tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840387923864203280.post7059632110127324265..comments2024-02-11T08:33:08.103-08:00Comments on Flight of Fantasy: Can editors be affordable? Hannah Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13734404043381742834noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840387923864203280.post-83796712973887183722020-04-26T14:34:04.968-07:002020-04-26T14:34:04.968-07:00I admire your tenacity! The Covid has hit the worl...I admire your tenacity! The Covid has hit the world hard, but do see this as an opportunity to capitalize on ebooks. The lion share of my sales come from ebooks and I see things are beginning to pick up after the initial slump in March. Hannah Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13734404043381742834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840387923864203280.post-2686721026485407282020-04-23T12:50:58.840-07:002020-04-23T12:50:58.840-07:00I went down the 'save up' route - and budg...I went down the 'save up' route - and budgeted for high quality editing, cover design, formatting and a print run with a local printer - much more economic than POD. Yes it was a gamble and yes it took a year to get the money back and I worked hard at promotion that didn't cost me anything much if at all - offered myself as a speaker to local groups and sold PBs there and at local craft fairs etc. once I had the money back I used it for the next physical book production. The ebooks picky-backed onto the PBs. 7 1/2 years later I have 5 high quality novels ranging in length from 102k - 132k - so it is possible but it's been a hard grind and only this year was I just beginning to see the fruits of it all until Covid 19 struck. I may have very little income this year as a result as I was still heavily reliant on events and PB sales. But I shall pick myself up and try this year to focus on ebooks instead. I would rather have lived on potato skins as not get an editor. They are worth their weight in gold and also worth the wait. M Skeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06773276114320929717noreply@blogger.com