After all the months of, first, writing, then writing and learning more about the indie author biz, then focusing entirely on understanding the indie market (well, somewhat understand), and finally launching this bare-bones website, setting up a Facebook page, and lining up a good email service, I have finally uploaded The LGBT Superheroes, Book I, to amazon.com. The ebook is currently churning there and should be live this weekend. The paperback is also in process and should likewise be live this weekend.
This has been such an exhilarating ride! I’ve not felt so charged up about my writing in ages. The long return to my fiction doesn’t have much sound reason behind it – the long part, that is. Except that I was so turned off by the traditional publishing system that felt like a brick wall the last time I attempted to break into it. I well recall attending a book reading by a top of the line mystery writer back in 2001. He said that breaking into the publishing world was all about who you know. You want to be published? Go to work on developing connections. Blah.
Self publishing no longer means having a few boxes of books printed and attempting to sell from the trunk of the car. Thanks to what Amazon launched, and others also do, self publishing has lost its old, clammy stigma. I read somewhere that something like 40% of the book market is serviced by independent authors self publishing. And many are very successful. I intend to join those ranks and write off into the sunset.