Exploring Options
My novels were entered as CreateSpace print on demand books. Even Dora's Story with a few illustrations went through easily.
It is so tempting to do the same with The Pumpkin Project. Printing it at home then getting it bound is a lot of trouble.
I know how much trouble because I have two others, Goat Games and Exploring the Ozark Hills, I do that with. So why did I choose to do it this way?
Goat Games is full of puzzles, photographs, stories, trivia and more about goats. The formatting is exact and demanding. I was afraid of trying to convert it over into a print on demand format.
Exploring the Ozark Hills is a book of nature essays and photographs. It too has some intricate formatting. I was afraid of the conversions.
There is also the matter of price. I do not want to try to sell $60 books.
The Pumpkin Project is getting close to done. I am in the "Hurry up and wait" phase as I wait for the last pictures and information from other people. That's a good excuse for my procrastination on the last four puzzles too.
Out of curiosity I ran a check through CreateSpace about The Pumpkin Project. Surprisingly my proposed price of $25 was very much in line with their estimate of $16 to print.
But there is still the formatting problem. Converting this mess to PDF will be challenging judging from past experiences. Even using page breaks is not a guarantee.
I still have a couple of weeks to think this through. My last pictures must wait until the end of September. At least I have their places ready and waiting.
There is another question to consider. I was very happy doing a give away for Dora's Story. If I print The Pumpkin Project myself, can I still do a give away?
It is so tempting to do the same with The Pumpkin Project. Printing it at home then getting it bound is a lot of trouble.
I know how much trouble because I have two others, Goat Games and Exploring the Ozark Hills, I do that with. So why did I choose to do it this way?
Goat Games is full of puzzles, photographs, stories, trivia and more about goats. The formatting is exact and demanding. I was afraid of trying to convert it over into a print on demand format.
Exploring the Ozark Hills is a book of nature essays and photographs. It too has some intricate formatting. I was afraid of the conversions.
There is also the matter of price. I do not want to try to sell $60 books.
The Pumpkin Project is getting close to done. I am in the "Hurry up and wait" phase as I wait for the last pictures and information from other people. That's a good excuse for my procrastination on the last four puzzles too.
Out of curiosity I ran a check through CreateSpace about The Pumpkin Project. Surprisingly my proposed price of $25 was very much in line with their estimate of $16 to print.
But there is still the formatting problem. Converting this mess to PDF will be challenging judging from past experiences. Even using page breaks is not a guarantee.
I still have a couple of weeks to think this through. My last pictures must wait until the end of September. At least I have their places ready and waiting.
There is another question to consider. I was very happy doing a give away for Dora's Story. If I print The Pumpkin Project myself, can I still do a give away?
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