Paperbacks and other headaches
So, it turns out that the careful, line-by-line formatting that I did by adding spaces to push the words around on the page (because you know it looks funny if you end a line with something like: "blah blah blah. He") is all GONE. So, I give up. I'll concern myself with page breaks and stop trying to micromanage the lines. I just don't have the software for that, and I don't want it. I'm a writer, not a professional publisher. 'Nuff said.
BUT. On the plus side, I figured out a way to offer reasonably priced paperback books! On Lulu, if I choose the "digest" size paperback with perfect binding (the glue type, not stitches), then I can sell books for less than half the price of the hardcover versions. (Earlier investigations showed that paperbacks would run about $18 when all was said and done. Way too expensive.)
I haven't finished formatting the paperback version yet, and I really should wait for when I get my copy-for-proofing in the mail and do a Last Chance edit. But, right. By the end of April, I hope I'll have 5.5"x8.5" (not very "paperback" sized, I know, but the smaller books are actually MORE expensive), 280-page paperback available for those of you who like to toss a book in your bag or backpack for "just in case I'm bored" reading.
The catch? Well, these paperbacks will be exclusively sold at Lulu - no mass distribution for these as they're a "non-standard" size. Oh well. At least they're affordable. (^__~)
P.S. If you missed the earlier post, yes, The Last Legend is available in eBook formats (including PDF, Kindle, and ePub) and hardcover now. Yay!
BUT. On the plus side, I figured out a way to offer reasonably priced paperback books! On Lulu, if I choose the "digest" size paperback with perfect binding (the glue type, not stitches), then I can sell books for less than half the price of the hardcover versions. (Earlier investigations showed that paperbacks would run about $18 when all was said and done. Way too expensive.)
I haven't finished formatting the paperback version yet, and I really should wait for when I get my copy-for-proofing in the mail and do a Last Chance edit. But, right. By the end of April, I hope I'll have 5.5"x8.5" (not very "paperback" sized, I know, but the smaller books are actually MORE expensive), 280-page paperback available for those of you who like to toss a book in your bag or backpack for "just in case I'm bored" reading.
The catch? Well, these paperbacks will be exclusively sold at Lulu - no mass distribution for these as they're a "non-standard" size. Oh well. At least they're affordable. (^__~)
P.S. If you missed the earlier post, yes, The Last Legend is available in eBook formats (including PDF, Kindle, and ePub) and hardcover now. Yay!