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.
@RussInCheshire There are certainly fulfilment options out there.
EG https://www.cloudfulfilment.co.uk/content-hub/media-fulfilment
I know little about this other than what the website tells you, despite the fact that I built it. 🤣
RussInCheshire
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