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Nick Marsden
Thanks for the question,
I started just by coming up with a name and a logo, then re-publishing all my books with Pencastle Publishing as the publisher. It's easy for Amazon. All I had to do was change the publisher name in the metadata on their site.
I created all new covers and included the logo on the spine of the print books, and put the Pencastle name on the copyright page.
Then the logo is trademarked by submitting an application to the Trademark organization, USPTO in the States (http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-appli...).
Everything else is just running a small business. Getting whatever business licenses are required in your area/country and whatnot. It's different everywhere. Even in the states is varies from state to state and even city to city. I'd recommend getting a PO box somewhere that is advantageous (cheap license fees, taxes, etc.) and parking your business there since almost all of this is done online, I don't think it matters where your mailing address is, as long as you can pick up your mail.
I'd recommend getting a book on running a freelance small business and researching the business laws in your area.
I started just by coming up with a name and a logo, then re-publishing all my books with Pencastle Publishing as the publisher. It's easy for Amazon. All I had to do was change the publisher name in the metadata on their site.
I created all new covers and included the logo on the spine of the print books, and put the Pencastle name on the copyright page.
Then the logo is trademarked by submitting an application to the Trademark organization, USPTO in the States (http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-appli...).
Everything else is just running a small business. Getting whatever business licenses are required in your area/country and whatnot. It's different everywhere. Even in the states is varies from state to state and even city to city. I'd recommend getting a PO box somewhere that is advantageous (cheap license fees, taxes, etc.) and parking your business there since almost all of this is done online, I don't think it matters where your mailing address is, as long as you can pick up your mail.
I'd recommend getting a book on running a freelance small business and researching the business laws in your area.
Nick Marsden
Write the best book you can, get it edited by a qualified freelance editor and publish it yourself. Don't let anyone tell you you can't do something. If one person has done it, it can be done. Do what you love, work hard, and success will come.
Nick Marsden
My new project is a trilogy called "The Gods of Sun, Earth, and Moon". The first novel, The Light of Theolan, is being presented in 5 novellas. As I was writing it, I realized that the story fit nicely in five parts, so, in order to give you guys a quicker look, I'm releasing each part separately a few weeks apart. Let me know what you think of this idea once you've read them. If you like it, I'll do it for the other two books in the trilogy.
Nick Marsden
I love music. If I'm unsure what to write, I listen to the music that puts me in the mood of the story I'm writing. For The Legacy of Shatara, it was "The Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance. For The Never-Born, it was the first 4 albums of "The Amory Wars" by Coheed and Cambria, especially "No World for Tomorrow".
Nick Marsden
The Never-Born trilogy came about originally as a screenplay I wrote for a TV pilot while in film school. Called "The Book", it was about the modern day adventures of an apprentice wizard from another world, the spirit of his master, and the earth girl with a mysterious connection to the wizard's world. Together, they followed the trail of the lost Book of Nepharid as it magically affected the ordinary lives of the people it touched, while stopping the evil Stormhand from getting his hands on it. I think the novel turned out better and is more epic in scope.
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May 01, 2015 05:08AM · flag