Good advise Shemp and Judy. I have looked into self publishing for some of my other book ideas for niche topics. Unknown published writers make about a dollar a book, which means you have to sell a wagon load to make any money. I have had success with this model with my 2 CDs. By creating and selling them myself I have a decent supplement to my performance income. I love huckstering my own shit and getting paid for it!
At this stage in my life I might be more inclined to write about my experiences performing, particularly busking experiences. The angle would be about midlife career change and rolling your dreams at whatever level you can right now, instead of waiting to "be discovered." About 13 years ago I started performing that way and it changed my life. I started making more money outside the club scene in a much more wholesome environment. I've written a few chapters to explore the idea. The main thing for me is that writing itself nourishes me and that is what has kept me hooked on FFL. It stimulates me to write almost every day and that adds up to greater confidence whenever I express my self in writing. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > <snip> > > > I don't have any delusions about it getting published. > > > > RECIPE FOR SUCCESS: > > > > 1) Self-publish. Costs in quantities of more than 1,000 about > > $2.00 apiece. > > Shemp's absolutely right. Self-publishing is entirely > respectable these days, with the advent of digital > printing and print-on-demand. It's no longer considered > "vanity publishing." > > It's perfectly suited for a "niche" book, one with a > limited potential market, as this one would be, but > there's a wide variety of promotional opportunities > on the Web, most of them at no cost. Check with Paul > Mason, who wrote the Maharishi biography and maintains > the Guru Dev Web site, who used to post here, for some > ideas. > > Promoting a self-published book *does* take a lot of > work, so you'd have to make a commitment to it; but if > you were willing to do that, there'd be no "delusion" > involved whatsoever about getting it published *and* > sold. >
