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Well, while I thank you for your support, you probably won't be too impressed with mine, then! Mr. Peck clearly had plenty of discretionary money, while my collection was based on a lot of skipped lunches and vacations not taken. I'm still juggling the layout in my mind. I've considered that, while it is not the primary reason for doing it, if properly laid out, it COULD serve as a sort of catalog. That would require giving each item an individual number, which would definitely need to be WELL organized before assigning them. I'd thought of giving each arm a whole page, but that might get unwieldy.
The whole thing which put this idea in my head, is the drastic decrease in the cost of color printing - my forthcoming train book (am expecting last proof in a couple of days) will cost but $10.16 to print. The collection book will be 25-50% larger, so it is still doable.
Amazon gives authors a 60% royalty, based on whatever the retail price is.
For "self-fulfilled" orders, such as autographed copies, or those for friends, you just buy the books at the low printing cost plus shipping, and sell them for whatever you want (but it wouldn't be wise to ask more than Amazon's retail price!)
For Amazon-fulfilled" orders, you just sit back and bank the (lesser amount of) money, with NO work whatsoever.
I'll reiterate, for Kragrifle and any other budding authors, that you can put a good-looking book on the market for ZERO up-front expenditure (other than a LOT of time).
The whole thing which put this idea in my head, is the drastic decrease in the cost of color printing - my forthcoming train book (am expecting last proof in a couple of days) will cost but $10.16 to print. The collection book will be 25-50% larger, so it is still doable.
Amazon gives authors a 60% royalty, based on whatever the retail price is.
For "self-fulfilled" orders, such as autographed copies, or those for friends, you just buy the books at the low printing cost plus shipping, and sell them for whatever you want (but it wouldn't be wise to ask more than Amazon's retail price!)
For Amazon-fulfilled" orders, you just sit back and bank the (lesser amount of) money, with NO work whatsoever.
I'll reiterate, for Kragrifle and any other budding authors, that you can put a good-looking book on the market for ZERO up-front expenditure (other than a LOT of time).
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