Self Published Christmas Book
by Allison Puccetti Adams
The 12 Days of Christmas Giving
Publishing by Others, For Hire or by your SELF- Either way..it's always up to YOU. What company did your printing? First one, a local printer in the town where I lived, a graphics designer was hired and the entire operation was up to ME. The second, I was HIRED to write the history for a book of artists work. They went out of business and I cannot get copies readily. Currently: I did all illustrations, writing, sent to a POD, Expedia, deadline not met in Dec. so it will be focused on THIS CHRISTMAS. But overall, the experience has been positive. So it is JULY and I am planning the tour myself, planning book signings, contacting other authors and booksellers for MY own book. The book for hire, I did the same thing. The publisher was counting on the artists to sell them. It was a 40 retail book. I organized the artists, created signings and events, but never even met the publishers. So I have done it all three ways. I will let you know in December, just how successful it has been, but the great news is, I don't have warehouses, I set my price, they registered for my ISBN's and all I have to do is generate sales. If I don't sell any, they are still around. The first books? They are all useless...dated. I changed my name. (I consider now updating them and scanning them POD to give them a new life with my new married name) The second books, they were not POD. They were a first run and are basically OUT OF MY CONTROL. They were beautiful hard back books with illustrations from over 50 local artists. This book: it is in cyber space. It is available for print orders on any book seller's website. It is up to ME to promote it but for a fee I can have them sell it. "THAT IS WHAT I KNOW" :) Publishing any way involves effort on behalf of the author. I feel best about the POD. And I am looking forward to trying it digitally. The 12 Days of Christmas Giving Birmingham Sketchbook Track Allison at Amazon  .
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