I want to thank all of you who are patiently (or not so patiently :) waiting for my next book. I have been trying to find a suitable publisher and it is a minefield out there. Having looked on numerous websites I was assailed by unending phone calls from hungry publishers. It got so bad I had to change my phone message and stop answering their calls. I felt like I was chum in shark infested waters!
Many of these so-called "Amazon Publishers" are in reality third party companies who do publish works for posting on Amazon. Almost all of them have people working the phones who are of eastern extraction, and with my poor hearing, are uninitelligable to me. So I backed off until I can establish whom to trust with my work. I do not want to turn over years worth of manuscript writing and hundreds of photos to some disreputable publisher. I had quotes for publishing each of my manuscript ranging from $299 to $1800! That's their charge for a work already formatted, edited photos embedded and cover art ready to go. Do you know how many books I would have to sell just to cover their work! Then, depending on the company, I was quoted anywhere from 5% to 60% royalties. They both cannot be right. Someone is losing money or someone is scamming me.
Self-publishing is still an option but unfortunately my printer of choice went out of business. It was so easy to work with them, and since they were only 90 miles away, I could drive there and pick up my books, saving hundreds of dollars in shipping costs. I also have had patrons come out of the woodwork, only to disappear just as unpredictably?? I am not sure what they have been all about or why they just stopped answering emails. So, what I am saying is things are pretty frustrating. As I have said before, writing a book is easy. Getting a book printed and distributed profitably is difficult. I guess I just need advice from someone who is successfully doing this. Anyone out there want to give me a shout??? [email protected]
Many of these so-called "Amazon Publishers" are in reality third party companies who do publish works for posting on Amazon. Almost all of them have people working the phones who are of eastern extraction, and with my poor hearing, are uninitelligable to me. So I backed off until I can establish whom to trust with my work. I do not want to turn over years worth of manuscript writing and hundreds of photos to some disreputable publisher. I had quotes for publishing each of my manuscript ranging from $299 to $1800! That's their charge for a work already formatted, edited photos embedded and cover art ready to go. Do you know how many books I would have to sell just to cover their work! Then, depending on the company, I was quoted anywhere from 5% to 60% royalties. They both cannot be right. Someone is losing money or someone is scamming me.
Self-publishing is still an option but unfortunately my printer of choice went out of business. It was so easy to work with them, and since they were only 90 miles away, I could drive there and pick up my books, saving hundreds of dollars in shipping costs. I also have had patrons come out of the woodwork, only to disappear just as unpredictably?? I am not sure what they have been all about or why they just stopped answering emails. So, what I am saying is things are pretty frustrating. As I have said before, writing a book is easy. Getting a book printed and distributed profitably is difficult. I guess I just need advice from someone who is successfully doing this. Anyone out there want to give me a shout??? [email protected]
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