I have two great stories almost ready for print. Both illustrators will be done within two weeks, then the files will be sent to the printer. The printer, however, would like to get paid for his work when he delivers the product, not when I sell it. Even small runs of 1000 are going to require some creative accounting, and a small amount of flat out begging to come up with the capital necessary.
Large publishers have quite an advantage: brand recognition, distribution, and money.
I've run into a classic situation where it takes money to make money. I have to sell books to make money, but I have to have money to print the books, in order to sell the books, in order to have money... Argh!
However, I'm a writer, and that means I'm creative and tend to revise things until they turn out the way I want them too. So success is right around the corner... though I don't know quite when we'll get there, or what it will look like, or how may hoops I'll have to jump through... but I can smell it.
Onward!
Large publishers have quite an advantage: brand recognition, distribution, and money.
I've run into a classic situation where it takes money to make money. I have to sell books to make money, but I have to have money to print the books, in order to sell the books, in order to have money... Argh!
However, I'm a writer, and that means I'm creative and tend to revise things until they turn out the way I want them too. So success is right around the corner... though I don't know quite when we'll get there, or what it will look like, or how may hoops I'll have to jump through... but I can smell it.
Onward!
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