Monthly Archives: December 2014

“Kiddieland and other misfortunes” Update

For those of you interested in what goes into the “sausage” of the self-published book. You may recall that I self-published “Kiddieland and other misfortunes” with Ingram Spark. Setup fee for both print and ebooks was $49. I had one revision which cost $25. I paid $60 each for listings in their print and ebook newsletters which go out to stores and libraries. I priced the print book at $11.99 and the ebook at $4.99. The listings populated to Amazon and B&N websites in a little less than a week after I finished the revision. I ordered a box of print books for xmas gifts, but since I had to pay for expedited shipping to get them on time the per book cost doesn’t reflect what I would normally pay. Also, Spark was having a special, so since I ordered more than 50 books I received a refund of my $49 setup fee.
Next- I take on the frightening and confusing task of marketing the damn thing.
Happy New Year, y’all!

Kiddieland Is Here!

My first short story collection, Kiddieland and other misfortunes, is finally out. It’s not exactly a stocking stuffer, but I hope some of you will pick it up for your own reading pleasure. I’m pretty proud of it. It’s available (of course) wherever fine books are sold, but if you live in Chicagoland there will be signing parties at bookstores in late January and early February, so you might want to hold off (I know, it’ll be tough) until then.
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