Nitty Gritty Publishing Details

Right now, I am working on the anthology that I am producing as a charity project for Sirens Conference. We have finished writing, revising, line-editing, and we are nearly one proofing.

And now comes all nitty gritty publishing details. Usually, it’s not that bad. For ebooks, this consists of:

Issuing ISBNs
Formatting
Front matter and back matter page writing
Testing on various devices
Pricing calculations

This is my first time doing print versions of a book, other than the comic. For the comic, we worked with a local micropress. For the anthology, we need the distribution aspects I haven’t covered before. And that brought with it a whole new set of publishing details.

Registering for Createspace or Ingram Spark
Purchasing barcodes
Print formatting which is a totally different beast than ebook formatting
Hard proofs to check
Learn how to manage the timeline for a preorder for the first time
…and negotiating all of this as a joint publishing venture in two countries XD

All the publishing details that build up at the end are something I don’t think I will ever get ahead of. Each one is just a tiny bit of stress and nuance that makes the project it’s own bouquet of difficulties.

And the whole time I’m doing this stuff? You got it: I have an insatiable itch to write. Drafting brand new stuff, editing in-progress stuff, reviving stuff…all of it. It’s like how when you have to study and suddenly YOU NEED TO CLEAN THE HOUSE.

Now, focusing. Not on cleaning the house, or even writing the stories. But getting this anthology ready to go to press.

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