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Not vouching for him, but Aaron Shepard, a children's author, maintains you can self-publish efficiently and profitably these days. "In fact, by aiming at Amaz

by sjcsjc 12y ago

Not vouching for him, but Aaron Shepard, a children's author, maintains you can self-publish efficiently and profitably these days. "In fact, by aiming at Amazon, I was able to sell close to 30% the number of copies sold by one of those nationally-distributed competitors including its bookstore sales. And because the profit from my publishing system is so high -- generally half or more of the cover price -- I was earning about twice as much in total as that author would make with a normal royalty."[0] He has a site on the subject[1], which looks like it was designed by me (it wasn't - I don't know him). [0] http://www.amazon.co.uk/Aiming-Amazon-Publishing-Marketing-Amazon-com/dp/093849743X/ref=pd_cp_b_0 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Aiming-Amazon-Publishing-Marketing-A... [1] http://www.newselfpublishing.com/ http://www.newselfpublishing.com/

louhike 12y ago
The problem is that he is biased. He is selling books explaining how to self publish on Amazon. So it is better for him to say that you will earn more money doing so.
- sjcsjc 12y ago
  Fair point. One more thing while I remember. He recommends a firm called Lightning Source[0]. I got the impression (when I read his book a few months ago) that they weren't too keen on dealing with small scale stuff, but just looking there now it seems they have another brand or a partner called Ingram Spark for dealing with independents. Might be useful for someone here, maybe. [0] http://www.lightningsource.com http://www.lightningsource.com
- reboog711 12y ago
  Nathan Barry has the same problem with his Authority course.
dminor 12y ago
This is pretty well known now in the publishing world. There are a large number of authors in genre fiction making a living self-publishing, and many more that do some mix of traditional and self-publishing. You don't really need this guy's book though, there's plenty of information out there on how to do it (KBoards' Writers Cafe is a good place to start).

by sjcsjc 12y ago

louhike 12y ago

The problem is that he is biased. He is selling books explaining how to self publish on Amazon. So it is better for him to say that you will earn more money doing so.

sjcsjc 12y ago
Fair point. One more thing while I remember. He recommends a firm called Lightning Source[0]. I got the impression (when I read his book a few months ago) that they weren't too keen on dealing with small scale stuff, but just looking there now it seems they have another brand or a partner called Ingram Spark for dealing with independents. Might be useful for someone here, maybe. [0] http://www.lightningsource.com http://www.lightningsource.com
reboog711 12y ago
Nathan Barry has the same problem with his Authority course.

dminor 12y ago

This is pretty well known now in the publishing world. There are a large number of authors in genre fiction making a living self-publishing, and many more that do some mix of traditional and self-publishing. You don't really need this guy's book though, there's plenty of information out there on how to do it (KBoards' Writers Cafe is a good place to start).