tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52913458351282639172024-03-13T09:57:33.234-07:00Pillow 2 Pen 2 PaperA self-publishing journeyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-38044563354168655312012-12-18T04:56:00.000-08:002012-12-18T04:56:00.500-08:00Convert your manuscript to ebook format<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-31766686852634511292010-09-23T15:16:00.000-07:002010-09-23T15:16:19.302-07:00Betterer & BettererSomething I do all the time is to write down lines or ideas and email them to myself. I used to put them on bits of paper, but they go missing.<br />
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Even such mundane things as names for characters are always evolving in my story. I like to think it's all taking Great Scott to a higher level.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-42464278148916759132010-09-17T20:19:00.000-07:002010-09-17T20:19:17.040-07:00Progress, at lastSet myself the task of completing the first three chapters this weekend to re-edit and I've done it already. Think I might just forge ahead and see if I can't complete another three.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-13529138603147411802010-09-05T06:40:00.001-07:002010-09-05T06:40:47.634-07:00So many kids, so little timeThe plan is still afloat, but the boat is leaking and listing to one side.<br />
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I have let things slide a bit, I admit, lately. A new baby will do that. Most days I'm so tired my eyes burn. Plus, I warn you, FB scrabble is a killer for spare time.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-56788779102218425422010-05-29T17:05:00.000-07:002010-05-29T17:05:52.181-07:00Reading For A FriendI'm halfway through reading a friends manuscript. It is fantastic, which is highlighted by the fact that I don't usually like the genre she's written and yet I can't put it down.<br />
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I've only read the work of a couple of select friends and I have to say it is a great way to hone your own skills. There's something about finding strong and weak points in a raw work that gets the gears working.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-60732368826398380352010-05-22T16:30:00.001-07:002010-05-22T16:34:00.316-07:00A Bit of Fun :)<object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Weq_sHxghcg&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Weq_sHxghcg&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br />
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This video starts out a little confronting, but ends nicely.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-5459912246536402142010-04-09T02:16:00.000-07:002010-04-09T02:17:19.692-07:00Where Am I At?I had no idea what kind of a minefield I was stepping into when I decided to self publish this book. I'm beginning to understand why there are coffee shops of experts who usually handle all these jobs in the big publishing companies.<br />
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I'm waiting to hear back from my good friend, Karen, who is casting a critical eye over my work. Can't wait to hear how bad it was so I can begin a rewrite. Not sure about other writers, but I enjoy re-writing my work. Getting the ideas down on paper in the first place is the hard part.<br />
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Meanwhile, my good wife, Tracey, and I are embarking on another self publish book project - how to raise a large family on a tiny budget. Warning! Once you get started on this stuff, it's hard to stop.<br />
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Cheers !Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-80404192212763207732010-04-09T02:07:00.000-07:002010-04-09T02:07:18.827-07:00oDesk MagicMy brother has pointed me towards oDesk for some editing options. They outsource things like graphic designing, bookkeeping and software design.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-75767461202345632602010-03-29T02:36:00.000-07:002010-03-29T02:37:11.133-07:00The Dreaded Re-Edit MonsterA fellow writer friend from Brisbane sent me an email today. She was supposed to send her manuscript to me so I could have a read. She's all studied and clever and has a beautiful 'voice'. I read the first three chapters a little while back and I've been itching to see where it goes ever since.<br />
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So anyway I've been wondering where this promised hard copy is (she couldn't send it over the net because her work's net filter took offence to some of the language).<br />
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It turns out she had it printed, in an envelope with our address on it and at the last minute balked, rushing back to her laptop to re-edit.<br />
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Sound familiar, anyone?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-32138069287922791262010-03-29T02:21:00.000-07:002010-03-29T02:22:10.898-07:00Self Publish Australia QuoteGot a quote back today from local (Aussie) printer - Self Publish Australia. My wife is going to have kittens when I put my latest idea to her.<br />
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Self Publish Australia wrote:<br />
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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Format supplied</span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><b style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">:</span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Print-ready PDF from client (contact us for details if unsure)</span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Page Extent:</span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Book of 288 pages text. (most economical page count, divisible by 48)</span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trim Page Size:</span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; white-space: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C Format (235mm x 155mm)</span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PRINTING:</span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 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sans-serif;">PRINTING:</span></i></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">COVER - Full colour plus Gloss celloglaze on one side only.</span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">STOCK:</span></i></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">240gsm One sided Artboard (bulkier/thicker than standard 300gsm Matt Art)</span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Binding:</span></i></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perfect bound, square back and trimmed flush.</span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Packing:</span></i></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In cartons of suitable size, bulk packed.</span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Delivery:</span></i></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Inclusive, Australian metro address</span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">COST:</span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1,0</span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span><b style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">00 books $ 6,880 </span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> +GST </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: DIN;"><b><br />
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</span> </b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Plus GST means $7568 by my reckoning. But I work in a bank, so for Pete's sake don't take my word for it. For 1000 copies, that makes it $7.57 a book. And this includes postage.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Compare this with Createspace at $15 +/- a book (postage is the killer at $9 plus). So about half price.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BUT (and it's a pretty big but, which is why I put it in capital), with Createspace I can order as I go, whereas with Self Publish Australia their minimum order is 1000, all upfront. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I plan on selling 579 books, so I theoretically will be purchasing $7500 of books anyway - with Self Publish Australia they'll be half price, which is more for me.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Problem is, I am increasing my losses if I don't.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Actually, the real problem is that I have to convince my wife to fork out more money up front.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-38051694893014104092010-03-28T05:13:00.000-07:002010-03-28T05:43:46.002-07:00Self Publishing - The Ugly Truth<a class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" data-original-id="BLOGGER_object_10" href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Cimg%20src=" http:="" id="BLOGGER_object_10" img="" object_element.gif"="" style="height: "385"px; width: "640"px;" www.blogger.com=""><object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lBb-SCd1YlI&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lBb-SCd1YlI&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object></a><br />
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I was a bit worried when I saw the title of this Youtube vid. But I needn't have panicked. He's on our side.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-14586211473374150052010-03-28T03:38:00.000-07:002010-03-28T04:56:25.836-07:00My Net WorthMade the ever so important purchase of domain names today. Purchased brucedevereaux.com thegreatseries.com thegreatseries.info (cause it was less than a dollar and I needed to make up numbers to get the 25% discount) greatscottbook.com. The book I'm trying to publish is Great Scott.<br />
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It's all very exciting. Unfortunately greatnessbook.com is gone, so I can't use that website name for the second book in the series, which is obviously to be called Great Ness.<br />
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Look at me, talking second books like publishing the first one won't send us broke.<br />
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Now all I have to do is work out what to do with these things.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-84357219887688584032010-03-27T19:40:00.000-07:002010-03-27T21:57:12.877-07:00Stacey Cochran - Marketing - BLOG Tours<a class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" data-original-id="BLOGGER_object_8" href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Cimg%20src=" http:="" id="BLOGGER_object_8" img="" object_element.gif"="" style="height: "385"px; width: "480"px;" www.blogger.com=""><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vr5KogYmwgM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vr5KogYmwgM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></a><br />
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Author of Claws, Stacey Cochran, gives us the rundown on his marketing campaign for the launch of his self published book.<br />
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I'm a bit excited by some of this. A blog tour? You mean I don't have to leave my laptop - I mean kids - and trace all over the countryside? I need to look into this.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-70951649929344361782010-03-27T05:35:00.000-07:002010-03-27T05:35:17.841-07:00Local Quote For a Local BlokeI've sent for a quote from a local printer. Minimum order is 1000. Should be able to scare my wife with the resulting quote.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-77440257434606902432010-03-26T15:54:00.000-07:002010-03-26T20:52:04.086-07:00Gorham PrintingI liked the name Gorham printing because it reminds me of the cuss word they use in Firefly - I thought it might be a sign. I sent an email to them to get an idea of postage, but they replied they don't deal internationally.<br />
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</div><div>I feel like I'm in a maze and keep taking turns that lead to dead ends.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-71969174364548077632010-03-26T05:22:00.000-07:002010-03-26T16:03:14.616-07:00Commas, and how, to, use them.<a class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" data-original-id="BLOGGER_object_2" href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Cimg%20src=" http:="" id="BLOGGER_object_2" img="" object_element.gif"="" style="height: "385"px; width: "480"px;" www.blogger.com=""><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NQ5SBNVNVfM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NQ5SBNVNVfM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-36150786847401558542010-03-26T03:34:00.000-07:002010-03-26T03:35:40.476-07:00Createspace Postage Answer At Last !<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><br />
<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Finally managed to get some information out of the Createspace people after some consistent emailing. They wrote:</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; height: 8pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 8pt; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"I created a mock order to give you a very broad estimate of shipping costs to Australia, by choosing existing titles that have similar physical properties to the trim sizes and page counts you mentioned.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; height: 8pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 8pt; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The first book is Black and White and has a trim size of 5.25" x 8" with 356 pages going Economy shipping to Sydney, Australia. The shipping cost only for this order of 100 books was $697.19, for 200 was $1,371.21, and for 300 was 2,045.24.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; height: 8pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 8pt; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The second book is Black and White and has a trim size of 6" x 9" with 392 pages going Economy shipping to Sydney, Australia. The shipping cost only for this order for 100 books was $994.57, for 200 was $1,965.98, and for 300 was $2,937."</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; height: 8pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 8pt; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I gotta tell you, my first thought was "Gaawwwwdd!" These prices increase the cost of each book by:</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; height: 8pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 8pt; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">5.25" x 8" (356 pages)</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> 100 book order $6.97</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> 200 book order $6.86</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> 300 book order $6.81</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; height: 8pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 8pt; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Normal book cost for this size - $5.12. So that more than doubles the cost of the book.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; height: 8pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 8pt; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">6" x 9" (392 pages)</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> 100 book order $9.95</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> 200 book order $9.83</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> 300 book order $9.79</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; height: 8pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 8pt; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Normal book cost for this size - $5.55. That nearly triples the cost of the book.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; height: 8pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 8pt; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I'm looking at a 300 page 6" x 9" book. That will likely put the cost of postage somewhere between these two amounts. Then taking the exchange rates into account and I'm now doubting I can use Createspace for the physical copies I will need to sell in Australia, particularly as I was looking at a AUD$19.95 RRP.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; height: 8pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 8pt; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">What's extremely disappointing is the lengths I had to go to in finding out how ridiculous the postage costs are. Imagine going to all the trouble of arranging a book, only to find I couldn't order any myself. Surely a simple graph based on size and weight is possible. I am really appreciative of the lengths this Createspace employee went to, however, to give me some information. Certainly her workmates have been less forthcoming (I received another email the same day from someone else giving me the standard fob-off).</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Lipmag, from the community forum on Createspace, sent me the following information:</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"I have a 214 page book at 5.5x8.5" which according to CS weighs 12oz</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">100 books shipped to Australia is USD $486.70 (Economy); 200 = $950.24; 300 = $1435.95 -- you don't want to know what Express and Priority shipping costs."</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I'm really encouraged by the helpful 'all in this together' vibe from the forum. :)</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; height: 8pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 8pt; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Meanwhile I have gone onto a postal site to work out postage to Australia from your average Joe in USA and it is still high, but considerably lower than Createspace: under $600 for 70lb. Maybe I should look at having the books sent to someone in USA and then they can on-forward the books to me. Or maybe it's time to get a quote from one of the other PODs. What do you think guys?</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; height: 8pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 8pt; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I think it's back to the drawing board!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-83790809590886943402010-03-25T07:02:00.000-07:002010-03-25T07:04:19.440-07:00"A Limp & An Eye Patch" Blake SnyderWhile acknowledging there is absolutely no sane basis for me to lecture on writing, I have picked up the odd bit here and there which I've found helpful and, since the blog is up and running anyway, I thought I'd slip some of my favourites in every now and then.<br />
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</div><div>A Limp & An Eye Patch is from Black Snyder's excellent book "Save the Cat!" (which everyone must go out and purchase immediately). It's about making the character pop and giving the audience something visual to hang the hero's character on. It might be a mustache, a hat, a scar or a, wait for it, eye patch. </div><div><br />
</div><div>In James Bond movies they're really good at it. Think of the villains. Jaws. Scaramanga. Blofeld. Oddjob. Nick Nack. Do your villains pop? Does your hero?</div><div><br />
</div><div>Again, lots of good advice for writers in Save The Cat ! </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-88476423722092419072010-03-25T04:02:00.001-07:002010-03-25T06:04:12.966-07:00This Little PiggyGot a price on a stall at a local market in Gympie - $12 for 4m by 6m (room enough for a car/gazebo/patio furniture). It does seem, however, that my pricings might be a little out regards other, more urban areas. A girl at work says she had a stall at an organic market in Brisbane and it cost her $80.<div><br /></div><div>So by those pricings I'll need to sell an extra 8 books each market just to cover the cost of the stall (then petrol, wear'n'tear).</div><div><br /></div><div>It's still gotta be worth a try, right? I'm going to market. Oink! Oink!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-14281445706130047892010-03-25T01:17:00.000-07:002010-03-25T01:26:57.829-07:00Just As Lovi On The Inside.<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">In stark contrast to the Createspace people, Michelle Lovi has again responded quickly to my query about costings for having her set out the inside of my book.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><i>Michelle says:</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><i>75,000 is approximately 200 pages at 6x9" using Minion Pro at 11pt as an example. </i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><i>At 5.06 x 7.81" it would need about 260 pages.</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><i><br />My rate is $0.90 per page for standard pages, and $1.20 for non-standard pages (eg. decorated chapter headings). Pages with subheadings would be considered a standard page.</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><i><br />So, for the 6x9 book, as an estimate, it would be 17 x 1.2 = $20.4 + 183 x 0.9 = $164.70 = $185.10. And the smaller book would be approx $239.10.</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">Custom Book Interior, as you may recall, was US$499 on Createspace. For one book. So I'm looking at a further saving here of $335 for my Trade sized book (6" x 9"). Thats 26 less books I have to sell at $19.95!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">Suddenly I'm down to 522 sales needed to recoup my costs.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><br /></span></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-63737163652795579222010-03-24T14:36:00.001-07:002010-03-25T01:27:43.136-07:00Postage Hits a Wall.Following Createspace's advice, I set up a dummy book (which took ages because I had to convert said dummy book to pdf, wait for them to approve it - twice because I sent the wrong size) and they approved it. Now I've gone to make a dummy order and I'm told there is a maximum 5 books I can order because it's at the proof stage.<div><br /><div>One book would cost me US$14.72 in postage. </div><div><br /></div><div>Five books it drops to US$58.47, which is a considerable saving but still doesn't answer my query for 100,200 and 300 book orders. </div><div><br /></div><div>And I do NOT want to have to order a proof of my dummy book so I can move forward to the next stage.</div><div><br /> <div>Surely they don't expect me to pay US$25 to find out how much postage will be?</div><div><br /></div><div>This frustration at my inability to find out postage costs was the last thing I thought I'd be stuck on.</div><div><br /></div><div>Maybe it's time to strike up an e-conversation with the people at LightningSource.</div></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-16039246112276809362010-03-24T06:52:00.000-07:002010-03-25T07:12:21.237-07:00Anthonomy - Is It Worth It ?<div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">A good friend of mine, Sue-Bear, gave me a link to a site called Authonomy. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> The idea behind this site is great. Authors and readers get to vote on work downloaded by wannabe authors. The top five works each month are read by HarperCollins reviewers, hopefully resulting in offers to publish.</span></span></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> I was initially excited when I learnt about this site. And daunted. It's one thing to think you've got something a little special, but to put it out there and have it judged openly against others' work is potentially fraught with public humiliation. </span></span></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> But the potential rewards!</span></span></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> Only, it doesn’t seem to work like that. I spent a couple of nights going through the site, and while I’m prepared to admit I could have missed it, I can’t see one book that the HarperCollins people have picked up.</span></span></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> I did see an author found an agent and was published but this was because the agent read a piece on the site and liked it. And I’m assuming he would have liked it if the author had sent it to him anyway.</span></span></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> But my point is that there doesn’t seem to be any joy given out by the people who set the site up.</span></span></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> And there was some seriously good stuff there. </span></span></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Some of the reports from Users isn't glowing either. One thread I read was scathing in its criticism of a review of one work in which the reviewer spoke of the two female lead characters, when in fact one was a male. I mean, if that's the quality of the reviewers, you've got to wonder. </span></span></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">If you’re a budding author, check out the site for yourself and see what you think. Maybe you can see value in it.</span></span></span></o:p></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div><a href="http://www.authonomy.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">http://www.authonomy.com/</span></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">And if you find I'm wrong about the HarperCollins people and that they have in fact picked someone up from the site, let me know.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">What I did find at Authonomy was a book cover layout that I really liked. :)</span></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-25185517215928106732010-03-24T01:17:00.000-07:002010-03-24T02:27:38.802-07:00What a Lovi Saving.<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">I received prompt word back from Michelle Lovi and was pleasantly surprised to find I may have finally over-estimated an area of my budget. Michelle says:</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><i>My cover design rates are $85 for the initial design at 6x9" and then $30 to resize it to the smaller trim size, given that the two sizes are not proportionate, and will require adjustments.<br /><br />If you provide artwork of the right resolution, I can work with that. Or if you want to provide a brief, I can research stock images for you. which might incur additional fees if I cannot find suitable free stock art. If you want to commission a photoshoot or an illustrator, I can arrange this, but cannot provide a quote for these services until I receive a design brief.</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">So things are looking up. My Excel Spreadsheet tells me that if I go with Michelle I reduce the number of books I have to sell to break even by 31. Createspace wanted USD$499 for this service (and that's prior to the resizing Michelle mentions).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">Goes to show it pays to look around.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">That last link doesn't seem to have worked real well. Which is a shame because there were some great examples of her work. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">I've emailed Michelle back to ask a price for setting the interior. For anyone who would like to contact her, I'll throw her email address up.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:small;">michellelovi.design@gmail.com</span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-1272406675396686612010-03-23T06:57:00.000-07:002010-03-23T06:59:59.834-07:00Lovi Book Cover Design.I've sent an email to Michelle Lovi asking for a price on book design tonight. She offers a discount to Createspace people, so we'll see how it stands up.<div><br /></div><div>Found her on Createspace. Email is <a href="http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_contact.asp?from_url=true&">http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_contact.asp?from_url=true&</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291345835128263917.post-72388110720417584542010-03-23T02:54:00.000-07:002010-03-23T03:21:11.067-07:00The Cutting Room Floor.Like work accepted for publication at a 'real' publisher, I have begun the difficult task of editing my book. Not true. I have friends who have begun the difficult work of editing my book. A teacher friend in Kingaroy is trawling through it, checking for spelling and grammar, and another friend, Karen, with some actual editing experience is making notes of everything I've done wrong (and there is lots, but that's normal, isn't it?). <div><br /></div><div>Had a scary phone call last week from Karen. She wanted me to pop over and bring my shredder. Turns out she took a torch to the first half of my first chapter. It was great!! Being so close to a piece of work for so long can blind you. It's good to have a fresh set of eyes, particularly knowledgeable eyes, to help you see the light. Especially excited because it cut four pages from my work and that equates to a USD 5c saving on printing costs of each and every copy. :) That's money in bank people.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03006335298380268302noreply@blogger.com0