EBOOKS VS. PRINT BOOKS: PART IIWell, folks, here I am aga...
EBOOKS VS. PRINT BOOKS: PART IIWell, folks, here I am again, talking about the controversy between ebooks and print books. I know this is ground we've covered before, but bear with me. I have two ebooks, A SPY AT HOME and HAZARDOUS CHOICES, available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, and Goodreads. (For those of you who have bought, read, reviewed, tweeted about, or "liked" these novels, I thank you most sincerely.) The monetary rewards (in the form of royalties, of course) have been less than huge, even though I have worked as hard as I know how to promote both books, and even though I have given away many, discounted more, and priced them inexpensively to sell! So now what? I asked myself what would come next.
I was challenged to offer my novels in print form by someone who does not have a Kindle or a Nook. (Can you imagine?) I decided, after much soul-searching, to do so. Working with CreateSpace and learning (by much trial and error - mostly error) how to edit, format, and upload my novel A Spy At Home, I have finally been able to offer this novel in print on Amazon. The experience was exhausting; CS has many good points, and their tech support is fine, but there just isn't enough information on their website to make this process easy. I sought advice from FB friends, and I was pleased with the support and encouragement they offered.
Take a look and see what you think, friends. I'm hoping that an opportunity to attend and participate in a book-signing in my hometown on June 14th will help me promote the print version of the book, and I am very much looking forward to my first "public appearance". More to follow...
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David wrote: "Joseph I wish you the best of luck in print.I too started on Creatspace and would offer one word of advice only . LULU. Ah, you need more than one word, OK. Createspace prints and despatches from t..."Hey, David, thanks for the heads-up. When you say "Make sure you do your forms for CreateSpace", what do you mean?
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Since The U.S. ad the UK have a tax treaty, to make sure you don't pay tax on your sales here you need to fill in tax exemption forms. I'm sure createspace will probably have links for them as I know they have links for the US ones for UK writers.If not you should find them herehttp://www.hmrc.gov.uk/cnr/us_individ...
May both choices start to sprout the monetary rewards without giving away many more books you created so hard to create.