A couple of self publishers Neil Slade and Morris Rosenthal talk about using Lightning Source as a POD printer and selling through Amazon.
This is all looking very interesting in terms of reasonable quality and hopefully reasonably priced manufacture and distribution of a finished book.
All I would have to do is sort out; editing, layout, cover design, and marketing.
Sweet!
Actually, it really doesn’t seem too daunting except for the marketing bit.
I have already had the book copyedited and a full edit doesn’t look too terrifyingly expensive.
Of course I could edit myself.
Hah! That is laughable. Am I the only one who sees what I think is there rather than what is? At least when it comes to my own work, all I can see is what I think I have written, this makes self correcting almost impossible. As a side to this please forgive me for all the typos I no doubt have on this blog.
Cover design, do it myself? Start with a stock photo and build something in Photoshop? Maybe not, but I do know a few artists.
Marketing how on Earth do I do that? The Internet is obviously is the way to go, but how? I have done some press releases and a minute amount of development work seeking sponsorship for various charities I have worked for, but a full fledged marketing campaign?
An awful lot to think about.
My brain hurts.
Time for brain easing photos
This was taken July 2005, I wonder if anyone can guess where?
Doesn’t it look summery, just the thing for a cold winter day in Melbourne.
And just for a but of fun:
Does anyone have any idea of how this boat
Might have got to here?
