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There’s this little thing I’ve been doing on the side for a little while now: writing fiction. Mainly in the literary romance genre, but not exclusively. The vast majority of my stories are short, and written for an audience of one, namely my wife (she likes that kind of thing). Now, at her suggestion, I have started to look at trying to get published. One option is of course to self publish, and it makes a certain amount of sense to do so, for there are literally tens of thousands of books, stories and manuscripts competing for publisher attention.
The advantages of self publishing are significant. Your masterpiece gets to market faster, and with less editorial changes, and the author gets to keep a higher percentage of the proceeds. The disadvantage is that the author is in charge of all marketing, a time consuming task to say the least. Given that I know at least a little bit about marketing, I have been investigating various sites that help you Self Publish your work.
One such is Wordclay.com. So far they look pretty good. The site is user friendly, and they don’t charge ay up front fees. They even have a bookstore that your book will be listed in. They have an affiliation with a major distributor who will make your book available to over 25,000 US retailers. There are add on services that can be purchased, such as an ISBN number and a domain for your bookstore page, but as near as I can tell, these are optional.
I think that I will be putting Wordclay on my short list as one possible venue for my book. Of course, this supposes that I will actually write a whole book… unless I decide to publish a collection of my short stories instead… hmmm, the wheels are turning now…
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Marc, you hit the nail on the head; self publishing really does have tons of advantages. And if you\'re looking for some book marketing advice, you should check out the Wordclay\'s \"genre lounge\" pages on their site, where you can find marketing tips and advice on specific genres (short stories being one of them).
Also, being a copywriter for Wordclay, I\'ll give you a little heads-up: it\'s not officially announced yet, but starting April 1, Wordclay will be hosting two short stories writing contests (one for a single story, and another for a collection). The prizes are pretty hefty and it\'s free to enter, so you might want to check it out.
Marc, you hit the nail on the head; self publishing really does have tons of advantages. And if you’re looking for some book marketing advice, you should check out the Wordclay’s “genre lounge” pages on their site, where you can find marketing tips and advice on specific genres (short stories being one of them).
Also, being a copywriter for Wordclay, I’ll give you a little heads-up: it’s not officially announced yet, but starting April 1, Wordclay will be hosting two short stories writing contests (one for a single story, and another for a collection). The prizes are pretty hefty and it’s free to enter, so you might want to check it out.
I checked out the contest. Unfortunately, I don't have anything ready to publish, but my daughter does, so it's all good