tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32600817.post116240554258951498..comments2019-11-27T18:31:28.430-08:00Comments on Dear Dead Beat - a Literary Agony Column: The Myths of Self-PublishingGerard Beirnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13946921909742909463noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32600817.post-1162425038366734742006-11-01T15:50:00.000-08:002006-11-01T15:50:00.000-08:00The most important thing about self-publishing is ...The most important thing about self-publishing is to have confidence in what you are publishing. It may not be the best work in the world but it is your work. You have to shut out the voices of the nay-sayers and critics (most of whom have never written a book) and go for it. The worst you can do is fail but you will learn enough to try again.<BR/><BR/>The other, extremely important, thing is that self-publishing is expensive. There are some alternatives like Lightning Source that will publish books on demand and get it on to Amazon. While it is a lot cheaper than actually publishing your own books and getting distribution deals, the royalties are lower.<BR/><BR/>As a writer, you may consider yourself an artist. But as a publisher you are in business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com