I worked for a small dance studio for a couple of years and one of the things I learned there was never to offer things for free if you are confident in them. If you want many people to know about you, you need to make them think they are getting a deal. So in this case, I would offer it for 1 or 2 dollars as opposed to free because in the e-publishing community, if you offer something for free people think you suck enough that no one will buy it. Which is generally the case. lol. But if they pay 1 or 2 dollars for a professional-level work, then they'll feel smart and content because they know it's worth 20 but only paid 2.Karma168 said:As Glass Joe said you could look at Amazon for self publishing; put it up for a couple of dollars (even free if you're more fussed about getting followers than an income) and if it's any good it should do quite well as people like the kindle for how cheap some books are. If you go that route maybe stick a link in a thread (if that's not frowned on by the mods) and you might get some customers from here.
Advertising is frowned on, but if you're interested, and when/if I get it up onto Amazon, I'll definitely get you a link somehow. =D
I agree. My dream is to be able to walk into King Soopers (my local grocery store chain) and see my book sitting on the shelves next to the check stand. lol. And of course to see it in movie form.Korten12 said:Gratz! I too myself am writing a Novel. I have many unfinished stories and decided that I actually wanted to try and publish this one. I think it would be cool, even if the money is low, the experience of getting my own creation published is too much to give up.
Karma168 said:Just out of curiosity what type of book is it?
It's about a girl who finds out she's a kind of super-magic wielder and she gets caught up in this plot to stop someone from taking over the world via magic while she's trying to figure out her power and adjust to the world. So it's your standard urban fantasy vampire bullshit. Nothing you haven't seen before. But I like think what makes it unique is that it's kind of a deconstruction of the entire fantasy/action genre. I use a device I call "meta-humor" in which the characters realize and comment on the absurdity of their predicament without ever actually breaking the fourth wall. It's been fun to experiment with.Korten12 said:Also like Karma168 asked, What type of book is it? What genre, can you give a quick synopsis?
I've always wanted to do something like that to be able to really appreciate how people traveled and lived before cars and planes and stuff. I'm a history major so I find that kind of thing absolutely fascinating.scarfacetehstag said:I walked across Spain, the way of st.James and expected that great feeling of accomplishment to hit me in waves after twenty-six days of non-stop walking. I didn't feel anything different when I finally got where I was going, the only time I felt anything was when I got home and looked at my feet. The only mark of my pain and hardship the scars on my feet, not the best thing to feel.
The sense of self-accomplishment is something not felt by everyone, but it ahsn't really stopped me from doing stuff like that.
If you have any confidence in the quality at all, put it up for a dollar. I just explained the reasoning behind that above. Trust me. It works.carlsberg export said:I plan to get this collection down and do some illustrations for it, my dream is to put on kindle for free and watch the hate comments roll in.
ha ha no it would be nice if I made a few people happy, if not through my stories then maybe my drawing skills (which I am much better at)