Self Publishing on the “NET”

Posted by ttblogger on 08/09 at 05:37 PM Permalink
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“Are you a writer or do you want to look like one?” If so, then welcome to the 21st century world of self publishing!  Yes, you too can produce good quality printed works for a pittance – especially with the advent of self-publishing the internet way.  On the Internet, there are a number of self-publishing or “publish-on-demand” sites available and in this week’s Tech Tip, we’ll look at some really cool things that you can do by self publishing via the Internet – the geeky way.

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    Posted by Mel  on  08/09  at  04:07 PM

  1. I have published 23 books with lulu and eight with Create Space. So far Sales have not made me rich and famous but I still try my best by advertising them to the world who knows some day I may strike it rich.

    2. Posted by J. Brinckloe  on  08/10  at  07:00 AM

  2. In response to your warm and fuzzy upside regarding self-publishing, I’m curious as to why you fail to roll it over to reveal the vulnerable downside.

    A few years back I encouraged my father to self-publish his novel. Though already a published author of textbooks for major houses he had no name in the novel market. I’d read a blurb in the San Francisco Chronicle about a company called i-Universe that published any novel for $99. He bit. I bit. And he got bit back--hard.

    His total outlay was in the thousands; he had no guidance--despite the fanfare--about marketing the book. And all the copies he purchased to send to publishers and resellers (at a grossly inflated per book rate) have made their way to the discount bin. And this wasn’t a coughed-up rag but a scrupulously-researched and well-written book.

    The lesson learned was this: publishers and booksellers rarely if ever peruse self-published books. They deal with agents, and agents--like self-pub book projects--cost more money than you ever expect at the outset.

    Face it: the self-publishing companies make their coin selling books on cheap paper for more than they would ever bring in the marketplace TO THE AUTHOR. And after every bookseller and publisher in America has been mailed a free copy that will never be read, the remaining inventory will lie in corrugated boxes in the garage, till mold or rats mercy-kill the dream.

    3. Posted by Alexander  on  08/21  at  04:00 PM

  3. I consider self publishing the future of books, lets face it, the industry is changing

    4. Posted by PC Guy  on  09/03  at  10:14 AM

  4. The Web is the way forward. If you don’t get on board you might just get left behind!

    5. Posted by Mel  on  09/03  at  12:20 PM

  5. I feel sorry for your father but if he had gone to lulu or Create Space (Amazon subsidiary) It would have cost him nothing to publish. I have done just that and My book Pasha The Greek has sold like hot cakes. On lulu I have sold 53 downloads and print items in the last month and I have converted 17 of my boons to E books and one to hard cover which will widen my scope. Out of pocket $0.00.

    6. Posted by digitalmind computers  on  09/13  at  08:31 PM

  6. I’m a beginner in writing articles and hopefully will turn into something big like books.Internet make a great change in terms of books,publishing ad selling.It’s not as easy as we think and competition are growing in number every year.

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