Perhaps I find myself maneuvering the River Wild here a bit in what has been 13 years of work and getting to a point. I find it is of note that these books are sold through Blurb.com and the struggle of a self-published artist is present on finding ways to get books presented. From there discussions possible of pick-ups within the book buying market and then licensing deals and possibilities to drive the price back down to normalcy of the market.
It is noted Blurb.com is not the publisher of these books, as all rights are contained with I at the moment of Copyrights, ISBNs (outside of Chasing Jabberwocks) and am a free-agent in which I use the word “Free” loosely.
Unsure how this works in the open-market, I see a major problem for I of affordability and then pricing properly, especially where the wholesale discount is added on to quite a cost per book that I do not control outside of selecting 40% or 55%, while seeing an impossible discussion at hand here of resale, but one so of collector aspects.
It takes a couple days or weeks, I am told before all books transition to the global network, where I am sure the dropping of 45 books all at once would be notice of the industry and those far more familiar of where I need to go and be.
Currently I am aware of the price-tag problem here, where it was once cheaper on Blurb.com alone, and far more profitable for I without the wholesale surcharge where I usually favored 23 dollars profit towards I per book. I’ve seem to settle here with around roughly 9 dollars for most of the books except for Lorem Ipsum, which was worthy of the 40% instead of the 55% surcharge, which isn’t a discount.
Where do we go from here knowing these books of solo journey of made physical would eventually be short-run collector’s items on the way to possible mass media? They wouldn’t stay this price forever and the ISBNs all have the original attached Retail to them, which still would be lower in pick me ups.
At the very least, if never picked up, the price will eventually go down 95 years after my death when copyright on autobiographical works expire and I finally become public domain.
Until then, at least I chose to put the books in order or read preference.
As with any artist’s work, it is always the choice of the reader anyways on the matter of choosing where to start, where to end or where to ignore.
Either way as I waterslide this one for now while trying to figure out the pricing issue, it is rather refreshing to see where things can go and then where they are now. Life of an artist where self-publishing is very expensive in the long-haul.
To date since 2011, this is all I have made on the book front, but do enjoy having a physical version of each and every one. As others stack the decks, others stack books over time in life’s accomplishments.
It is 100% guaranteed I’ll be doing something or another the rest of my life.
I respect Blurb and will ask more about why the wholesale discount is greater than the base price and still support artistry moving forward. Always room to talk knowing things add up quickly in retail/wholesale worlds.
I present to you, which was already presented anyways, 45 books dropped all at once while I still in need of agent, agency and possible deals one way or another. 46 if you go to Barnes & Noble. Technically 47…
It is a start in a direction and can go from there. Compromises and meets and greets always possible in pricing out one’s time. I have no control over that area of market and noted, most of that doesn’t go to I anyways unless…
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