Self Publishing
Not sure how random of a topic self publishing is, but it’s something
that’s crossed my mind every now and then so I figured I might as well talk
about it.
…crickets chirping…
Alright, so I don’t know much about self-publishing. I’ve never
published anything other than a blog post and a few fanfiction stories. So, as
for publishing things to sell, I have no clue.
A couple of my friends, however, have self-published; I would like to
say their experiences were atypical, like they made millions of dollars off of
what they published. But, saying that would be a lie. They both put more money
into publishing then what they’ve gotten in return. And, that’s what you see a
lot with self publishing. A lot of hard work with no return.
Frankly, I don’t like that idea. Call me a hack, but I want to make
money off my work.
I have thought about the free-ish methods of self publishing. Amazon
and Smashwords, but that seems like it would be a lot of work too. And, I’m not
too sure how that would look when I tried to go the traditional publishing
route.
It seems a bit like a double edged sword. If it does well, and I mean
really well, it looks good. If it doesn’t do well it looks like you went the
self publishing route because nobody else wanted to publish your work.
So, I dunno.
If I did self publish, though, I’d probably use a penname.
How do you feel about self publishing?
Ryan
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