I thought this could be where we could list out the things that PA doesn't give you as a writer or printed author. I'm sure I will not get everything listed so feel free to chime in with your own.
As a PA printed author you won't get:
Respect as a writer.
Renowned fame.
A book you can be proud you wrote.
Bookstore placement. (unless you can talk the manager into consigning a few.)
You won't have book sales above what your friends and family buy, or the occasional one you sell when someone just happened to find your book on Amazon or other online bookstore.
You won't have any money left in your bank account because you will have spent it all on promoting and marketing, and buying copies of your own book.
You won't get a big royalty check. You'll be lucky to get one at all.
You won't get to improve on your writing because you'll be too busy trying to sell your book on street corners, restaurants, making up new fliers and bookmarks, printing out business cards to leave at every place you visit or shop. You won't have time to write another, new and more interesting book.
You won't get to brag about how many people stop you on the street corners to ask "Didn't you write so and so book?", because nobody will know you except your friends and family.
You won't be able to sell your book at retail price because the price is too high.
These are just what I thought of off the top of my head in the few minutes it took me to type it up. I'm sure there are more I didn't think to add.
As a PA printed author you won't get:
Respect as a writer.
Renowned fame.
A book you can be proud you wrote.
Bookstore placement. (unless you can talk the manager into consigning a few.)
You won't have book sales above what your friends and family buy, or the occasional one you sell when someone just happened to find your book on Amazon or other online bookstore.
You won't have any money left in your bank account because you will have spent it all on promoting and marketing, and buying copies of your own book.
You won't get a big royalty check. You'll be lucky to get one at all.
You won't get to improve on your writing because you'll be too busy trying to sell your book on street corners, restaurants, making up new fliers and bookmarks, printing out business cards to leave at every place you visit or shop. You won't have time to write another, new and more interesting book.
You won't get to brag about how many people stop you on the street corners to ask "Didn't you write so and so book?", because nobody will know you except your friends and family.
You won't be able to sell your book at retail price because the price is too high.
These are just what I thought of off the top of my head in the few minutes it took me to type it up. I'm sure there are more I didn't think to add.