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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

First things first read the idiot's guide and research, research, research

So I'm researching query letters and on my break at work I'm reading the Idiot's Guide to query letters. I'm reading blogs and articles online query query query... I come across an article on Self-publishing. I had originally planned to self-published bypassing the "hard work" in getting a publishing house to except my work. If you can even get noticed. This article said to do both!
Have my cake and eat it? Oh yes!
I can upload my novel as an e-book (an electronic book or digital representation of a book read on a digital device, such as smart phones, e-readers, tablets and computers) Through a self-publishing site, I can sell Pull on Amazon, iTunes, and Barnes and Noble all at once. I can choose to print my book, but of course that's where you have to pay the big bucks. With an e-book I can sell it at a reduced cost or even for free and I get more profit than I would a major publisher. While self-publishing it, I can query about the same book, earning credit at the same time.
Don't get me wrong, it's not about the money, it's about people reading my work. This is the one thing I've stuck to because I've finally found something to be passionate about. It would be awesome to make money while doing it, sure! I could use money for a house we'll eventually buy or a baby that's not yet born. But first and foremost is sharing my work. making it into a movie.
I can't wait to get to the feedback from my beta readers. I can't wait to polish up Pull and have it available for download.
Art by Merkotoz

New To Do List:
  • Polish and edit Pull (book one of the Sanctuary novels).
  • Coffee.
  • Find a book cover artist or a royalty free graphic for Pull.
  • Research more on LuLu.com for my self publishing needs.
  • More coffee.
  • More Blink 182 listening for positivity.
  • Work on book 2, working title: Gravity.
  • Continue reading on query letters.
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1 comment:

  1. CeiserDecember 30, 2012 at 1:28 PM

    For a cover, you might try running a contest on 99designs.com. Not sure what you're looking for, but you could probably get something pretty good for $200-$300, much less than it would normally cost. I did that for my books and was pretty happy with the results.

    I just looked briefly on LuLu and there may be more options, but it costs you virtually nothing to put your book together on CreateSpace (through Amazon). If you've already got your own cover and some time to format one of the MS Word templates they have, it's pretty straightforward. You have to pay for your Proof copy, but otherwise, it's pretty painless. If you're looking for marketing aid, then one of the packages available through both CreateSpace and LuLu might be a better choice.

    Anyway, just my two cents.

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