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<blockquote data-quote="JediSoth" data-source="post: 5834499" data-attributes="member: 13882"><p>I published my debut novel, [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Wings-Twilight-World-Calliome-ebook/dp/B005U6WPB6/"]<em>Wings of Twilight</em>[/ame], last October using Kindle Direct Publishing, CreateSpace (for a PoD print version) and Smashwords (for all other e-readers). I pretty much did everything myself except creating the artwork and editing (never, never, never self-edit and expect it to be "good enough"; it reflects poorly on ALL us Indie publishers).</p><p></p><p>Pricing varies, but actually publishing your work can be done for very little money if you don't need fancy cover art (I spent $1500 in total, nearly $1,100 of which was cover art, maps, & editing expensives). I could've done it cheaper, but there are various reasons why I didn't.</p><p></p><p>I paid for Copyright registration and for a block of 10 ISBN #s. It's not strictly necessary to purchase as many I did (you can buy one at a time, but it's more cost effective to buy them in blocks). This was as much of a "hidden" expense as I discovered.</p><p></p><p>I also found that setting up the PoD version was the easiest, but I have a background in professional printing layout and such, so my work experience probably helped.</p><p></p><p>Thus far, I've sold about 50 copies since October 10th. That's not counting the 20 or so paperbacks I've handed out personally as gifts/promotional copies. I have 8 reviews on Amazon, 6 of which are 5-star. In all, I don't think that's bad for a debut author doing it all himself.</p><p></p><p>I've had people all over the world buy my novel. Many of them have told me how much they enjoyed it, and that motivates me to write more better than the $115 of income I've received from sales so far.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JediSoth, post: 5834499, member: 13882"] I published my debut novel, [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Wings-Twilight-World-Calliome-ebook/dp/B005U6WPB6/"][I]Wings of Twilight[/I][/ame], last October using Kindle Direct Publishing, CreateSpace (for a PoD print version) and Smashwords (for all other e-readers). I pretty much did everything myself except creating the artwork and editing (never, never, never self-edit and expect it to be "good enough"; it reflects poorly on ALL us Indie publishers). Pricing varies, but actually publishing your work can be done for very little money if you don't need fancy cover art (I spent $1500 in total, nearly $1,100 of which was cover art, maps, & editing expensives). I could've done it cheaper, but there are various reasons why I didn't. I paid for Copyright registration and for a block of 10 ISBN #s. It's not strictly necessary to purchase as many I did (you can buy one at a time, but it's more cost effective to buy them in blocks). This was as much of a "hidden" expense as I discovered. I also found that setting up the PoD version was the easiest, but I have a background in professional printing layout and such, so my work experience probably helped. Thus far, I've sold about 50 copies since October 10th. That's not counting the 20 or so paperbacks I've handed out personally as gifts/promotional copies. I have 8 reviews on Amazon, 6 of which are 5-star. In all, I don't think that's bad for a debut author doing it all himself. I've had people all over the world buy my novel. Many of them have told me how much they enjoyed it, and that motivates me to write more better than the $115 of income I've received from sales so far. [/QUOTE]
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