Publishing World is always changing. Sometimes it is difficult to keep up with all the changes whether it is technical or business wise with publishing houses closing.
I’ve been away from writing and publishing for too long. My goal for the rest of the year and the coming year is to reestablish myself as a writer. It is time to say goodbye to writer’s block excuses and begin filling paper after paper with lists of this and that to give me jarring ideas for the stories that I have in progress. I need to clean up my to be finished pile and start publishing new stuff.
Is this a Lack of Commitment?
– Maybe
Truthfully it has been lack of time.
Class work eats up most of my free time leaving me with the need to use whatever little time I have left for some form of entertainment. That entertainment may come in the form of playing Sim City – my way of trying to learn about economics, World of Warcraft – for the adventurer in me, or attempting to create some craft project. Those craft projects never get very far before I give up due to lack of time and forgetting where I left off.
So why the change?
– School is not over yet but
The publishing world is moving on without me, and I don’t want to be left behind or forgotten. Look at the changes going on with Amazon’s KDP and CreateSpace. I have used those sites for years to publish my works, but I don’t want to have to move everything and receive fewer publishing services. I want better distribution for my books.
That is why I am moving my works, slowly, away from KDP and CreateSpace. I needed to find a better distribution program for my books which is why I started removing my Wings from Ashes series from KDP and CreateSpace.
For beginners, I am using Draft to Digital for the eBook distribution. My books will still be on Amazon Kindle, but they will also be on Kobo, Barnes & Noble Nook, iBooks, and several other outlets. The print versions will be moved to Ingram Spark so that bookstores will be more willing to stock my books in their stores. However, because of the cost involved, this move will happen slowly over the coming months.
In the meantime, I will begin plotting and planning as much as time allows. NaNoWriMo is right around the corner, and I want to be able to say done by November 30th this year.
Whom do you use to publish your books?
Are your books published with Ingram Spark?
Just the print?
Just your eBooks?
Do you publish both formats with Ingram Spark?
Please share your experience with me!
Linda Nelson 
I like the way you think! While I am what I would consider a newbie, the same thoughts are going through my mind as well. Nice to know there are others in the same boat 🙂
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Hi DAHenneman,
If you have any questions about publishing I will be happy to help as best I can. Thanks for stopping by.
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Sounds like you are busy! I have not published any books but, am currently working on two. I’m going to try to go through an agent and see what happens. My goal is to have an agent by November :). It is difficult when you have a busy schedule. I work full time and have two young ones.
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Yes, I am super busy. School and work occupy most of my time. But every November I do try to set some time aside to write. I’m not sure if my workload at school is getting lighter or easier but I am beginning to notice that I have an extra hour on my hands every night.
There is a school publication coming up and I have decided to submit a short story. The deadline is October 9. I see a brainstorming session in the works. Hoping for the best.
It is difficult to find an agent, some writers have tried for several years before getting one only to drop the agent when things go south with the publishing house. It is still a trying time to be traditionally published.
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I’m looking for a Christian agent, I guess we will see how it goes 🙂
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