--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "camwellcam" <camwellcam@...> wrote:
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> Frank,
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> I assume you wrote the book to make money :)..so why is your book NOT >on Amazon?
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It appears to me that Amazon puts an author in competition with himself--or at least others who bought and read the book then try to recoup cost by selling the book at a fraction of the new price. How does an author compete against that?
As for there being no publisher listed in Frank's book it appears that he is self published and holds all rights. I don't think this is such a bad way to go in a niche market. Write the book, publish yourself, create publicity vis a vie vpFREE and other sites....and a website....and a radio show....
I have a friend, Claude, who is a bartender and a short story writer. He got nothing but rejection slips from the publishing companies so he self-published through Author House. In a conversation a few years ago he told me that his cost works out to about $4 a book for publishing and shipping. He sets his books on a stand on the back bar and sells them for $15 apiece. A nice little added income and he holds all rights.
