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     Thomasb (Thomasb) Username: Thomasb Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.25.141.120 |
Greetings Everyone: I've guest-posted on independent publishing at the Book Designer this time: http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2011/07/the-power-of-persistence-in-indie-publish ing/ And I also have a piece on Eric Ambler's "Judgment at Deltchev": http://tbdeluxe.blogspot.com/2011/07/losing-his-religion-judgment-by-ambler.html Thanks for coming by! Thomas | ||
| Stephen Theaker (Stephen_theaker) Username: Stephen_theaker Registered: 12-2009 Posted From: 92.232.184.206 |
Hi Thomas - enjoyed the blog. Would it be rude to ask how much you've spent on the book so far? (Okay, I know it's rude, but I'm interested anyway.  ) I talked to Greg Hamerton for Dark Horizons 54, and he'd spent £5,000 on his book, The Riddler's Gift...  | ||
| Thomasb (Thomasb) Username: Thomasb Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.25.141.120 |
Hey Stephen: Thanks for reading. Not rude at all, as everyone needs to know what they're getting into. So far, I've spent around US$4,000. Most of that went into design, and printing through Lightning Source. I went cheap on the editing and suffered for it (though not as bad as I feared). Thanks to the InterWires, marketing has been fairly cheap, but inefficient compared to what the Big Boys can do. Hope that helps! Thomas | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.180.215.146 |
$4,000 through Lightning Source - hooooooooooow? | ||
| Thomasb (Thomasb) Username: Thomasb Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.25.141.120 |
I should clarify--a good deal was spent in ordering copies for giveaway, sales and other distributions. The most--about $2,400-- went into the design and editing. |