Publishing idea... Looking for feedback

Is it a version of the upcoming tale, or completely unrelated? So long as it is a separate story, and you edit and format it well, I don't see any obvious down side.,

I've moved this to the self-publishing room as it's a better fit here than it was in e-publishing.

My only suggestion to you is that if it's only ten thousand words you may want to sell it for $.99 or even consider giving it away for free.

LOTLOF said:

My only suggestion to you is that if it's only ten thousand words you may want to sell it for $.99 or even consider giving it away for free.

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I was just going to suggest this. Most novellas at about 20-30k sell for 0.99.

If you aren't interested in money, why not just put it up for free? Also, if you just want to give it to family and friends, there are other easy ways to do it, too. I print out a copy and put it in a binder and pass it around. Sometimes I just send the file and people can read it on their computer, but most of my friends and family don't read ebooks, so I usually just do the print it out thing.

Not saying there's nothing wrong with doing it this way. I'm just not sure I'd consider it worth all the work if the only goal was to give it to people. I also am the sort who doesn't expect them to pay for it, though, so putting a book up for them only and then asking them to pay for it would make me uncomfortable.

I've written several short stories and had no intention of making them available in paperback, but CreateSpace made it very affordable to do so (less than $3 a book, plus tax and shipping). If offering the book to people you already know is the goal and it is a keepsake, you might want to consider checking out CreateSpace. Kaitie's suggestion of making photocopies of your book and placing them in a binder would work, as well. I just think CS would give it more of a finished, professional look.

If you're looking for beta readers, you're in the wrong place. There's a whole subsection for beta reader requests in the main forum. If you ask here, your whole thread is liable to get moved.