We’ll be self-publishing The Usual Error!
by Pace on July 31st, 2008 @ 2:29 pm in
Usual Error Project
We’ve been talking with our friends and doing a lot of research into traditional vs. self-publishing. I feel a lot more informed and confident now. And the winner is… SELF-PUBLISHING! By a landslide!
Here are all the reasons we decided to go with self-publishing.
- You make more money per copy.
- You have more control over the content and layout.
- If your first run does poorly, it’s not a death sentence for your book.
- You retain the rights to do whatever you want with the content.
- …
And here are the reasons we don’t care about the advantages of traditional publishing.
- Marketing. We’re planning on becoming famous and doing our own marketing anyway.
- Distribution. We don’t care so much about getting into old-fashioned brick-and-mortar bookstores, …
Eh, fuck this post. It’s all bullshit logical reasons. The real reason I feel passionately about self-publishing is because I want to damn the man. I think the existing publishing paradigm is old, outdated, and doomed to fall. I want to help topple it. I don’t want any gatekeepers on what can and can’t be said, what is and isn’t worthy. Let the people decide. If it’s good, people will buy it. If it’s not, they won’t. That’s a hell of a better criterion for a book’s success than anything the publishing community uses.
Self-publishing is a very connection paradigm thing to do. Share your information freely, without gatekeepers, without (implicit or explicit) censorship, without supporting the old paradigm. We’re going to self-publish and it is going to ROCK.
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 Have you read our book, The Usual Error? It teaches you how to solve communication issues with compassion and understanding, how to get rid of needless conflict from your life, how to make your relationships smoother, and how to generally be happier. Also, the illustrations are super cool. (:You can buy it on Amazon or read it for free online. |
3 Comments!
#2 Posted by How to self-publish a book | Pace and Kyeli on January 15th, 2009 8:43 am | link
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#3 Posted by 
Madison 'Girl Arsonist' McGraw on January 24th, 2009 8:20 am | link
Yes, damn the man! Love your honest words. And your bright cheery background! Keep up the good fight! If you ever need reinforcement in the way of pep talks, contact me!
Maddy
Action does for dreams what oxygen does for fire.
#1 Posted by 2008 | Pace and Kyeli on October 31st, 2008 11:06 pm | link
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