tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163857547695667023.post1458130599462855018..comments2021-08-10T22:19:43.469-06:00Comments on KKBrees on Writing: Reviews, POD, and Simon and GarfunkelKK Breeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18300974722831848744noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163857547695667023.post-79992342318644070712011-02-22T18:33:47.535-07:002011-02-22T18:33:47.535-07:00Thanks Conda!Thanks Conda!KK Breeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300974722831848744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163857547695667023.post-60148849559708064502011-02-22T18:31:53.568-07:002011-02-22T18:31:53.568-07:00Thank you, Jenny!Thank you, Jenny!KK Breeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300974722831848744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163857547695667023.post-81696959141982920052011-02-22T18:27:14.080-07:002011-02-22T18:27:14.080-07:00Big congrats on the review, and glad I've foun...Big congrats on the review, and glad I've found this series! I taught a workshop recently, and the answer I gave to question #2 about how to market when you hate marketing almost sounds like I wrote it in conjunction with you! WWI, not II, and nothing you don't already know, but still...<br /><br />Here's a link if you'd like to look at it http://writerunboxed.com/2011/02/20/i-wrote-a-book-then-what/<br /><br />Thanks!Jenny Milchmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04410805792044518458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163857547695667023.post-10303051223646713092011-02-08T17:33:50.033-07:002011-02-08T17:33:50.033-07:00Karen, a useful post about POD, which is just part...Karen, a useful post about POD, which is just part of the confusing new world of publishing!Conda Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972790965426924941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163857547695667023.post-715908016674981392011-02-08T16:46:11.835-07:002011-02-08T16:46:11.835-07:00Hi Karen,
I echo Alex-congrats on the review!
Fir...Hi Karen,<br />I echo Alex-congrats on the review!<br /><br />First, for anyone else who might be reading this--I too am with Chalet Publishers (Noah's Wife, 2009). I agree, it is frustrating not being able to be in the "big" bookstores, and it is a whole lot of work marketing your book, but I believe in today's world, you pretty much have to do that, unless you are really big time. Publishers don't have a lot of marketing dollars to spread around any more, and they focus on the authors in their stable who have a track record.<br /><br />But despite the challenges, small presses give authors an opportunity they might not have had. I don't regret having gone this route. For one thing, I don't have the pressure of having to make sales in one year that meet a big press' expectations. With a big press, if your book doesn't sell, it is dead. With POD, there is no big financial outlay up front; the price is the same no matter how many or few books are printed, so publishers can stay with you and let you find your feet. This could not have happened in earlier days before POD.T.K. Thornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12608840749337554040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163857547695667023.post-62878998192506237492011-02-08T15:57:40.460-07:002011-02-08T15:57:40.460-07:00Congratulations on the review!
I'm with a sma...Congratulations on the review! <br />I'm with a smaller publisher as well, and they focus on library and online sales over bookstore sales. (Although they did get my book into B&N.) I think it doesn't matter that much, especially with eBooks taking over.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com