self publishing

I’ve been playing around with the idea of self-publishing the book I’m working on. I’ve checked into the “big name” publishing companies and it just seems like they are rip-offs. I mean, an eight percent royalty on each book sold? And that’s just for the wholesale price! That means that if they charge $20 retail for a book, you won’t even get $2 from that sale.

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After running around different sites related to literary publishing to bring my hobby to a more intrusive level in my life for the sheer joy of it, I came across the site LULU.COM. If you are a writer who has been considering putting those efforts in book form and you don't want to go through the literary agent, publishing house world to do it this is the site for you.

For many writers, myself included, many forms of writings, poetry for one, though popular on the internet, do not appeal to the traditional publication market and thus book deals are not likely. Traditional publication methods of course are more likely to land you fame and fortune if you can succeed at that than self publishing. But first you have to write something that an entire committee has to agree will make the publisher a profit and though they have many to choose from, in fact too many, they will not publish everything that they thought would be successful. And there have been plenty of examples of success with self publishing to put your work into a book and at least give it a shot if you ever thought about doing it.

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I saw some blogs about people wanting to get published. I spent a lot of time working for a self publisher in Michigan. Self publishing is an ever growing option. Like with everything, there is a good side and a bad side to self publishing. First, the good news is that anybody can do it. It offers everybody a shot at making money and getting your publication out there. Self publishers provide manuscript review, graphic design and more. Some will even help you get your books listed on Amazon and Ingram. What most people don't realize is that Barnes & Noble and Borders worn't carry your books unless you have a sellers account. You can only get this information if you are a publisher. It is costly and must be updated every year. Amazon and Ingram are the same way.

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