I’ve been researching on what I needed to do to get a book out from those POD (print on demand) publishers like Lulu and Createspace, and I’m having trouble on copyrights and isbn numbers. Mostly the technical stuff that I really don’t want to mess with until I get an understanding of them.
Should I even bother to get a copyright registered? They cost around 35 bucks online.
Also, should I get my own ISBN number or does it even matter that I get an ISBN number created by Lulu or Createspace?
My goals aren’t too great in the financial department. I know that I’m not going to make a living out of my book, but it would be nice to get at least some money out of it. (get at least a hundred sold, more would definitely be great) I still want it to have potential to be popular or be made into a movie script or something. So that leads to my other question. Should I just send a manuscript to an authentic publisher instead? The problem I have with that also is that that would take a long time for it to be published and I would like it to be published fast enough when I’m done with the story.
If I self publish, will the authentic publishers not even consider my work if I don’t take it off the market (or have an ISBN from lulu or createspace)?
Your biggest issue right now is impatience. That will kill any real chances your novel may have no matter how good it is. If your writing and hopes for publishing mean that much to you then please take the time to query agents and publishers. Yes, you may get it rejected several times and it could take a few years if anything happens at all. But if you value your work then take the time to invest in it properly.
If the only reason you are doing this is for fame/popularity then you’re doing it for the wrong reason. Do this because you love to do it, not because popularity matters.
Pick up a copy of "The Writer’s Market" and start doing your research. You owe it to your manuscript to give it a chance other than the self-publishing route. Self-publishing isn’t entirely a bad thing, mind you, but definitely not the best route.
Stop. Right now.
Self-publishing is so rarely a break-even proposition that the number of authors who do are numbered in the fractions of one per cent.
Those who self-publish fiction sell between 45 and 65 copies, on the average, nearly all to friends, family, and themselves. Sales do not correlate with the qualify of the novel, its price, or how the author promotes it.
If your goal is making money, self-publishing is highly likely to guarantee you fail. If your goal is to sell enough copies that your book is considered popular, certain failure. If you hope it will be adapted into a movie, guaranteed failure.
And no, ordinary publishers are not interested in your self-published work, without regard to its sales or whether it remains available. If you want real publication, you need to slow way down. Even if your first draft is good, you need to revise and rewrite until it cannot be improved; nobody’s first draft is ready for the publisher–except the one they pay. When its as good as it could possibly be, seek a real publisher who pays you instead of the other way around.
If you are looking for self-publishing companies to publish your book, I know of a few companies that practically holds court to everything a book needs from getting you your copyright, size preferences, book cover design customization, layout consultation, copyediting and even marketing – at affordable costs.
The difference with self-publishing is that you happen to send in your materials to the publisher and they will do all the work for you depending on which program you are on. Publishing packages are very affordable and investing on getting your book published is a good start.
Most self-publishing companies have programs that costs about $250 to $12999 and is highly dependent on the kind of services that you will be getting which is why it is very significant to carefully map out your book’s budget as early as now.
Publishing companies now have all the resources to publish books with the same productivity and efficacy as that of regular black and white books. Considering the fact that most books are in full color, you should choose a publishing company whose book’s are of the highest quality, bar none.
Xlibris Publishing is one of those companies who truly boasts of their book’s top quality as your book is printed on acid-free 50lb library-edition paper. That alone can give your book a longer shelf life and durable pages.
Self-publishing entirely means that you get to retain full control of your book’s production and that it gives you the option to publish your work and claim authority of the photos that you have chosen to be published.
Publishing is synonymous to getting that copyright for protecting your book which is why it is highly important to publish it.
You can get free information sent to your mail here and even try to check the quality of their brochure because it is the same as how they publish books. The cost to publish is also listed in detail and in depth.
I hope I helped.