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As I get my book ready to ship off to my editor, I've started researching the various PoD options (CreateSpace, Xlibris, etc. etc.) and the plethora of options is truly mindboggling. Not only that, so many of them give me a vibe that indicates I should be very wary (particularly Xlibris). I'm starting to wonder if it's even worthwhile to pursue PoD. I'd have to sell a heck of a lot of copies to break even on them. I'm already paying for cover art, promotional art for my blog, maps, and editing; I really don't want to invest more money on an option for which I'll not see any return.
I know things are changing at Amazon and they're starting to dip their toes into the market as a publisher of print books. Now, I'm thinking maybe I should just make my book available to eReader and hope it gets noticed by someone who'll put it into print. It seems like I have as much of a chance of making money on it that way as I do putting it print myself. It's all very frustrating.
The type of stories I write will (probably) not ever be considered "literature" or the next "Great American Novel." I suspect they'll be just the sort of thing that is perfect for e-readers, and I think those are the wave of the future anyway; dead tree volume won't cease to be, but they'll be come more collector items than things sought after be people who devour 3-4 books a week. So is it even worthwhile for me to bankroll that myself?
Just to be clear, I fully intend to press forward with the e-reader editions (though I'm starting to think buying a Mac so I can get it into Apple's iBookstore is a better investment than a full-service POD option), and Wings of Twilight will be on Kindle and Nook (at the very least), this fall.
I know things are changing at Amazon and they're starting to dip their toes into the market as a publisher of print books. Now, I'm thinking maybe I should just make my book available to eReader and hope it gets noticed by someone who'll put it into print. It seems like I have as much of a chance of making money on it that way as I do putting it print myself. It's all very frustrating.
The type of stories I write will (probably) not ever be considered "literature" or the next "Great American Novel." I suspect they'll be just the sort of thing that is perfect for e-readers, and I think those are the wave of the future anyway; dead tree volume won't cease to be, but they'll be come more collector items than things sought after be people who devour 3-4 books a week. So is it even worthwhile for me to bankroll that myself?
Just to be clear, I fully intend to press forward with the e-reader editions (though I'm starting to think buying a Mac so I can get it into Apple's iBookstore is a better investment than a full-service POD option), and Wings of Twilight will be on Kindle and Nook (at the very least), this fall.