Hi, I have good news actually. Number one: my book is actually, the print version of the sequel to this book is actually in, in process.
An Announcement and a Life Update
National Book Lover’s Day
Today is National Book Lovers Day.
To quote from the article:
Book Lovers Day appreciates the medium that has withstood and preserved its importance in time — literature. Our love for books knows no bounds — someday we’ll write a book on it.
The modern book is made by binding paper, but before the invention of paper, books came in the form of tablets, scrolls, and engravings. Every civilization had its own way to document events. Some time in 3500 B.C., the Mesopotamians would make markings on clay tablets using a pointed device, made from the stem of the reed plant, called the calamus. These writings on the moist clay were called ‘cuneiform.’ Approximately 20,000 of these tablets were discovered in modern-day Iraq.
And here’s how books are made! By the Big Five publishers, that is. 🙂 And other publishers with huge print runs.
Of course, you could always do this. I would, but my office is so crowded, it barely holds my computer, my desk, and the growing stack of books I’ve been reviewing.
And I’m working as hard as I can to achieve this! 🙂
PS: Here’s something you might want to check out.
And don’t miss this! 🙂 Speaking of … 🙂 I wonder how many of those were written in-house.
More to come on that.
Finally, in even more interesting news.
Book Distribution Was Always the Issue
Remember what I wrote about print-on-demand (or POD) publishing?
It doesn’t take a genius to realize why ebooks became so popular (and how Amazon built an empire, based on authors’ years of rejections getting screwed by publishers and others frustrations with matters like distribution and marketing) among authors who decided to bypass the traditional publishing route. It’s relatively cheap (depending on your tolerance for bad covers and poor editing) and it’s easy as can be.
But when it comes to print books, you need to know a few things.
Understanding Print-on-Demand Publishing
Okay, we’ve covered ISBNs and why you should care about them.
Once you’ve decided to set up your own publishing imprint, if it’s as small as my own (one person), you’ll definitely want to use print-on-demand publishing. I’m assuming you want to publish in print, as well as other formats. Once upon a time, those other formats you rely on now were considered too incidental to worry about, which just goes to show you how things changed awfully fast for people entrenched closely involved in traditional publishing.