A thought came to mind ... Is FREE really too much to ask, as the price of getting a First Edition copy of Golden Gate? It does have a professional cover, a brief bio inside about the author, and meanders across over two thousand years before the heroes and villains emerge to do battle in the modern age.
One reviewer has said "don't change a single word" so perhaps a following will develop. Did I mention there are 90 odd pages - that is sized as 8.5 by 11 inches, which roughly equates to a three hundred page paperback. Fascinating!!!
Tuesday - 07 Dec 2010 -
ReplyDeleteI’m trying to figure why it costs so much time and energy to write a book, and then finding out it costs a chunk of change even if you want to give it away. This is because the ISBN, or International Standard Book Number, that coded sequence of digits which identifies your book in a library, or at a book, store is available only for a fee. It looks now like I have to pay at least $125.00 to get an ISBN, just to give away the book. That amount is for one ISBN number; additional in a block of ten can be purchased for higher fees. I probably need a block of ten, as I plan the three books in The Tessera Trilogy, then a follow-on novel. I mention this as some of you may eventually want to write a book.
I think figuring out this system is like trying to train your dragon, or at least a chipmunk. I got around this little glitch by donating several CD copies to our regional library system, so they’ll catalog it somehow with their numbers, but I still need to figure out the ISBN process and see if I can find one for free. I’ll report on progress as life evolves in this Petri dish.
Right now I’m working to lay out my chapter outlines and rough characters/action flow for the second book. It features opposing groups who are simultaneously analyzing each other’s actions, motives and possible responses to take. This goes along with the necessity to develop the respective characters, and somehow keeping their actions interesting to potential readers. Doing this blog will force me to ensure that the pieces fit together neatly, and make sense.