Yes, I've thought about that. Some self-published novels have actually done well when the writer has promoted them sufficiently. I've heard of sales in the 50,000 range on self published. But I probably won't do that. If I can't publish this novel, I'll just write another one. Something more typical perhaps. Paul On Oct 22, 2006, at 1:15 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
> Paul - if you don't get a publisher, you can go the LULU route. > > but all my fingers and toes are crossed for you > (thats why my typing is so bad :) :) > > ann > > > Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> Yes, it's very difficult to get published. Approximately one out of >> fifty is published, and only about 10% of those could be deemed >> successful. I've been well aware of that from the start. But I'm a >> writer by trade, and I've worked in almost every other format, so a >> novel was inevitable. First person novels are particularly tough >> sells, so I have a long way to go. But I'm pleased to have gotten >> this far. >> Paul >> On Oct 21, 2006, at 1:29 PM, Bob W wrote: >> >>>> >>>> I don't know a lot about it, but I think getting a book >>>> published when one is >>>> not an already established fiction writer is very tough. I >>>> have read though, >>>> that persistence is the key. No matter how many rejection >>>> slips you get, keep >>>> sending it off again and again and again. >>>> >>>> Nothing will take away your sense of accomplishment, though. >>>> >>>> Good luck! >>>> >>> >>> Not wishing to discourage Paul (or anybody else) because my hat >>> is off >>> to anyone who even finishes the first draft, but even when you've >>> been >>> published there's still no guarantee of sales. Several of my friends >>> are published authors, but their books tend to end up in £1- book >>> shops as publishers' remainders before being pulped for toilet >>> paper. >>> One friend buys all the £1- copies of his books so that when he's a >>> Nobel laureate and finally has a readership in more than double >>> figures he can make a killing by selling them at a profit. >>> >>> Bob >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
