Which self-publishing company
December 23rd 2007 03:50
Hi,
It has been a few days since my last posting. I seem to have caught this bug that is going around south Florida. It is terrible nausea and then includes vomiting. I know...lovely. I'm sure you're all glad that I shared it with you. My kids had it earlier in the week and I caught it yesterday. I remember my kids crying last weekend and throwing up. My son, who is 5, was hysterical crying and said he wanted to go to the doctor, as if that would make it instantly better. I felt awful and said that if I could take the pain from him, I would. Be careful what you wish for. This was terrible. Felt like my chest was on fire.I had a nice streak going of close to ten years without vomiting and it all came to a halt yesterday. I hate that feeling. Sitting over the toilet and waiting for it, knowing that it's inevitable. I felt slightly better afterwards, but only for a couple of hours until it hit again. Thankfully, today is just nausea without the throwing up. Even the nausea is not as bad as yesterday. Hopefully, another day or two and we're done.
Now back to writing. When I last left off, I mentioned that I had decided to self-publish my manuscript Billy Buttles and the Gravesend Witch. I gave my reasons for doing the first one. After searching through many companies, I decided to go with Mill City Press. There were many reasons I went with them. First one was higher royalties and the ability to set my own price. Many of the self-publishing companies take a royalty and set the price of retail for the book so high, I believe you are pricing yourself out of the market. I spoke to many places that were going to set the price of my Young Adult novel at around $17.95 per book. I don't know of many people who would take a chance on an unknown author at close to twent dollars a copy. This is a more manageable $9.99. I think some people might be willing to take a risk for that price. Mill City also seemed to have a fairly good marketing plan. My goal is to try to get Billy Buttles into as many places as possible. That of course includes blogging and posting on some message boards. Since this is going to be done primarily through my own efforts, I have to create a Billy Buttles awareness. That will mean linking it to other Young Adult stories, perhaps even message boards about witches or supernatural things. The more places and people that know about Billy Buttles and the Gravesend Witch the better. My goal is to have the book published by March. So, between now and then it will be up to me to try and create a buzz about it. Mill City also has their own imprint as a small publisher. I have to try and work to get Billy Buttles listed through one of those. I know there is some sort of stigma attached to self-published authors. I used to have that thought as well. That is until I met several self-published authors who seem to be doing pretty well for themselves. It is all about marketing. I will delve into other methods next time. The nausea is too much for me right now. So, in the meantime, tell your friends about Billy Buttles and the Gravesend Witch. Until next time.
Thanks,
Jonathan
It has been a few days since my last posting. I seem to have caught this bug that is going around south Florida. It is terrible nausea and then includes vomiting. I know...lovely. I'm sure you're all glad that I shared it with you. My kids had it earlier in the week and I caught it yesterday. I remember my kids crying last weekend and throwing up. My son, who is 5, was hysterical crying and said he wanted to go to the doctor, as if that would make it instantly better. I felt awful and said that if I could take the pain from him, I would. Be careful what you wish for. This was terrible. Felt like my chest was on fire.I had a nice streak going of close to ten years without vomiting and it all came to a halt yesterday. I hate that feeling. Sitting over the toilet and waiting for it, knowing that it's inevitable. I felt slightly better afterwards, but only for a couple of hours until it hit again. Thankfully, today is just nausea without the throwing up. Even the nausea is not as bad as yesterday. Hopefully, another day or two and we're done.
Now back to writing. When I last left off, I mentioned that I had decided to self-publish my manuscript Billy Buttles and the Gravesend Witch. I gave my reasons for doing the first one. After searching through many companies, I decided to go with Mill City Press. There were many reasons I went with them. First one was higher royalties and the ability to set my own price. Many of the self-publishing companies take a royalty and set the price of retail for the book so high, I believe you are pricing yourself out of the market. I spoke to many places that were going to set the price of my Young Adult novel at around $17.95 per book. I don't know of many people who would take a chance on an unknown author at close to twent dollars a copy. This is a more manageable $9.99. I think some people might be willing to take a risk for that price. Mill City also seemed to have a fairly good marketing plan. My goal is to try to get Billy Buttles into as many places as possible. That of course includes blogging and posting on some message boards. Since this is going to be done primarily through my own efforts, I have to create a Billy Buttles awareness. That will mean linking it to other Young Adult stories, perhaps even message boards about witches or supernatural things. The more places and people that know about Billy Buttles and the Gravesend Witch the better. My goal is to have the book published by March. So, between now and then it will be up to me to try and create a buzz about it. Mill City also has their own imprint as a small publisher. I have to try and work to get Billy Buttles listed through one of those. I know there is some sort of stigma attached to self-published authors. I used to have that thought as well. That is until I met several self-published authors who seem to be doing pretty well for themselves. It is all about marketing. I will delve into other methods next time. The nausea is too much for me right now. So, in the meantime, tell your friends about Billy Buttles and the Gravesend Witch. Until next time.
Thanks,
Jonathan
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