We all know the stigma associated with people who self-publish and self-published books. We've heard the complaints. "They aren't real authors or real books. Nobody would accept their story so they had to pay to get it published, etc..."
Well a lot of that is changing. With ebook popularity on the rise and print book sales dropping dramatically, self-publishing is becoming a viable option.
I'm exploring my first foray into self-publishing right now thanks to some amazing help from others who have been involved in the business for a while.
Most of my stories are short so ebooks are my only option for publishing but I do a lot of cons and events during the year and people like to have signed print copies to purchase at those shows. That's when the idea hit me.
I'm compiling a personal anthology of all my lesbian short stories that I still retain the print rights to and putting it into print through createspace. The stories have been edited before being published in ebook so that base is covered, though I still plan to have a proofreader go through it for me for mistakes. I have my cover art and a title for the book and the fabulous Patty Henderson is guiding me through the steps to make the book a reality. I'm very excited about the project and I hope that others would be willing to explore a similar venture. We know e-books are the wave of the future. Sales figure show us that more and more people are purchasing e-readers and every time you turn around another brick and mortar book store seems to be closing it's doors for good. Maybe a nice compliment to the e-book revolution will be the self-publishing route.
Stay tuned for release info of my new self-published anthology titled, Women Gone Wylde. You can check out the cover art now at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bethwylde/
Have a great weekend everyone.
Beth
www.bethwylde.com
3 comments:
OMG Beth I am so excited for you! I've been following Bob Mayer's blog and self-pub adventure looking for tips and advice - now I'll add you to that list! Quality (you've definitely got that!!) and marketing platform appear to be key - hmm. Next antho maybe room for friends??
Congrats!
Hi Beth, Your plan sounds good, but there's some real dreck being pubbed out there. In some cases the stories are not bad but the authors are so inexperienced it's laughable. In other cases nothing is good. Head hops withing a single sentence, Writing the whole story in caps.
I think self publishing is fine, if you're at least a decent writer. I just wish there was some quality control.I plan to blog about this in the future.
Beth I am looking forward to see how this goes for you. I love the cover you chose!
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