I appreciate you taking the time to respond candidly.
I recently self published a book myself and so I understand the disincentives in choosing the road less travelled (as an author). I had a couple publishers express interest but I did not want to give up any rights to my writing or give up a significant cut of each sale in or…
I appreciate you taking the time to respond candidly.
I recently self published a book myself and so I understand the disincentives in choosing the road less travelled (as an author). I had a couple publishers express interest but I did not want to give up any rights to my writing or give up a significant cut of each sale in order to streamline getting my book out in hard copies, so I chose the more challenging path (of crowd funding part of the printing costs, then saving up the rest myself working long hours at a day job, seeking out a printing company myself and arranging all the nitty gritty details for formatting, printing, shipping etc). To be honest, it was brutal, it took a lot out of me, but I am glad I went the distance for this at least this first 500 copy printing run (so I can have full discretion regarding where my book is sold and for how much etc). In the future I may have to go with a preferred publisher (as tryna work a full time physically demanding day job while simultaneously arranging shipping logistics for hundreds of books is a lot). I am tempted to go with print on demand services (such as those that are offered by Amazon) as this would allow people to gain access to the empowering and educational material in my book world wide in an expedited fashion, but I face the ethical conundrum of also recognizing that corporations like Amazon represent the antithesis of the ethos of my book and it's message. Thus, so far I have refrained from using their services.
I wish you all the best with your book and I will share a review on my substack once I get a copy and have a chance to explore it's pages.
Understood.
I appreciate you taking the time to respond candidly.
I recently self published a book myself and so I understand the disincentives in choosing the road less travelled (as an author). I had a couple publishers express interest but I did not want to give up any rights to my writing or give up a significant cut of each sale in order to streamline getting my book out in hard copies, so I chose the more challenging path (of crowd funding part of the printing costs, then saving up the rest myself working long hours at a day job, seeking out a printing company myself and arranging all the nitty gritty details for formatting, printing, shipping etc). To be honest, it was brutal, it took a lot out of me, but I am glad I went the distance for this at least this first 500 copy printing run (so I can have full discretion regarding where my book is sold and for how much etc). In the future I may have to go with a preferred publisher (as tryna work a full time physically demanding day job while simultaneously arranging shipping logistics for hundreds of books is a lot). I am tempted to go with print on demand services (such as those that are offered by Amazon) as this would allow people to gain access to the empowering and educational material in my book world wide in an expedited fashion, but I face the ethical conundrum of also recognizing that corporations like Amazon represent the antithesis of the ethos of my book and it's message. Thus, so far I have refrained from using their services.
I wish you all the best with your book and I will share a review on my substack once I get a copy and have a chance to explore it's pages.