Amy’s Comments (group member since Jan 15, 2017)

Amy’s comments from the Navigating Indieworld Discussing All Things Indie group.

£10k is ridiculous. I was offered a vanity publishing deal for Modified which was £2300 start to finish. I didn’t have the money so had to turn it down.

Here’s a controversial thought. Why is vanity publishing frowned on but as indie authors it’s almost expected that we pay hundreds out for each stage of getting our book out there from editing to covers to promotion? Why is that OK but a one stop shop vanity publisher is not? If I’d taken all of the “required” services an indie is almost expected to, reading some of the prices I would spent close to £1000 just on editing and a cover on Modified because of the length of the book. Then there’s promotional costs to consider. Let’s face it a lot of places will only promote your book for free if it’s priced at free.

I don’t get what the difference is. Authors still shell out hundreds to thousands of pounds whether it’s to a publishing company or to individuals.

Tbh that sounds about right. I’m not an expert and we haven’t had our house rewired but I would expect the price to be in the thousands but below £5k

As long as it’s a reasonable price, saving a few quid here and there isn’t worth it if you can get it done safely and quickly.

Gosh Carole out of a bad situation you had the fortune to have people help you out. That’s quite unusual for a company in my experience.

Alex in the mean time have you got more prices for the work? I can barely get workmen through the door when we need something done. They just don’t show up. I think one plumber I had booked in is over 20 years late. Guess he’s not coming.

Michael that kind of thing annoys me. Glad you ended the offer. The cheek of it!

Just a change in cover.

Last time I contacted the librarians they told me to do it myself lol.

Awesome cover. Not sure if you can just change the cover on here or upload a new one leaving the old one visible.

Thanks Christine really appreciate it.

Alex I can sympathise my husband always seems to be fixing something new in the house.

I'll have to give that a go then. Thanks.

Yes, better than nothing. I earnt a whole £40 this week. Yay! (Groan)

I'm getting better at not looking. I know I'm not earning, so everything is in minus figures with the writing business. Thankfully my other business is still in a tiny profit.

Thanks. I'll get onto that in a couple of weeks. I need to get ahead on other things before I have a 20 minute phone conversation. How long did it take for them to answer?

It is a stupid process. How long was the phone interview for PIP? I've been told I should apply for me.

Excellent news. (I refuse to look at the profit/loss figures for my four books)

Ugh as my Dad would have said "Rip off Britain." Her having enough money doesn't help you unless she's pays you. Then you might find she doesn't have enough money to live on.

Excellent work Jon.

Aislinn I retweeted your tweet. Good luck.

Sam, it's probably lucky for me I'm also international because I really like your jewellery.

Alex, you're just doing really well all round.

My news: again, things I'm doing rather than achieving (one day!) I have started my promo campaign for two of my books on Radish.

Oh and I did manage to coerce people into viewing my latest on Radish so it doesn't feel so lonely. Thanks everyone.

http://www.nook.com/gb/notice It's Sainsbury's who took over the content of Nook in the UK.

It sounds like they withdrew the service 18 months ago and haven't updated parts of their sign-up procedure. That's sloppy.

I'm sure you'll sort it out.

At least there’s somewhere to have a Grrrr. Doesn’t matter if it’s the same one.

Thanks Carole I really appreciate it.

That’s very exciting. Well done.

Ah there’s thought. If we had it we wouldn’t have conversations about spending it. It would be there to be spent. The only reason he raises his eyebrows is because we don’t have it to spare.