http://www.stacylwhitman.com/2009/06/25/another-post-on-self-publishing/ Thoughts on writing, editing, and publishing books for children and young adults Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:48:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.stacylwhitman.com/2009/06/25/another-post-on-self-publishing/comment-page-1/#comment-2861 Lenka Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:32:27 +0000 http://www.stacylwhitman.com/?p=1128#comment-2861 Thanks for your thoughts! As sites make it easier to self-publish, blurb and Kindle come to mind, the published book number will rise even higher. I wonder if the niche for self-publishing is actually in smaller audiences. The books very interesting to a few rather than appealing to most. Like you note, the non-fiction self help comes to mind. Also, regional stories set in a specific town and sold in that town. We had a question in high school creative writing. Would you rather write a story that changes one person's life or a book that millions read but means nothing to them?(Not that a book has to be either/or. I hope to write books that are both:)) You say it well when you talk about intent with publishing. If the intent is a book for family, then self publishing is a huge opportunity. When the intent is to compete with mass market publishers, it gets much trickier. All those hats are so hard to wear! Good news about your possible small press. Wishing you well! Thanks for your thoughts! As sites make it easier to self-publish, blurb and Kindle come to mind, the published book number will rise even higher. I wonder if the niche for self-publishing is actually in smaller audiences. The books very interesting to a few rather than appealing to most. Like you note, the non-fiction self help comes to mind. Also, regional stories set in a specific town and sold in that town.
We had a question in high school creative writing. Would you rather write a story that changes one person’s life or a book that millions read but means nothing to them?(Not that a book has to be either/or. I hope to write books that are both:))
You say it well when you talk about intent with publishing. If the intent is a book for family, then self publishing is a huge opportunity. When the intent is to compete with mass market publishers, it gets much trickier. All those hats are so hard to wear!
Good news about your possible small press. Wishing you well!

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