If you don’t know me, I am Christine E. Ray, one of the co-founders of Indie Blu(e) Publishing. I have had the good fortune over the last year to have two books of my poetry published through small independent presses. Back in September of 2018 as I was working on the manuscript for The Myths of Girlhood, I made an offer to Go Dog Go Cafe readers to try and answer any questions that you might have about self-publishing a book or working with a micro or small press. I thought my experience as an indie published author and indie publisher would make me a valuable resource. I was very well-intentioned when I made the offer and planned to write a post answering all your questions in October but well. . . time kind of slipped away from me. So sorry!
I really am happy to answer your questions and provide any advice or insight that I can provide. Feel free to chime in below in the comment section with your questions or email me your questions at indieblucollective@gmail.com. I will write a post no later than next week addressing your questions.
Remember: there are no stupid questions. If you have a question about self-publishing or publishing with a micropress, I probably had it once upon a time as well as do many of our readers.
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this is so very kind of you! i just self published with Amazon and I think I made a mistake. We have had issues from the very beginning. So, here comes your first stupid question, is micropress a place to self publish?
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Hi Simplywendi- A micropress is a very, very small independent publisher and not the same as self-publishing. KDP/Amazon can be a challenge- tell me more about your issues. Perhaps I can help.
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thank you for this clarification. we spent a month dealing with amazon over sales records but we think we now have that worked out. i am hoping to find a publisher down the road for a larger book that I am working on, how would i go about doing that? thank you in advance for your assistance. this is a huge blessing.
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And to help distinguish, KDP/Amazon is a Print on Demand Service used by both individuals who choose to self-publish and by micro and small independent publishers who plan on selling their imprint’s books on Amazon.
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thank you so very much for answering this! i really appreciate it.
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Thank you for the information, Christine!
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I’m just sorry it took me so long to get back to this!
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Hey Christine, you should never be sorry because you are so helpful to others. I published my first ebook (kept it simple), and loved the leaning experience. I’ve started a second one and feel I can spread my wings a little more.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Christine… same as the other comment… can we roll up the comments into a separate post?
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What… what happened… how did I end up in May!?
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