Taking the Next Step

 
Today, after reading Dean Wesley Smith's latest exhortation, I decided I would create my own publishing company. Sure, I already have 7 books out, but it'll be easier to do this now than after I release 7 more.
 
I have a company name (including a domain name), a federal EIN, and I've filled out my state's paperwork for filing a trade name report. I'll be working toward a company bank account and Web page and sundries in the next week or two.
 
I'm not sure this will make a lot of difference in the long run, but it might make some difference in the short run. And later on, I might even be happy I did this.
 
Publishing company or not, though, I still plan to use any free ISBN's offered to me by the likes of CreateSpace and Smashwords. Because, yeah, FREE.
 
Guns & Magic will still be my blog, but the company Web page will provide another platform for promoting my books. A bit less cluttered than here, I'm sure.
 
I'll announce the company name when I have all the ducks lined up and the paperwork filed.
 
More news as it happens.
 
-David