Now that’s kinda exciting!
WRITING: BLOG2BOOK project – LULU shipped my first order
Wednesday, January 3, 2007Now that’s kinda exciting!
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WRITING: BLOG2BOOK project taught me, and hopefully others, that print on demand works
Wednesday, January 3, 2007http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north511.html
Reflecting on 35 Years of Marriage
by Gary North
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My first book, Marx’s Religion of Revolution, had been published by a tiny publishing house, Craig Press, in 1968. It sold for $2.75 in paperback. In today’s money, that was about $16. Today, I typeset my own books on a $25 software program. I can post them on my website in about 90 seconds. I can sell them or give them away. I can also have them printed, one copy at a time: print on demand. A digital system takes the order on-line, prints the book, collates it, binds it, wraps it, inserts it into a mailer, addresses it, and puts it in a pile for UPS to pick up. What is the total cost for a paperback the size of “Marx’s Religion”? Maybe $10, plus postage. I will get a royalty payment sent to me every few months. If I ordered 3,000 copies, I would probably pay $2 each. I don’t need a book publisher to publish a book. Neither do you.
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It’s interesting to see my finding, (you CAN do a “book” cheaply and easily), also realized by a more experienced “real writer”.
It’s as revolutionary as the Gutenberg Bible. The publishing world’s business model just exploded.
imho.
Kinda exciting!
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WRITING: BLOG2BOOK project – The books arrived!
Wednesday, January 3, 2007Mom (1)
F + J & N (2)
JD (1)
PG (1)
SJS (1)
MIx1 (1)
Office (1)
Home (1)
+ five spare
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WRITING: BLOG2BOOK project – I’m afraid to open the box!
Wednesday, January 3, 2007For those befuddled souls who actually made the mistake of asking for a copy, I am composing a suitable dedication. Hey what good is a “first (perhaps only) edition” if it doesn’t have something personal in it written from the author to you. Right?
Maybe by tomorrow morning I’ll be ready to suck it up and peek.
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WRITING: BLOG2BOOK project – Screwed up April
Wednesday, January 3, 2007Arghh!
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WRITING: BLOG2BOOK project – Opened the box
Wednesday, January 3, 2007Kinda exciting!
To see the product of so much work.
:-)
Now we’ll see what my Mom thinks. I wrote the inscription for her copy.
First thoughts?
Blogs don’t transfer well from the “digital world” to the printed form.
It’s a hoot being a pioneer.
I’d use a bigger font. I’d edit some more stuff out. I probably would NOT do it. ;-) Or at least only order one to tune one’s mistakes.
It’s inspiring in how easy it was to make a fool out of myself. But taking risks is how we learn!
?:-|
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WRITING: BLOG2BOOK project – writing inscriptions is hard work
Wednesday, January 3, 2007I’m just trying to channel and visualize Pat Sajack and Brenda Lee.
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WRITING: BLOG2BOOK project – Finished June
Tuesday, January 2, 2007Argh! Some very good, some very bad. I think I’m going to edit. The typos, misspellings, and bad grammar is just terrible. What was I looking at. Argh. Months are tougher now. More content.
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WRITING: Blog2book update
Tuesday, January 2, 2007Did May. Extra time required because WordPress was missing a lot of the month. But “belt and suspenders”, I had backup. ;-)
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WRITING: BLOG to BOOK tribulation
Monday, January 1, 2007I just finished formatting, but not editing, my first three months of my blog. It’s embarrassing how badly I wrote and spelled. I am sore tempted to “fix” it. But, I am resisting. It’s an art form. Raw and powerful. 25% done. But, I am bored and need a break.
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