What Are You Doing Right Now? (197 Viewers)

[DAiDEViL]

You could whore yourself out to 100 fat chicks for 10 euros a piece or ten really fat chicks for 100 euros a piece.

 

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[Dostoevsky]

Go digital

you don't have to face the traditional costs associated with publishing

Never. Digital is bullshit. That ain't a book, in my book.

 

[X Æ A-12]

Need a Qman smiley

 

[IliveForJuve]

Never. Digital is bullshit. That ain't a book, in my book.

Hipster fag

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Ok, this sucks. Publishers are insane. I need like 1000-1500e to publish my book. Today I talked with some editor and it turns out prices are sky high everywhere. Too hard for my wallet.

If you got a decent car, why not just drive Uber until you have the money to publish?

Edit: apparently there's no Uber in Serbia but there's CarGo. Same shit.

 

[lgorTudor]

Never. Digital is bullshit. That ain't a book, in my book.

this

 

[ALC]

Never. Digital is bullshit. That ain't a book, in my book.

A lot of people use kindle man, they’re awesome

 

[lgorTudor]

A lot of people use kindle man, they’re awesome

yes they are but the feel and smell of book pages is irreplacable

 

[ALC]

yes they are but the feel and smell of book pages is irreplacable

Agreed, but it doesn’t mean kindles are bad. I use both and I usually prefer paper but the kindle is definitely a favorite of mine. Very easy to read, holds hundreds of books and can be carried anywhere.

 

[Juvenann]

I could never finish a digital book, I simply can't. There's nothing like having the book in your hands.

 

[Enron]

Never. Digital is bullshit. That ain't a book, in my book.

Let’s do a tuz kickstarter? How much can you front?

 

[Dostoevsky]

Let’s do a tuz kickstarter? How much can you front?

I wish it was something else and not the money. I could hardly ever repay and it seems as a huge burden. It takes me ages to save anything. I have 400e right now and it would leave me penny less. I tried, though, as I didn't spend anything over the last 3 months bar a couple of books.

 

[Enron]

I wish it was something else and not the money. I could hardly ever repay and it seems as a huge burden. It takes me ages to save anything. I have 400e right now and it would leave me penny less. I tried, though, as I didn't spend anything over the last 3 months bar a couple of books.

What does the $1500 euros get you? How many copies?

 

[IliveForJuve]

Never. Digital is bullshit. That ain't a book, in my book.

No offense but this is a stupid approach.

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I could never finish a digital book, I simply can't. There's nothing like having the book in your hands.

Pretty much all the books I read nowadays are digital

I just carry them everywhere and on every device I own.

 

[Dostoevsky]

No offense but this is a stupid approach.

It's not. Believe me. I, for one, hate digital books. But let's even say I love them. I know so many people nowadays. Do you know how many use kindle that I know of? Zero. And I'm not even kidding. Seriously.

What does the $1500 euros get you? How many copies?

I have one offer for now and I'm waiting for the other but I don't expect much different numbers. That sum would grant me 500 copies. There's a chance I could lower that cost for 200-300e in which case I'd do the design (aka my friend would draw me the cover) and I'd finish page break myself in Indesign. I actually 95% did page break already, but it's in Word and I know publishers usually use Indesign due to different formating. But, believe it or not, they take quite a lot of profit from sales cause they'd have it stored in shops in the town. So it's not like I'd have all the book sitting at my home. Sadly, they do ask for a lot of %

 

[DAiDEViL]

Pretty much all the books I read nowadays are digital

Is it because your "...for dummies" book collection wouldn't look good on your shelf?

 

[Dostoevsky]

Some day in the future I'd like to own my little library. Not a single digital book. I have quite a lot of books now, but I'd like so many more

 

[IliveForJuve]

It's not. Believe me. I, for one, hate digital books. But let's even say I love them. I know so many people nowadays. Do you know how many use kindle that I know of? Zero. And I'm not even kidding. Seriously.

I'm sure that people in Serbia don't use Kindle but if you're serious about making a living writing books, you can't rule out a distribution channel just because you don't like it. That's what I meant.

 

[Dostoevsky]

I'm sure that people in Serbia don't use Serbia but if you're serious about making a living writing books, you can't rule out a distribution channel just because you don't like it. That's what I meant.

Even most famous writers here don't write for living. It's way too hard unless you go abroad/mainstream.

I tried to get some info of how much would it cost to translate and hit Russians market but it seems prices are absolutely insane.

And right now, I bet if I could sell 100 copies that I'd sell 0 digital. Literally.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

Paper books are gross, tablets are amazing

 

[IliveForJuve]

Even most famous writers here don't write for living. It's way too hard unless you go abroad/mainstream.

I tried to get some info of how much would it cost to translate and hit Russians market but it seems prices are absolutely insane.

And right now, I bet if I could sell 100 copies that I'd sell 0 digital. Literally.

I can relate. No writer in Bolivia makes a living writing books.

For now you should focus on increasing your income. Then you can have your wet dream of publishing a book. You've been earning too little for too long (I can relate to this as well). Shit, I was paid 300-350 dollars a month for about 4 years in different jobs. Then I got a little more but it was still poverty money.