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Date Posted: 12:09:07 03/19/06 Sun
Author: chrys
Subject: Re: dare i post too soon?
In reply to: chrys 's message, "dare i post too soon?" on 02:43:19 03/15/06 Wed

well guys, i will speak too soon and say this:

i have always known that when the time was ripe, i would go with self-publishing rather than going with a major publisher. there are a lot of reasons for that. i have seen published authors get totally screwed by even subsidiary publishers. there's also the whole idea of going indie rather than going with the big man in new york. i think there are a lot of parallels to the record industry. mostly though, if you self-publish, you get more money per book sold (by a lot actually), and you get to keep your rights.

so i've been reading the self-publishing manual by dan poynter, aka the self-publishing bible, and he makes very very strong arguments for becoming your own publishing company, as a sole proprietorship business. if i do it, it will mean doing a lot of the work myself, which i sort of like, as a self-starter type of person. also when i did my show and various other things, i have really enjoyed the business end of things, the promotions and press releases and organization, so this might be a good outlet for my more left-brained self, while the right brain writes. once i get this up and running, and really know the ins and outs of how to do it, i can do this for the other people in my group who want to self-publish, because i know most of them really hate the whole promotions/business end of it. if i do this, it will take a LOT of work, and a lot of learning, and a lot of consulting with other people who know a lot more about what they're doing. still i am very strongly leaning towards it.

also i'm going to say my projected release date for the book is oct 31st. we'll see if i can keep that, it means i should get it to a printer by june, yikes!

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[> Re: dare i post too soon? -- chrys, 14:34:51 03/19/06 Sun [1]

spike way too soon there, there is no way i can hae it done that fast, just assessing the costs i'd need to get it to printing. probably the printing will take place in october (once the market is done and i have saved up the money i've made from that in order to afford the printing). i'll see as i go on and i'll update you guys. this is exciting.

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