Recently,
I decided to try my hand at self-publishing, There’s a lot of work involved
with formatting, creating a cover and making sure your manuscript is free of
errors before placing it up for sale on some of the sites. You also have to
provide a description of your story and quote a price you want to charge for
each e-book. Another thing that’s required is to place a list of categories
where you want to place your book.
The
one thing I like about self-publishing is the idea of logging into your account
and knowing how many books you’ve sold in a given period. I uploaded two books to Amazon and
Barnes&Noble within days of each other. When I checked my account on each
site, there are sales already and they’ve only been up for a few days.
My
two e-books are erotic, contemporary, romance novels; longer than most of the
books I’ve put out in the past. They’re for sale at Amazon.com Kindle Books and
http://www.barnes&noble.com.
The titles are Finding Mr. Right and
Mission Accomplished. I’m hoping to complete all the preparations and upload a
third e-book in the next few weeks.
Self-publishing
is a challenge, but one that I enjoy doing. It’s hard work, but when you see
what you’ve accomplished, you feel a sense of pride.
Do
you believe self-publishing will become more common among authors in the future,
or will most authors stick with the publishing houses?
9 comments:
Good luck with self-publishing, Mary Suzanne. I just started it myself. It's fun, although the learning curve was a bit aggravating. I wish you much success!
Thanks so much, Trish.
I haven't figured out Allromance yet either.
My third book should be ready to upload in a few weeks.
Here's wishing you success with self-publishing.
You all are making me jealous! I may have to upload a story of my own. I'd love to have numbers at my fingertips and know when promo is working and not. Great topic!
Thanks, Kissa.
I've had fun with the self-publishing. It's a challenge, but satisfying.
You should try it. Knowing if your promos are working gives an author a sense of pride seeing the results money wise.
Good for you! We're getting ready to take the leap, as well - polishing the manuscripts right now, researching the process. There's a LOT to learn!
Adriana
I've had pretty good sales since I started uploading my books to Amazon and B&N. I still have some on SW but since this has been identified to me as the main site from which pirates steal, I don't upload anything else there. I actually quit my f/t job and am supporting myself with my writing alone, so this is really my dream come true. Not tons of money, but so far it just keeps building. I recently joined a book marketing group and they have some killer toys that make it all soooo much faster and easier. Both the formatting of e-books and a super easy shortcut to CreateSpace. I just got 2 on my books in paper and working through the rest. Here's the link if you're interested. The webinar replay is about an hour of information, so take notes. If you decide to join, it costs $1.00 for a one-week trial membership, but you can grab a lot of training and tools in a week. This is my second month and it feels like I took vitamins. Lots going on. It won't hurt my feelings if this is not for you, but I thought I would share. It would have made my first initiation into indie-publishing so much easier.
http://nanacast.com/vp/108380/364670/
Hope it's something useful to you.
Thanks, Adriana,
It's been fun formatting and trying my hand at self-publishing. There's a little work to it, but you feel a sense of pride seeing your work up on all the different sites for sale.
J.D.,
It's nice reading about a success story like yours. I'm going to check out the link you sent and I appreciate your help.
Good luck in your future writing.
Thanks, Adriana,
I uploaded two books to Amazon and B&N and then decided on Smashwords. That's where you make the most when it comes to royalties.
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