Michelle Surtees
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Kristen Ashley:
Hi Kristen, Will Bounty ever be released in a Mass market paperback to match the others in the series?
Kristen Ashley
Hey there, Michelle,
As it's self-published, it's difficult to find a mass market-sized option and nearly impossible to do it at a mass market price. It isn't about the size and the quality of the interior paper so much as it's also about the "mass" part of mass market. Meaning that those books are printed in massive print runs that keep costs down and with indie publishing often printed as each book is purchased, this makes production costs far higher. So even if we were to have found a printer that could publish that size book, the cost of it would be much more than the others in the series.
My brother wants me to purchase a warehouse and do huge print runs of my books and distribute them myself. It's hilarious (and sweet) that he thinks I can do anything, even run my own, personal publishing empire! But I'd rather be writing books than managing a distribution warehouse!
So I'm sorry to say, it's unlikely. :-(
As it's self-published, it's difficult to find a mass market-sized option and nearly impossible to do it at a mass market price. It isn't about the size and the quality of the interior paper so much as it's also about the "mass" part of mass market. Meaning that those books are printed in massive print runs that keep costs down and with indie publishing often printed as each book is purchased, this makes production costs far higher. So even if we were to have found a printer that could publish that size book, the cost of it would be much more than the others in the series.
My brother wants me to purchase a warehouse and do huge print runs of my books and distribute them myself. It's hilarious (and sweet) that he thinks I can do anything, even run my own, personal publishing empire! But I'd rather be writing books than managing a distribution warehouse!
So I'm sorry to say, it's unlikely. :-(
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