Vanity publishing
Sep. 9th, 2005 03:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ailbheI couldn't handle the stress of actually looking into proper publication for the Pomes so I've done it myself, said the little red hen. I shoved together a Word document and a few b+w photos with a little editing, and 18 of the pomes are now available on paper. I've ordered it myself to see what it's actually like. If I've done my conversion right, it's only about £7.50 including shipping from the US, so that's ok. It's called before baby walks and I have no idea what the print quality is like - cheap, I expect. It's also possible to download a print-ready PDF from there, but since it's for a 7.5" x 7.5" page it's probably not worth the effort.
But at least now I can stop stressing about finding the blasted Writers and Artists Yearbook upstairs in the central library in town while Linnea throws a tantrum. Perhaps I'll just be discovered and offered a movie contract in Hollywood, with Ingrid Bergman playing part of hypoteneuse.
I slept badly last night and feel lousy about self-promotion. Sorry. I'm a crankypants.
Livejournal users will recognise the cover art, though!
Edited to add: Agh! People are BUYING it! Didn't I tell you I don't know what it looks like yet? If it sucks it's not my fault! I tried! If you're not sure, wait unti I get my own copy and can tell you what it's really like - I can't refund you your money because it doesn't come to me, it goes to lulubooks! Agh! I am a fraud masquerading as a writer! Help help help!
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Date: 2005-09-09 03:32 pm (UTC)Book
Date: 2005-09-09 03:38 pm (UTC)It's almost all the pomes from before she walked, really. Babies divide life up into chapters that way.
I bet yours comes before mine, since you're on the right continent. You must tell me what it's like. I'm sick with apprehension and guilt over self-promotion. But relieved I can now stop dealing with "You ought to publish them you know," in a way.
Wibble wibble wibble.
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Date: 2005-09-09 03:51 pm (UTC)Re: Book
Date: 2005-09-09 03:56 pm (UTC)Re: Book
Date: 2005-09-09 04:03 pm (UTC)Possibly, but I'm at the mercy of Canada Post, remember. Just yesterday I received a CD that had been posted from a smallish town in Ontario (the province next door) two weeks ago.
And besides, you know the quality doesn't really matter. It's Your First Book. I have to have a copy.
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Date: 2005-09-09 04:11 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-09 04:53 pm (UTC)Book
Date: 2005-09-09 05:07 pm (UTC)Re: Book
Date: 2005-09-09 05:22 pm (UTC)It's a lot cooler to put a little book into a shower basket than a URL to a livejournal :^)
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Date: 2005-09-09 06:54 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-09 09:28 pm (UTC)Go Lehrer
Date: 2005-09-10 01:37 pm (UTC)Re: Go Lehrer
Date: 2005-09-10 04:46 pm (UTC)