It's been a long term plan of mine to self-publish short story collections. Most of my shorts are fantasy and science fiction, and some have been previously published. My first collection, Rainbow Lights, is well on the way. I have some formatting things to sort, and then the Kindle version will be up (probably by the end of the week). And Smashwords and a paperback some time later.
It contains 35 stories and poems and is the length of a short novel, as I wanted it to be closer to the size of collections in book shops. This is a path less trodden in self-publishing land, so it'll be interesting to see how it does.
I did most things myself or had family/friend volunteers. The costs involved a piece of white card (for the cover) and postage to send off paperwork. I'm in the UK, so needed an ITIN to stop Amazon withholding tax money from the royalties. For the future, I'm also likely to license a font for my paperback interior (the cover font is donationware, so the license is free for now... but I'll donate to charity as requested if I earn monies).
I've blogged about a few things related to it. Most recent was the cover reveal:
Later, I plan to release some longer shorts as standalones. I've got a steampunk novelette that's mostly written, so should be out some time later this year (I have some other non-self-publishing projects to work on too, so it won't get all of my time).
And in this thread, I will waffle on about sales and what's going on with it. But at the moment, it's just me and the squid.
It contains 35 stories and poems and is the length of a short novel, as I wanted it to be closer to the size of collections in book shops. This is a path less trodden in self-publishing land, so it'll be interesting to see how it does.
I did most things myself or had family/friend volunteers. The costs involved a piece of white card (for the cover) and postage to send off paperwork. I'm in the UK, so needed an ITIN to stop Amazon withholding tax money from the royalties. For the future, I'm also likely to license a font for my paperback interior (the cover font is donationware, so the license is free for now... but I'll donate to charity as requested if I earn monies).
I've blogged about a few things related to it. Most recent was the cover reveal:
Later, I plan to release some longer shorts as standalones. I've got a steampunk novelette that's mostly written, so should be out some time later this year (I have some other non-self-publishing projects to work on too, so it won't get all of my time).
And in this thread, I will waffle on about sales and what's going on with it. But at the moment, it's just me and the squid.
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