tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970502759702586204.post1179787434353158439..comments2024-03-25T03:59:31.089+00:00Comments on Behind The Barred Window: Enforced Weight-Gain / Enforced Price-Hike: Avarice in Publishing and Other Chubby SubjectsToyntanenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01964511433148028640noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970502759702586204.post-49808001691871532552010-06-03T11:43:29.078+01:002010-06-03T11:43:29.078+01:00Selling books & downloads via your site using ...Selling books & downloads via your site using Paypal is vry easy. There are a number of 'buy now' buttons available to use on Paypal which are very easy to setup.<br /><br />Emailing the book as a PDF *may* be problematic because many email systems have a limit on the size of incoming emails and a PDF of a book is quite a big file.<br /><br />Another option is to look at Smashwords which will convert your book into all eBook reader formats and you can sell through there.<br /><br />If you bought the set of 10 UK ISBNs from Lulu then they are yours to do with as you wish and there should be no problem about using them BUT you will hav eto register the details with Bowker and Gartners for it to get onto the booksellers lists.<br /><br />Its a problem getting it into Waterstones because of their internal distribution issues which are ongoing. They'll want at least 55% of your cover price and for you to accept sale or return, which means you'll have to have hardcopies available to send to Gartners if they order - factor in postage costs -- contact me for more info rex_talbot @ yahoo dot comrex_talbotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970502759702586204.post-87108262854246086272010-05-03T04:16:45.874+01:002010-05-03T04:16:45.874+01:00"I guess what you are getting at is the idea ..."I guess what you are getting at is the idea that readers would send payment to PayPal and in return I would then forward a PDF copy by email."<br />Exactly! I think it would be a good idea.Oragenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970502759702586204.post-55476173517981999332010-05-02T15:10:22.859+01:002010-05-02T15:10:22.859+01:00Hi Summertime75. Do Lulu actually do any marketin...Hi Summertime75. Do Lulu actually do any marketing? Hmmmm! Well, not that you'd notice. Actually it's quite interesting what you have to say about having discovered the books through 'The Institute' site (not mine) and the blog. The whole point of the blog, originally - apart from garnering new ideas, inspiration, insight and criticism (all vital) - was to make the work more visible. I have to say that a lot of volume 1, in terms of the writing, originated with my partner (the ideas were all mine) and it was she who made contact with the guy who runs 'The Institute' - without the support of whom the whole project might well have sunk without trace. The 'other half' pulled out way back; thus the pace of writing dropped off but the ideas continue to develop. <br /><br />Yes I have a PayPal account but I wouldn't know how to automate things. I own both the copyright and the ISBN, so no problems there (though assigning an ISBN to volume 2 - one of a block of ten I purchased from Lulu - has proved problematic). Not the an ISBN is necessarily that important - but it is nice to know a record exists of the work somewhere. <br /><br />I guess what you are getting at is the idea that readers would send payment to PayPal and in return I would then forward a PDF copy by email.Toyntanenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01964511433148028640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970502759702586204.post-75945123776578606812010-05-01T17:39:30.985+01:002010-05-01T17:39:30.985+01:00There seems to be plenty of publicity on the blog,...There seems to be plenty of publicity on the blog, I wouldn't have seen either book on Lulu without first seeing it on The Institute and then here. All you need is a Paypal account to receive the payments. Do Lulu actually do any marketing?summertime75https://www.blogger.com/profile/08610818401272494232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970502759702586204.post-19393186315691606732010-05-01T15:45:23.610+01:002010-05-01T15:45:23.610+01:00Yes, perhaps that's the way forward - though I...Yes, perhaps that's the way forward - though I'm not quite sure how to go about it. I'm loath to spend too much time on marketing, publicity and so on, though, as it can quickly begin to erode the time I have available for writing and I am bursting with ideas at the moment which I want to get down, at least in rough, before they go out of my head and / or I lose enthusiasm - as happens from time to time. Besides; I have another card up my sleeve which I am holding back on revealing until all is finalised... quite exciting though!Toyntanenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01964511433148028640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970502759702586204.post-28624597675242469202010-05-01T13:43:57.993+01:002010-05-01T13:43:57.993+01:00I can see the problem, but if the majority of peop...I can see the problem, but if the majority of people who purchase your books do so by electronic download why not cut out the middle mad and sell the PDF file direct to your reading public?summertime75https://www.blogger.com/profile/08610818401272494232noreply@blogger.com