[Leica] Have you all read peter miller's book? NOW: SELFPUBLISHING

[tim at KairosPhoto.com (Timothy Atherton)]

or, aparently, you could distribute through amazon these days:

"Small publishers say Amazon.com has opened big doors"

http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050816.wamazon-booksell
er16/BNStory/specialSmallBusiness/


http://tinyurl.com/d3nvw



> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+tim=kairosphoto.com@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+tim=kairosphoto.com@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of
> Peterson, Arthur G CIV SEA 02
> Sent: September 14, 2005 6:00 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Have you all read peter miller's book? NOW:
> SELFPUBLISHING
>
>
>
> Great post, Ted!  Entertainingly written, but what's more, for
> anyone seriously considering self-publishing, your words of
> wisdom should be absolutely invaluable!
>
> Art Peterson
> Alexandria, Virginia
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+arthur.peterson=navy.mil@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+arthur.peterson=navy.mil@leica-users.org]On Behalf
> Of Ted Grant
> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 20:10
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] Have you all read peter miller's book? NOW: SELF
> PUBLISHING
>
> ernie nitka said:
> Subject: Re:
>
> > Speaking about books - those of us ( me ) with no talent are
> planning on
> > 'doing' a book for 2006.<<<<<<<<<
>
> Hi Ernie,
> Some thoughts before you start. :-)
>
> "Doing a book and selling a book"  is a major difference, actually it's
> beyond scary when you consider publishing it yourself. Worse?
> Taking them to
> book stores to be sold. And if you should complete it, as I'm
> sure you will,
> you'll have many sleepless nights and horrible nightmares when a book
> reviewer sans any photographic skills, takes it apart page by
> page making it
> sound like it's truly a work of misplaced crap images. Then asks
> if you've
> ever taken any real pictures? :-(
>
> At that point you'll want to find out how long it takes him to
> stop kicking
> while you hold him head down in the North Sea which of course maybe quite
> satisfying to you. :-) But it sort of gets the "police officers a tad
> upset!" :-)
>
> However, your next book may have bars across the window as the cover. :-)
>
> >>>Anyway I'm hoping to use
> > Lulu.com to self publish.  I've done calendars with them but
> now it's time
> > to step up to the big league ( both in terms of
> > product and ego I guess).  Anyone on the list use Lulu for book
> > publishing?<<<<
>
> Your biggest problem is marketing and distribution, trust me, you do not
> want to get into that, period! As it takes 99.9999999% of your
> time, great
> piles of money, media connections beyond your wildest thoughts
> and "do you
> really want to drive around the country to every little and big
> book store
> trying to sell a few copies here and there?" Certainly on the normal book
> sellers rules of...... "if they don't sell within a certain time
> the store
> can ship them back to you for full refund  for what they paid you
> for them
> in the first place!"
>
>  Now does any of that warm the cockles of yer heart about publishing your
> own book?? :-(
>
> Maybe you've been published and know all this, but if you
> haven't, then make
> sure you know all the horror stories and pit falls of economic disaster
> before you load the cameras.
>
> Whatever your subject, it maybe of huge interest to you and a few
> followers,
> but to the rest of the world it means giddily squat and of no interest,
> ERGO: No sales beyond the few friends who feel sorry for you and all the
> work you put into it.
>
> These are just a few heads-up before you get burnt.
>
> By the same token many have had tremendous success on their own,
> but usually
> the subject is sex, money and politics! ;-) Which in any form sells
> extremely well. With pictures? Mon ami they deliver money in very
> big bags!
> ;-)
>
> ted
>
>
>
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