Mostly I fell into it from the misconception abotu publishing and lingering belief in self-publishing as an option. I edited an anthology (Teddy Bear Cannibal Massacre - thought of the title first), lost the publisher (someone else who had a small press but only for his own stuff), read many many awful stories, picked out 11 that were pretty good, lost a couple of friends (also amateur writers with issues especially when it came to listening to what an editor says about their prose), 86'd my own story and put the thing out 6 months late.
And started Dybbuk Press (http://www.dybbuk-press.com) as a way to get it out there (with jaylake telling me abotu Lightning Source so I wouldn't have a warehouse full of these books) and learned things like
1. Send review copies out BEFORE the book comes through. 2. The Amazon Look Inside the Book is your friend. Sure someone might be able to download your entire book piece by piece from it, but if no one knows what's in it, no one is going to buy it. 3. Never use the Amazon BXGY to pair Teddy Bear Cannibal Massacre with The Great Gatsby (I got much better results by pairing it with the Brett Easton Ellis book)
I'll learn more later. But if I actually try selling the books to book stores, it's still going to be a hit & miss proposition. I can see why you'd have regional sales people since there are still a lot of small bookstores around the country like Dreamhaven that carry mostly science fiction.
Thanks. And I friended you, but I see you declared that cool either way.
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Date: 2006-03-15 05:46 pm (UTC)And started Dybbuk Press (http://www.dybbuk-press.com) as a way to get it out there (with
1. Send review copies out BEFORE the book comes through.
2. The Amazon Look Inside the Book is your friend. Sure someone might be able to download your entire book piece by piece from it, but if no one knows what's in it, no one is going to buy it.
3. Never use the Amazon BXGY to pair Teddy Bear Cannibal Massacre with The Great Gatsby (I got much better results by pairing it with the Brett Easton Ellis book)
I'll learn more later. But if I actually try selling the books to book stores, it's still going to be a hit & miss proposition. I can see why you'd have regional sales people since there are still a lot of small bookstores around the country like Dreamhaven that carry mostly science fiction.
Thanks. And I friended you, but I see you declared that cool either way.