Chan : Alphabetize Me!

[Chanthar]

Yeah, I just barely go over cost of making the books so I can cover the cost of shipping a little bit x.o I just want to get the money back for creating the books (I am so extremely in the hole it's not funny) .. um not sure how much £9 translates to in American .. -head tilts- I lost track when the economy freaked out heh -coughs- but being able to control the cost in Lulu is definitely a big plus
I think I make under a dollar, like between 40 and 80 cents, per book sold  

[DesertRoseFallen]

How many copies have you sold?

Eee, I'm meeting an author Monday so hopefully she'll give me tips on publishing. xD

 

[Chanthar]

-blinks up at the double post- curses on 'page cannot be displayed'

And heh hope so xD
I only have what little I have going..
And I've not sold that many .. about a hundred since I've started sweatdrop that's cumulative over four years  

[DesertRoseFallen]

But at least it's something! Do you get any feedback?

I've tried deleting your other post btw and it won't do it ack! And I am missing updating your long list!

 

[Chanthar]

Yeah,
I haven't been in the mood..
Right now seeing xxxHolic and Ghost Hunt (maybe the Grudge too) would get me back in the mood for the book I want to do..
Revenge of the Scapegoat

I'm done covering for others at work and have a 'long' weekend so maybe I can write again, finally, yay!

Heh with feedback.. it's mixed, but I haven't had all that much ..
One is I definitely need editing xD; with the volumes of writing I go through in one sitting sometimes my clarity with grammar gets really messed up lol

Member Status for me is still messed up D= It's better than it was between Sept and Jan, but that portion of time is still all scrambled.. I want to fix it so bad, but I can't edit others posts >.o  

[DesertRoseFallen]

Hmmm okay, explain it to me what is the whole problem and I'll attempt to sort it for you. biggrin

 

[Chanthar]

Well as I keep trying to explain, the updates are all put up in the wrong places .. for a while everything was just thrown up on the end so the dates are all scrambled (and some are just plain missing)
I put the correct version in here on the first page of my journal  

[DesertRoseFallen]

Hmm well it wasn't me xD I don't know who was updating before me so I will go and sort it out.

So what made you go into self publishing?

Edit: Okayyy I sorted it out (hopefully) if you want to go and check if everything is okay. Someone really messed that up!

 

[Chanthar]

Heh yeah I've been trying to get it fixed for months Dx
But thank you thank you thank you it's fixed ...

I went into self publishing because I wanted to be able to control my work .. aka not get my works completely rewritten by editors/publishers who didn't 'want' something different or quirky .. but it costs more than it returns so @.o I'm seriously in trouble from going down that road so many times  

[DesertRoseFallen]

Haha at least it did it right.

Yeah, editors do tend to cost so yeah...I haven't got the funds at the moment to go down that path.

 

[Chanthar]

Yush, thank you..

Heh yes, they do.. but if you're lucky you can find someone that's willing to bend for lower .. @.o it really builds up though after a while

But but I got the collection of Drag Shergi Mysteries 1-4 returned .. It's 250 pages ... 'These Aren't Angels' is the title .. I'm selling it for 2x the price of the original.. aka $15.00 instead of the $7.50-8.00 per book
It's cumulatively less costly to publish a medium sized book than a short or long one .. tch -headdesk-  

[DesertRoseFallen]

Damn, the way my story is going, it's going to be massive.

I will try and get mine done by a publisher but if not, self publishing doesn't matter to me. xD

 

[Chanthar]

lol xD you can always self-publish then have it be picked up later by a publisher -shrug-
But heh yes, massive -nods- I have .. many others that are like that .. and I pushed them to the back to do these shorter books.. I have so many @.o crazy  

[DesertRoseFallen]

I struggle now to do anything under at least 80,000 words. I suck at short stories...