Naw uncle, I'm making my own.
Vanity Printer
Publishamerica
Banned me
After I paid for my books
Lucky Me
Vanity Printer
Publishamerica
Banned me
After I paid for my books
Lucky Me
I have noticed that WalMart is incredibly cheap. I have also wondered about these book clubs where you get 12 for .99. If these top sellers and pulitzer prize winners books are going that cheap how in the world do they get the big royalty checks? I know that they only get a percentage and thru the clubs they are only getting something like 7 cents a book. I see all the top names, King, Patterson and the rest being sold that way. Makes you wonder doesn't it?
This is one of the most important publishing lessons you'll ever learn. Remember it, never forget it, and think about the truths inherent in it....James D. Macdonald said:The only thing worse than remaining unpublished is being published badly.
Yes, let's! He merits a major virtual lynching. He creep as low as Larry.WhisperingBard said:On the contrary, let's be *really* offensive to Denny Hatch.
I'll mix the Margaritas if you'll fetch the planks we're gonna make 'em walk.akaa1a said:Well...le Esper/Sparhawk/Hero post est c'est la vie!
Great while it lasted...
This whole affair has given me major goosebumps! And made me feel like dancin' a bit of a jig!
Thar be pirates in the water folks...and they needs a wee bit a coaxin' to come forth from the slimy depths of Larry, Mo, Curley, Janet, Jessica, Shemp et al.'s (Davey Jones' )Locker!
Now WHERE is that Margarita!
Gravity said:And folks, publishing with a real, honest-to-Pete (whoever he is) publisher works exactly as advertised: the advances, the in-store placements, the numerous author copies, the whole magilla.
Am I causing Grisham or King any sleepless nights?
Sher2 said:I'll mix the Margaritas if you'll fetch the planks we're gonna make 'em walk.
James D. Macdonald said:His name isn't Dennis Hatch, it's Denison "Denny" Hatch, and I already commented on his nonsense.http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=118783&postcount=3103
His book is here. Please note that the subtitle is " A Layman's Guide to Manipulating the Media."
Guess I don't have a pirate mentality. Thank God! So, will you get the rope and fix up the noose things? I'll get 'em to the yardarm.DaveKuzminski said:Nope, you don't make pirates walk the plank. You hang 'em from the yardarm.
AKA, you make an excellent point. Outside customers do not fit into PA's business model.akaa1a said:It's no fuss, no muss, no postage hassle, no angry outsiders expecting good service, and no way that PA can slap customers down like they do their own spawn (that's you and me PA folks)..... and there's probably some convoluted tax advantage to PA if authors purchase their own books.
Prostitution comes to mind...I feel so dirty!
Please...for the love of Hot Dogs and Baseball...RUNNNNNNNN...and if you can't run, then find someone to pick you up and help you RUNNNNNNNN!!!!
And finally, before the Prednisone I'm taking interacts horribly with the Margarita I'm enjoying.....RUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN fast!
akaa1a said:PA doesn't WANT anyone else to order books...they want YOU to order books!
It's no fuss, no muss, no postage hassle, no angry outsiders expecting good service, and no way that PA can slap customers down like they do their own spawn (that's you and me PA folks)..... and there's probably some convoluted tax advantage to PA if authors purchase their own books.
changling said:I did. They said, "You're a man."
changling said:http://www.publishamerica.com/cgi-bin/pamessageboard/data/lounge/8783.htm
I think most books are sold online?
Me thinks you don't know much about your publisher, or the industry.
James D. Macdonald said:We haven't been fibbing to you. Honest. And, John -- could you confirm that you weren't a "name," that you weren't a celebrity, when you got that deal?
Nope, a definite "non-name" here. What I did was simply write a (in my humble opinion) better book, got myself a sure-'nuff non-fee-charging agent who was open to taking on a newbie (and the transmutation of base metal into gold would have been an easier task than that, I can assure you), and she then started sending the silly thing out. After a bit of time had passed, and many a fingernail had been gnawed (mine and hers), a good house bit.
That's it.
No, "we treat our authors the old-fashioned way", no collaring of reluctant friends and relations to purchase my tome, because "cousin John done went and wrote hisself a BOOK!", no pleading with recalcitrant bookstore managers, none of it. It was like I died and went to glory.
Ain't that something?
John
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Gravity said:Am I causing Grisham or King any sleepless nights? Not yet, but they can hear me rattling their window latch (assuming they sleep in the same bed; egads).
Dean Koontz wrote a number of his old books under female pseudonyms; it's a definite option.James D. Macdonald said:You've heard of pseudonyms? That's what they were made for. (Just like you can't write hairy-chested men's action adventure if you're a girl -- unless you want to call yourself Rip Steelman, that is.)
ResearchGuy said:FYI FWIW, what one does with the Copyright Office is to register the copyright, not buy it. Copyright is automatic when a work takes tangible form. You do not have to pay for it. Registration, which allows one to sue for violation of copyright, is just that: registration. In addition to enabling one to sue for violation, timely registration of copyright (that is, before violation occurs) secures certain other legal rights.
Ah Hah, you are the one I am selling Sheri too. Good Lord Hon, I had to throw the brownies away I was so paranoid. I thought I was losing it! You are still a hero mind you....so I'll take you to therapy with me Friday. Be ready at 2:00 pm sharp!Sparhawk said:Thanks , but I'm here already... I'm Gherkin the Cabana Boy aka Sparhawk aka Esper (going to seek therapy for so many alter ego's)