tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post7104131653647942145..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: INDIE ‘L’ PLATES: MY YEAR OF TECHNOLOGY & SYSTEMS - Sheridan WinnKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-13944699934860719842012-12-09T08:15:49.985+00:002012-12-09T08:15:49.985+00:00An amusing and well-written piece. Keep it up!An amusing and well-written piece. Keep it up!Hilsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-21959203652898842202012-12-05T00:42:21.413+00:002012-12-05T00:42:21.413+00:00Thank you, daughter mine: we got it sorted!
Thank...Thank you, daughter mine: we got it sorted!<br /><br />Thank you Daisy, My No 1 Sprite Sister Fan! I'm delighted to know you are following Authors Electric!<br /><br />Julia, thanks for your comment. From my perspective the 35% seemed high when Henry Layte told me, but he made the point that this was what he had to charge to survive.<br /><br />He has a wonderful bookshop in Norwich, The Book Hive, which we all try to support - like a rare species. Fingers crossed.<br /><br />I also had a mail from Sarah Salmon at Norwich Library, who tells me that Peters now have a deal with Gardners, which is encouraging!<br /><br /><br />Sheridan Winnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08920819693284278166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-78795102125658772552012-12-04T20:35:04.567+00:002012-12-04T20:35:04.567+00:00Speaking as a former bookseller you'd be surpr...Speaking as a former bookseller you'd be surprised how hard it used to be to make any profit at all on 35%- rent and rates and heat and insurance and (possibly) staff and fittings and equipment and tax and theft and damage and the books just just sit there, looking sad. And those were the happy days of the Net Book Agreement. I'd have no chance of surviving now<br />julia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-36736847751669978842012-12-04T20:03:10.123+00:002012-12-04T20:03:10.123+00:00Sheridan is a really good writer and definitely kn...Sheridan is a really good writer and definitely knows how to entertain children. I would recommend her books to any girl who would like to pick up good vocabulary,and also to girls who want something very imaginative.<br />Well done Sheri!!!<br />best regards from your NO1 reader,<br />DaisyDaisy in Brightonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-78535174178988255402012-12-03T23:34:20.671+00:002012-12-03T23:34:20.671+00:00Well done for all the hard work and sorry I lost y...Well done for all the hard work and sorry I lost your blogs, Mum!Rosie Winnhttp://www.rosiewinn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-77355585797580318962012-12-03T22:10:36.977+00:002012-12-03T22:10:36.977+00:00Thank you for all your encouraging comments!
Chri...Thank you for all your encouraging comments!<br /><br />Chris, yes 35% is heinous, but what to do if you want the be in the bookshops?<br /><br />Charles, I will note down the Bognor Tea Shop Idea as Plan B.<br /><br />Simon - such wonderful optimism!<br /><br />Debbie - I do wonder! It's the focus that I find difficult with so much going on. I need a clear space in which to write.<br /><br />Kathleen - that's interesting about Nook. They seemed to have a scroll-down bar for a UK address and accepted my postcode.<br />I can't upload the titles though until I have the flipping US tax number and have come off KDP Select. Uh!<br /><br />John - we're the crazy vanguard! My great-great-great aunt Eliza crossed the Rockies in the wagons and lived to 101. I am not going to be beaten by e-publishing!<br />Sheridan Winnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08920819693284278166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-59343101971697740422012-12-03T20:42:41.279+00:002012-12-03T20:42:41.279+00:00Well, Sheri, it beats doing Sudoku.
On the book ...Well, Sheri, it beats doing Sudoku. <br />On the book retailers’ discount, it was always 35% when I was flogging mine around the bookshops which makes ebooks in particular, with their 70% (Amazon) author’s royalty and smaller (possibly even zero) production cost, look a reasonable proposition for self-publishing writers IF they can raise awareness sufficiently and if tablet sales are anywhere near matched by a move by readers – and in your case, young readers - to reading that way. But right now, ebook, POD or upfront print run, or which combination, for the greatest return? Give it another decade and we’ll all be wiser – or dead. Revolutions never hurry up when you want them to. <br />But on POD, Lightning Source and library supply by Peters’ Bookselling only, Bertram’s has a department called Bertram Library Services, known as BLS in the trade, which supplies libraries and claims to be the largest outfit doing so. Look on their website and then ask Lightning Source about that. <br />John Worrallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-91742396538166714832012-12-03T20:10:18.661+00:002012-12-03T20:10:18.661+00:00Thanks Sheri - you made me smile. I'm in my s...Thanks Sheri - you made me smile. I'm in my second year and I still press the wrong button. We've also had the same issues with Kobo that you had. We deleted the books, waited for a few days and then re-loaded. Customer care were useless, unlike Amazon. Didn't think you could publish on Nook unless you had an American address?<br />Or have I missed something?Kathleen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-6669296195883329932012-12-03T19:25:42.820+00:002012-12-03T19:25:42.820+00:00We're not supposed to write as well, are we? N...We're not supposed to write as well, are we? Nobody told me that...Debbie Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761474820689143835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-2884999162170638872012-12-03T17:40:33.740+00:002012-12-03T17:40:33.740+00:00I think you did very well to get six items from yo...I think you did very well to get six items from your list of eight done. Being an indie author requires so many skills and activities beyond actual writing it's a wonder any of us ever write anything any more. 40k words by the end of the year? Easy peasy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-89763152497563264262012-12-03T16:19:48.037+00:002012-12-03T16:19:48.037+00:00Great piece Sheri - I think the key lesson here is...Great piece Sheri - I think the key lesson here is that if you want to be an author in the digital age, you can't rest on your laurels but have to keep continually honing your technical skills (that includes IT + epublishing + marketing + business development & commercial negotiations).<br /><br />You also need to be continually monitoring the epublishing scene, for example Amazon seems to be rewriting its Kindle rules on a daily basis. Here's a link to a recent story (not by me) http://ht.ly/fKTGb<br /><br />Final comment: well done Sheri for not saying "This is more aggro than it's worth, I'd be better off running a tea-shop in Bognor."<br />Charles Christianhttp://www.urbanfantasist.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-449195212902607352012-12-03T11:40:46.685+00:002012-12-03T11:40:46.685+00:00An amusing summary, I loved it. I approached my fr...An amusing summary, I loved it. I approached my friendly local bookseller! And he said the standard discount is 40% but because I was local he'd do 35%. I declined!Chris Longmuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488093821886798927noreply@blogger.com