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How I self published my award winning scifi Novel

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Authors: be aware

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INVITATION

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Self-Publish Without Spending Money

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Id like your opnion on self publishing.

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Marketing

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Createspace

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Thoughts/Ideas: Author/Author Marketing +

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Book Layout using word

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Why do you need a.... BRAND BUMPER?

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Final Stages before Self-Publishing

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How to publish an e-book with Smashwords

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I want to publish my own work! That's what I call self publishing!

Started by Cordelia Kirby Alexander. Last reply by Cordelia Kirby Alexander Jun 15, 2013. 6 Replies

Timelines for Self-Publishing

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Book Printing Prices

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Cover artist

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Literary Directory

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Book Cover Help

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Lightning Source vs. CreateSpace vs. Lulu

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Comment by Anna L. Walls on January 25, 2011 at 5:17am
that's all so exciting Garry.
Comment by Garry Edward Lewis on January 25, 2011 at 8:31am
Thanks Anna! Best of luck to you as well!
Comment by Thomas J Ault on January 26, 2011 at 12:21am
Using Createspace has been an easy self publishing unit for me. They connect with Amazon.com as well as their own sales methods and to date I have not complaints.
Comment by R.J. Hamilton on January 26, 2011 at 1:30am
I agree, Thomas.
Comment by Anna L. Walls on February 11, 2011 at 11:57pm
Oh my, well good for you Garry.
Comment by Anna L. Walls on February 14, 2011 at 9:41pm

It's really hard to tell, Garry, if an agent will pick you up.  I think it will depend on now well your books have done so far or on how popular your genre is at the time.  I think the market is a bit flooded with vampire and werwolf stories just now, but your mysteries might be of interest.

 

Personally, I don't care for books with short stories in them.  Here I have this nice book in my hand, and suddenly some 50 to 100 pages in, the story is over.  That's just me though.  I have managed to group together a half dozen of my own shorter stories into a single document following a similar theme.  Maybe some day I'll see if I can publish it.

 

Congratulations on getting your books back into your own hands.  I wish you luck.

Comment by Michael A. Smith on March 2, 2011 at 9:51pm
I have now produced and published several audio books, and have decided to offer this service to self-publishing authors. I have the ability to sell audio books through audible.com (a division of Amazon), and the ability to return up to 15% of the proceeds to the author. For every hour of narrated, edited, and mastered audio it takes approximately 14 actual hours of work, so my price of $200 per finished hour is really very reasonable. Each finished hour is usually about 10,000 words. So if your book is 70,000 words, then the audio book will cost $1400 to produce. That means that once 1400 copies are sold, it has paid for itself (audio books that sell for $6.75 generate 15% for the author, or about a dollar per). This, however, is in perpetuity, with no additional printing or production costs ever. Does this sound reasonable?
Comment by Anna L. Walls on March 2, 2011 at 10:22pm
Thanks Michael. I always wanted my book as an audio book. I wish my budget would allow the cost. Maybe someday. Not that it's too high, just beyond my means. Do you have a website? Somewhere I might be able to hear a sample of your work? Something I might be able to promote on Facebook or Twitter?
Comment by Michael A. Smith on March 2, 2011 at 10:41pm
Comment by Anna L. Walls on March 3, 2011 at 12:28am
You have a very nice, clear voice. You really should get a website. I use Weebly.com It's free and really rather nice.  A point where you can collect samples of your work would give people a single point to look for you. I wish you much luck. Maybe one day, I'll be able to hire you. I do like audio books and that is likely the only way my husband will ever read my work.

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