Putting Your Books into Print by Mandy Rosko

I was hesitant about putting The Princess’ Dragon Lord into print for the longest time, even though it’s one of my better single title sellers. It didn’t make me tens of thousands of dollars or anything, but it did make sure I got a check in the mail from Amazon every month for a good long while.

It was for that reason that I ultimately chose that book to be translated into German. It was one of my better sellers, and it was short enough that I wouldn’t have to pay a truckload to translate it. The cost was still pretty high by any normal person’s standards, but still more than fair to get a good translation :)

In Germany, the book has almost earned back all the money I spent on it so far, which made me wish I’d taken the time to put it into print as well.

I mean, as if I’d missed that! It felt like such a wasted opportunity, and right now I’m working on getting it up there in print as quickly as possible since ebooks are still just taking off in Germany, and many people love having their books in print, right?

I think the only reason why I never thought about it before was because I’d been trained to think of print books as being on the negative side in the 80/20 rule. 80 percent of work for just 20 percent of earnings, or something like that, anyway.

Now, according to my print royalties, this is very true, I don’t make a lot selling print books, but I have been told by other authors that readers still appreciate having them, and there’s no real telling how many digital copies of certain books that I’ve sold because there was a print price right beside it, making the cheaper ebook price look more alluring.

I guess this is why it feels like such a wasted opportunity, that I didn’t get print out in Germany right away, but I still feel the need to try for it. Even though the book is only a 30,00 word novella, I’ve discovered that a detail like that doesn’t even really matter. Keeping the book pages small enough bumps the page count enough to give it a descent spine, especially when I put in excerpts from other books I have, which I know other authors do to draw attention to their other works.

The spin and back cover for The Princess’ Dragon Lord are ready, and right now I’m just waiting for them to come in PDF so I can upload it. Until then, here’s the JPEG for everyone to see. It’ll look pretty much the same as the german version, I’m just waiting to get the new back blurb translated along with my author bio.

I love it, I think it looks so cool, and I can’t wait for it to be in my hands :3 The next book that up for translation will be Burns Like Fire, which is still in it’s box set, and everyone involved is planning a big marketing push for it since the 99 cent deal will be going away soon for its regular $5.99 price

Kindle: http://amzn.to/WoQs3H

Nook: http://bit.ly/1nLO9PJ

iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/book/captured-boxed-set-9-alpha/id916285061?mt=11

Overall I have to say that I’m learning a lot about what can be done by being in this box set. There are so many websites to go to, and so many things to think of that I hadn’t ever really paid attention to before. When I ordered the cover for Burns Like Fire, I hadn’t thought of putting it into print, so I’m going to have to go back to the cover artist eventually and let him know about my change in plans.

Anyway, for more unrelated news, for those of you who bought a copy of Captured, thank you, thank you :) For those who bought and reviewed it, double thanks! I’m really hoping this set can be pushed into the top 100 overall bestseller list on kindle, and everyone who helps out is making that happen.

Cheers ;)

Mandy Rosko

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The Princess’ Dragon Lord is Now Available at Amazon and Nook

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