tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3332119306511101304.post3259448233798681192..comments2023-04-30T09:19:10.570-04:00Comments on Living With the Dead: [Victim Zero]Joshua Guesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757886577340365451noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3332119306511101304.post-72392284450308963302013-01-23T06:58:22.266-05:002013-01-23T06:58:22.266-05:00I'm not doing a print copy to 'feel like a...I'm not doing a print copy to 'feel like a "real" author' at all. I get where that assumption comes from, I really do. No, I'm doing a print version because A) people have asked for it over and over again, B) because while there will be upfront costs as far as making the print version a reality, afterward I will be able to order them for cost and distribute them myself for a healthy profit--and signed, too! And C) Because doing a print edition will garner some attention on Amazon, which can only help my digital sales. <br /><br />I began to feel like a real author when I got paid for the first time. I love what I do but I don't romanticize it at all. This is strictly a customer service thing, and about expanding what I offer because I want to, not because I feel I have to. Joshua Guesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09757886577340365451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3332119306511101304.post-80395759693660989362013-01-22T23:14:14.269-05:002013-01-22T23:14:14.269-05:00I am one person, but I prefer real books to digita...I am one person, but I prefer real books to digital still. I have the Kindle app on my phone, and that is kinda how I found you, Josh. A Fb/dA friend in New Zealand posted a link to you stuff when it was all free back in spring, so i got it all, read it, then read up-to date on the blog, and now check the blog every couple days for new posts to read. But at the end of the day, I would pick a real book over digital...books just smell to divine to give up... THE WITHDRAWALS! LOL So when I can afford it this next payday or the one after, I will be donating toward a real book....maybe two! And if this blog were ever printed, I would definitely want to buy said hard copies. So despite what Peter says, plenty of people still love real books over digital, even if they own a few digital books. I mostly get free stuff that I already have/like: Sherlock Holmes, mythological stuff, kids classics to read to my kids....etc. <br /><br />Real book for me please! And I will either be donating $25 or $50 as soon as the bills and rent ate taken care of payday.Poehttp://poetic-dragon.deviantart.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3332119306511101304.post-77174388162699693702013-01-22T17:22:21.319-05:002013-01-22T17:22:21.319-05:00Don't bother with a print version. I know it&...Don't bother with a print version. I know it's kind of a "thing" that to be a "real" author you need ink and paper, but I think that's increasingly untrue. Don't waste the money on getting a physical artifact made just to make some sort of point.<br /><br />I buy almost everything I read as an ebook and read it on my nook. I'm betting that the vast majority of your audience is in the same position. You're an online/indie writer. That's OK.<br /><br />I just dropped $10 in, so yay. I continue to enjoy LWtD and read it daily.<br /><br />SaintPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02064605142705446251noreply@blogger.com