well, I've got my thumb up my ass

was hoping to be $$$productive$$$ but the website I need is down

My main achievement today has been avoiding going to court

oh?

Yes. I spend about a third of my time berating dalits into the realization that the court won't force their ex-wives to stop trying to subvert their relationship with their children

what's the website you needed

a sourcing site

china?

yes

there are roughly 35 companies I'll need to contact

damn

why so many

to see who has the best deal and who is the best to deal with

I am not fucking around with any of this

I need to make a certain margin for any of this to be worth doing anyway, so I need to really bargain shop

mfw http://imgur.com/pyFY72V

I have 5 free hours after work every day, I want to make sure as many of them as possible go towards this business

fuck it, it's just down, tonight we'll spend time on product #2 instead

Have you selected actual products yet and now you are evaluating competing suppliers, or are you still trying to find a product #2

both are found

product #1 is pretty much figured out, just evaluating suppliers. for #2 we still need to research it a bit and figure out what exact dimensions, colors, specs etc

well first I am going to briefly reevaluate the market and see if it's even a good idea, just to make sure I was even right

"This Friday, for any purchase made on Bandcamp, we will donate 100% of our share of the proceeds to the Transgender Law Center, who support and protect trans rights on multiple fronts. Please read more about why we're doing this, and help us spread the word."

Fuck Bandcamp. Anyone know any worthwhile alternatives? Need a music streaming service where mp3/flac/etc can be sold, as well as merch.

What methodology are you using to evaluate demand

I have software for it

that's rad

it was not cheap

but if I make the right decisions as a result of it, it will more than pay for itself

in fact it'll pay for itself in about 10 sales

My predicted expenses for self-publishing at the most basic level should be 1) cover design 2) line-editing 3) formatting 4) advertising

but I think 4) is the only real essential thing there. self-pub authors vastly over think cover design

because they have infallibly bad taste

@Mortal I DISLIKE BANDCAMP

SADLY, THERE ARE NO REAL OPTIONS

SOUNDCLOUD APPEARS TO BE IMPLODING

@UOC DEPENDS ON GENRE

BUT GENERALLY, I AGREE EXCEPT THAT I WOULD MAKE SURE THE COVER IS APPEALING

PEOPLE BUY BY COVER APPEAL AND READING THE FIRST TEN PAGES

@diversity_is_racism I don't contest the importance of a well-designed and appealing cover. I just think that simplicity and good taste will win me the day over paying a designer to design me something like this

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51cXGuv5FML._SY346_.jpg

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/5143AFW-9tL._SY346_.jpg