I made my first foray into publishing. It's ... weird.
First: pre-orders for my book exceeded £120k, and top 10 in Sunday Times, which is lovely.
But then I find out that translates to about £8k income for me because
- Amazon take 60%
- Distribution takes 10%
- I have to fund any additional prints of the book
- Publishers take half of what's left
- And I don't get anything - ANYTHING - for a year.
How do people make a living at this? Seriously? How?
I'm seriously considering self-publishing from now on. I can design promo and sales websites, design covers, typeset the book, market it via social media.
All I need is a printer and a warehouse, and how hard can it be to get that? Or just do it digital-only.
The entire industry seems swamped with needless delays, needless expenses, and needless layers of managers and editors.
@chrisdocstrange I'll look into it. 3 quick questions
- Would you do it again?
- Was it worthwhile, financially?
- Did it end up being a massive ball-ache?
@RussInCheshire the books sell slowly, I use Amazon prime when I need copies myself and they're pretty cheap.
My problem was publicity and I never launched it.
With KDP you get paid monthly on both book and kindle. You can also do Audible if you get it recorded.
@RussInCheshire thanks Dude, that's really kind of you. It's free to read on kindle if you have prime. It's "A Strange Way to Stage Hypnosis :The Honest Hypnotists Guide." rolls off the tongue 😝
Amazon.com https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0764489MJ?ref_=cm_sw_r_apann_ts_3649HK1KJ53F68Z9MR7N
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