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Apr. 1st, 2015 10:08 pm1. Still plodding my way through Outlander - 80% of the way through now. Not sure I recommend it. It's awfully passive - too much of the action happens off-stage. I think the television series is actually better because it's in more than one point of view to start out, and we get to see the action as it occurs. For example? The second half of this season will be in Jamie's point of view.
I don't know what I'm reading next. Flirting with books.
2. So I've been researching ISBN numbers, because you have to pick one to publish your book. What is an ISBN? It's an International Standard Book Number that ties your book to the publisher in charge of distributing it to various channels, so when someone buys your book - the money goes back to that publisher, who in turn pays you. The amount or sales price is in the ISBN. It's that number people scan at the grocery store or book store when you buy a book. This is the best advice that I found, because there's a lot of misinformation out there by people who don't know anything about the business of content distribution:
( Everything you ever wanted to know about choosing an ISBN number and were afraid to ask )
From what I've managed to figure out - the major difference between using your own imprint/ISBN and using a publishers - is whether you want to be the publisher of record.
So if you use your own = self published. If you use a publisher's = not self-published.
Yet weirdly many bloggers state if you use your own, you are less likely to be seen as self-published and be considered more professional. Reverse logic. But whatever.
I still haven't done it yet.
The other thing I'm worrying over is do I go with "matte" or "glossy", "cream", "black and white", "white" and size 5"8, 6"9, 5"7 paper back. Seriously? The choices for this thing are endless.
What's scary is there are still folks out there who look down on self-publishing. The good news? They are being kicked in the proverbial ass by the e-book and self-publishing industry. The world has changed since my Dad started doing this in the mid-1990s. Thank god.
I don't know what I'm reading next. Flirting with books.
2. So I've been researching ISBN numbers, because you have to pick one to publish your book. What is an ISBN? It's an International Standard Book Number that ties your book to the publisher in charge of distributing it to various channels, so when someone buys your book - the money goes back to that publisher, who in turn pays you. The amount or sales price is in the ISBN. It's that number people scan at the grocery store or book store when you buy a book. This is the best advice that I found, because there's a lot of misinformation out there by people who don't know anything about the business of content distribution:
( Everything you ever wanted to know about choosing an ISBN number and were afraid to ask )
From what I've managed to figure out - the major difference between using your own imprint/ISBN and using a publishers - is whether you want to be the publisher of record.
So if you use your own = self published. If you use a publisher's = not self-published.
Yet weirdly many bloggers state if you use your own, you are less likely to be seen as self-published and be considered more professional. Reverse logic. But whatever.
I still haven't done it yet.
The other thing I'm worrying over is do I go with "matte" or "glossy", "cream", "black and white", "white" and size 5"8, 6"9, 5"7 paper back. Seriously? The choices for this thing are endless.
What's scary is there are still folks out there who look down on self-publishing. The good news? They are being kicked in the proverbial ass by the e-book and self-publishing industry. The world has changed since my Dad started doing this in the mid-1990s. Thank god.