The Micro Edition
October 19th, 2006 | Published in Writing | 2 Comments
I’ve previously explained why, I do not wish to take the route of self-publishing with my novel, but what you see here is a picture of a printed version of my new book side by side with some of the notes from writing it. Confused?
I had this idea a while back, about giving something back to all those people who have helped me finish this novel. Something special, I thought, and why not give them a printed version of the final draft; a special limited edition that only a select few will ever own. If the book is published, it could be an interesting thing to have for comparison. If it never comes out, well, then at least there will be some copies floating around.
So, I designed a cover with images from iStockphoto, set up a 6×9 inch lay-out and ordered a proof copy from Lulu. And when it arrived, I was a happy puppy. There are couple of little details, I have to fix in the lay-out, but when that’s done, I am ordering 10 copies and handing them to my friends and supporters. After that, I will delete the product from Lulu and never have another copy printed.
Now, this got me thinking about another topic I have previously touched upon, namely what authors can do to promote themselves. Something like this, a collector’s item, could be one way to go. Who knows, if I end up with an extra copy, maybe I should put it on eBay.
October 20th, 2006at 9:33 am(#)
Wow, interesting to know this LuLu site and your new novel. Back in the days when I worked as an Internet Service Provider business development person, the very first proposal I gave to the company owner was a collaborative writing P2P software which everybody can comment on a particular chapter or section of a developing novel you publish. Of course fast money was everybody was after so this was never put into practice. Now here comes Lulu and its the right time everybody can publish and sell without having to look for a middleman.
So how can I read your Ghost Whispers novel? Not yet in amazon
October 20th, 2006at 5:51 pm(#)
Patrick : It’s true that the novel is not publically available yet. In its present form, it will only be printed in the ten copies, I mention on my post.