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Happy Holidays from Canada Morey, how are you? As for collaborating with other authors, and even in self-publishing, I'm interested in both sides of the spectrum. If you decide on (a) co-writer(s) for your future projects, please let me know. My only release thus far, "Poetic Potpourri", was self-published, and thankfully remains on today's market, even though it's aged a bit since its initial release date, three years ago tomorrow (Sunday), December 28th, 2011 (print). The digital version has been available now since March 5th, 2012. I look forward to hearing from you, Happy New Year, bye for now.
Hey Marc. I appreciate your offer, but for the book I'm looking into right now, I've already got collaborators in mind, mainly based on their expertise. I know a lot about haberdashery, but some of my friends are serious experts. As a result, I'd be handling all the writing, with them providing the extra knowledge and/or imagery. My main question here is how to handle the business side of it. But you never know what could happen in the future.
Morley, as I have no reliable sense of style, I cannot help. Best of luck to you, however. Maybe I'd learn something from reading your book!
Whenever it comes to anything to do with splitting proceeds, get a signed and witnessed contract vetted by an experienced media lawyer. Even if this book didn't do much, if you hit it big later, the other person or people involved in this book could go after you for a piece of that pie. Even if it is family helping you, get a contract. Business is business.
One of my interests is sartorialism (as you may note from my profile pic), and I've been wondering about creating a men's classic style book as well. The problem is while I know a great deal, it would still be best to work with one or two other people. Especially where it comes to imagery since I'm not a photographer.
I hired an illustrator for my children's books and paid upfront, but I think what I'd need for the style book would be much more extensive. If I went the same route, I probably wouldn't be able to afford it. And that's not even getting into the possibility of a co-writer. It would probably be best to split the proceeds, but I don't know if that's doable with Amazon, et. al. And I don't have the kinds of resources as a traditional publisher to keep mailing out royalty checks on my own for the rest of time.
Has anyone had experience with this sort of thing, or can offer up suggestions on how to go about it?