Oh, I saw Frank McCord at the Maui Writers Conference in 2000. He was just a hoot. Great guy, such a great book. Re indie publishing, I've been doing it since 2004 w/ my first book, a memoir. I'd pitched at the Maui conference, to no avail, but Dan Poynter, self-publishing guru, was lecturing and I caught him speak twice and said, Why Not? Back then there was no Amazon, so I found a typesetter/formatter, cover artist (no Fivrr then), printer, did my own mktg and publicity. It worked out well. It's still selling on my website, and I've condense-serialized it for Substack. My next 3 books also indie published. At my writers' group, most of the newbies are going for hybrid publishing which costs a bit more, but they don't have to do all the footwork that was entailed for me. I'd say to the person you speak of--to just go for it. There is so much out there now that is available to you as an indie pub. I use Amazon, they do JIT printing, send a check to my account monthly when books sell, it's really a good way to go. If she wants to talk to anyone about it, she can DM me. Always happy to offer some advice.
You’re so sweet! Thank you. I’ll let you know. That’s such great advice - and life experience (sorry it’s taken a while to reply btw. I’ve been up to my eyeballs in coursework).
At my writers group last night, we had a really good debate about it all. One of the writers wants to self publish his novel in the UK, and that would be great except he has publishing deals abroad. One of our other published writers suggested he wait as there’s still a great chance he’ll get a deal in the UK. If that doesn’t happen, he’s happy to do it all himself. I think it’s such a wonderful - and doable - option today.
Also, the fact Mr McCord was a hoot warms my heart. 😊
Oh, I saw Frank McCord at the Maui Writers Conference in 2000. He was just a hoot. Great guy, such a great book. Re indie publishing, I've been doing it since 2004 w/ my first book, a memoir. I'd pitched at the Maui conference, to no avail, but Dan Poynter, self-publishing guru, was lecturing and I caught him speak twice and said, Why Not? Back then there was no Amazon, so I found a typesetter/formatter, cover artist (no Fivrr then), printer, did my own mktg and publicity. It worked out well. It's still selling on my website, and I've condense-serialized it for Substack. My next 3 books also indie published. At my writers' group, most of the newbies are going for hybrid publishing which costs a bit more, but they don't have to do all the footwork that was entailed for me. I'd say to the person you speak of--to just go for it. There is so much out there now that is available to you as an indie pub. I use Amazon, they do JIT printing, send a check to my account monthly when books sell, it's really a good way to go. If she wants to talk to anyone about it, she can DM me. Always happy to offer some advice.
You’re so sweet! Thank you. I’ll let you know. That’s such great advice - and life experience (sorry it’s taken a while to reply btw. I’ve been up to my eyeballs in coursework).
At my writers group last night, we had a really good debate about it all. One of the writers wants to self publish his novel in the UK, and that would be great except he has publishing deals abroad. One of our other published writers suggested he wait as there’s still a great chance he’ll get a deal in the UK. If that doesn’t happen, he’s happy to do it all himself. I think it’s such a wonderful - and doable - option today.
Also, the fact Mr McCord was a hoot warms my heart. 😊