[Writing] Self-publishing

[celestineangel]

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[valarltd]

I use assisted self-publishing for my short story collections. Nobody wants the reprint rights to them.

[celestineangel]

It's also not too far off the mark to say you have an established reader-base.

[miintikwa]

YES!

[celestineangel]

::takes a bow::

[chrisbrad]

I miss CDP sometimes.

[celestineangel]

Me too. Sometimes. Not the end part. But before then, before all the crap.

[raeraesama]

At least self-publishing doesn't have as much risks as it used to...huge minimum orders so if your book tanks, then you're stick with hundreds of books.

I come at self-publishing from the comic artist perspective, so it's a bit different. Especially with the main manga publisher being known for screwing people on contracts and dropping series.

[celestineangel]

Aaaaaand I don't know the first thing about publishing comics. ^_^ So thanks for the information. Manga publisher screwing people on contracts and dropping series'? BAH!

[raeraesama]

Yep. Dropping series but still keeping the rights to the property so the creator can't continue with it elsewhere online or off. This is Tokyopop, if you're curious.

Unfortunately most of the other companies that are doing Original-English-Language manga simply don't have much in the way of marketing power that TP does or aren't taking submissions. There's only two I would consider either way, really: DMP and one that specializes in gay romance manga that I had bookmarked on my other computer.

[celestineangel]

Oh, I figured it was Tokyopop. That was the biggest name I could think of.

I think I have some manga from the company you're talking about, and I want to say the name has something to do with blue?