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Has anyone here tried this, and if so what sort of experience did you have?
I am a lower tier genre writer, with sales to a few major markets but more to small press and semi-pro markets. I've also commercially published a non-fiction book, a picture book, and will soon have out a YA novel-- in a different genre from the stories, and in a niche market.
I do get asked sometimes if my short stories will be collected into a print volume. I know this would never be a commercial project, so I am thinking about the self-publishing route. I have done a poetry chapbook on a similar basis before, quite some time ago, collecting several previously published poems and adding a few new ones. I'm not sure if I ever made the money back, but then it was not an expensive outlay either. Now there's POD, however-- I hope that would at least minimize the likelihood of losing money on the project?
Any input gratefully received.
I am a lower tier genre writer, with sales to a few major markets but more to small press and semi-pro markets. I've also commercially published a non-fiction book, a picture book, and will soon have out a YA novel-- in a different genre from the stories, and in a niche market.
I do get asked sometimes if my short stories will be collected into a print volume. I know this would never be a commercial project, so I am thinking about the self-publishing route. I have done a poetry chapbook on a similar basis before, quite some time ago, collecting several previously published poems and adding a few new ones. I'm not sure if I ever made the money back, but then it was not an expensive outlay either. Now there's POD, however-- I hope that would at least minimize the likelihood of losing money on the project?
Any input gratefully received.