Hi all. I'm getting a bit confused about the self publishing information I'm reading. I was under the impression that to self publish is not the best thing to do. You pay too much money out and get hardly anything back. But in a back post and also in Adrian's last one it seems that Amazon is ok. Is Amazon a self publishing agency? And if it is ok, why is it different from the other ones?
Thank you Jeremy it sounds like you've got it all in hand. Hope everything goes well for you and you get the sales for your novel that you've worked hard for.
I have had many rejections from agents and publishers and quite honestly I am not going to sit around for years just waiting to give 85% of any income away to A's and P's.
I am going down the self publishing route with the help of York Publishing Services. I did a lot of research before plumping for YPS. They offer a pick and mix service so you can choose what to pay for. I will not have to pay for anything until asked to pay for half the costs of editing, printing, formatting, supplies of proofs. All the books produced will be published under my name to give away or sell as YPS do not take any royalties
Because of my various mental health problems, I am going to use their distribution service, and may pay for some marketing.
Because my book is a memoir and am probably not likely to write another book (though who knows?) I am not expecting huge sales.
I have had a huge boost to my marketing in that I have recently done an LGBT Buzzfeed interview, which lead to a statement of a sort of apology by the Royal College of Psychiatry for what was done to me 45 years ago, which forms the basis for the book. My face is all over Facebook and Twitter. At present I have a list of about 200 people wanting to buy the book.
Good luck in getting your book published whichever route you go down.
I know I will have to do lots of marketing but
Hi Lorraine. Good grief there's a lot more to this self publishing thing than I thought! What a lot of hard work and money it takes. It definitely isn't the easiest option that's for sure. Every reply has opened my eyes to something else and it's really surprised me. Thank you for the learning curve.