I often get calls from companies that want to redistribute my books. There are a lot of these calls and messages so I don’t know how reputable they are.
Thursday, August 29, 2019
An update on self-publishing and POD, especially KDP
I see that I had discussed Create Space and the end of Amazon’s
editorial services on Aug. 9, 2018.
The link
given there for KDP 1106 author service is still valid. But check the discussion of the new Kindle
Direct Publishing here. A complete package for an average sized
book costs around $3000, which is typical for the print on demand
industry. I’ve also noted that some
bookstores have POD systems in their stores.
KDP has other consultants who give advice, like “Self-Publishing with Dale” (March 2019). Look at the “sweet
spot” concept. Look at the “hollow best seller” idea. Also look at some followup videos, especially about the terms of service and rules. There is the concept of "link farming" within KDP itself because it can improperly inflate results, and there is appropriate concern about poor editing quality, among other problems which are mainly about gaming the system.
I often get calls from companies that want to redistribute my books. There are a lot of these calls and messages so I don’t know how reputable they are.
I also get calls as to why I don’t try harder to sell the
older of the books (the 2000/1997 and 2002 “Do Ask Do Tell” books). I’ve gotten feedback that the history in the
first of these two books is valuable now because the debate over transgender in
the military is different from the older “don’t ask don’t tell” policy debate
and that “activists” don’t understand this.
That’s probably true.
It is also the case that I have two short stories in the
DADT III book and at least have a treatment written as to how to film
them. There are some scenarios I can
imagine (having to do with the fossil fuel and climate change issue) where the
first of these stories could be worked into something that compares the situation
today to what is was in the early 1970s (the setting of the story), especially with
respect to mountaintop removal and reclamation.
I am also working on the “Angel’s Brother” novel and some
concepts (as to who “gets chosen” for the spaceship at the end) could be politically
dicey in today’s contentious climate. I am
developing the Access Database to analyze the character backstories and close
loopholes. I would expect a draft to be
ready for editing by the end of the first quarter 2020.
There is a more sensitive issue now – people who publish to
attract attention and don’t sell well are seen as disruptive or arrogant
towards the needs of consumers. I’ll have
to come back to this again.
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