Getting Book Published
POSTED BY: queenofthenorth
UPDATED: Friday, March 17, 2006 04:43
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The preview is charming, looks like you might've gained a fan.
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Thanks for all the encouragement, guys! It means a lot!
I give to you the Seeker of Serenity, the Valkyrie Warrior, the Gourmet Cook and the Truth Scoper.
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*bumps again*
Shameless, but a girl's gotta eat.
I give to you the Seeker of Serenity, the Valkyrie Warrior, the Gourmet Cook and the Truth Scoper.
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Mmm. I would love to publish one of my books, but self-publishing makes me leery. You basically have to do all the ad-work yourself, right? And they're only available on-line? Are they hard copies or just for download? (I suppose I could actually read the website info, but I'm in a hurry. Gotta go to my French course in a bit.) Congrats though! So happy for you!
http://www.simple-assault.com/Firefly.htm
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Actually, with Authorhouse, they're available for sale in bookstores too. And you can get hardcovers, softcovers, whatever you want. Plus, they'll do a lot of advertising for you. I just felt it was easier than sending out 3000 things to regular publishers and getting rejected/ignored. Thanks for the congrats!
I give to you the Seeker of Serenity, the Valkyrie Warrior, the Gourmet Cook and the Truth Scoper.
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Being self publishing, though, do you have to pay for the copies that go to bookstores?
http://www.simple-assault.com/Firefly.htm
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Very cool - How are you marketing your book. One idea is to push it more on Amazon. I suggest uploading an image to Amazon & putting some info on their website.
[URL= http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1420888242/qid%3D1132081625/sr%
3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/102-9600129-4719307]Here is your book on Amazon[/URL]
1 Corinthians 2:2
Luke 22:36 He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.
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Here's something to think about. Saw this article on SCIFI.COM. If the story is good, you might want to try writing for donations.
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SCIFI.COM
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?id=33282
Ethshar Finds Internet Success
Hugo Award-winning fantasy author Lawrence Watt-Evans told SCI FI Wire that he put the ninth entry in his Legends of Ethshar series, The Spriggan Mirror, on the Internet, available for free download or for a nominal donation, after his publisher declined to pick it up. The results were surprisingly successful.
Watt-Evans said in an interview that he drew his inspiration from the "Storyteller's Bowl" concept and the Street Performer Protocol.
"Every week from mid-April through October of 2005 I posted [a] chapter," Watt-Evans said. "Anyone who wanted to could donate money or just read it for free. I told readers that each chapter cost $100; if I had that much by the end of the week, the next chapter would go up. If I hadn't received enough contributions, the next chapter would be held back until I did. I also promised that if the novel was finished, everyone who had donated more than $15 would receive a copy of the finished book. To my pleased surprise, I never had to delay a chapter; money came in steadily, in donations ranging from 50 cents to $500, and the novel was completed on schedule. The finished book is still a few months away, but it's coming, and more than 150 readers will be getting their copies sometime in 2006."
Watt-Evans said that he enjoyed the project, but also at times found it difficult to keep up with. "It was exciting, and for the most part a great deal of fun, but it was also sometimes wearing," he said. "I had to make sure I always had a chapter ready to go at the end of the week, no matter what else I was doing."
Why didn't his publisher, Tor, pick up the book? "Tor dropped the series for entirely sound reasons, but I loved Ethshar too much to give it up," he said. "Mainstream publishers aren't generally interested in picking up a dropped series, [so] I looked for some [other] way to make it happen. I knew I had fans who wanted to see more."
Watts-Evans added: "When I created Ethshar more than 20 years ago, I intended it to be something I'd do for the rest of my life. Every time I go back to it after a hiatus, I remember all over again how much fun it is to write. I never intended to stop." Watt-Evans' next traditionally published novel is The Wizard Lord, due out in March 2006 from Tor.
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SerenityValley - No, I don't have to pay for anything except my initial fee. If the bookstores want my books, they have to pay Authorhouse in order to get some. I get royalties for any that they order, even if they don't sell.
ShepherdEric - I am trying to get articles in all the local newspapers, newsletters, etc. around here. Also, Authorhouse is putting an ad in the Bloomsbury Review about my book, which is circulated to about 125 000 people. Then, my cousin's sending a mass email around to everybody she knows to push it, and I put it on here. I'll have to try pushing it on Amazon more. Thanks.
Haken - Interesting article. I'll have to think about that. Don't know if it would work without a previous fan base.
I give to you the Seeker of Serenity, the Valkyrie Warrior, the Gourmet Cook and the Truth Scoper.
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Better bump again before she gets lost.
I give to you the Seeker of Serenity, the Valkyrie Warrior, the Gourmet Cook and the Truth Scoper.
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