Message from @UOC
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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
@UOC YES THE PROBLEM WITH THOSE IS THAT THEY ARE TASTELESS
NO MATTER WHAT THEY PAID FOR THOSE, IT WILL NOT WORK
THE FIRST ONE LOOKS GOOD AND THE THIRD IS OK FOR A ROMANCE NOVEL
first one is best. Third one looks worse up close. The art is bad.
IT'S HORRIBLY CHEESY
ONLY GOOD FOR CHEESY GENRES
ALSO AGREED THE ART IS INEPT
THE SECOND ONE IS A REAL TURD
THEN AGAIN, IF IT'S TEEN ROMANCE, MAYBE
notice how so much shit is just tolkien universe ripoffs
I've been paying a lot of attention to story writing and it seems like the background/universe of stories is either dollar store effort or so autistically fixated upon that they forget to write a story
everything in modern fantasy is tolkien ripoffs
that's exactly right exilarch
99% of it is shit
30 seconds I did a better cover
their world building is either nonexistent to the point that it may as well just be tolkien fanfiction and at least admit it instead of trying to pretend to be original, or... you know
I don't really get the alternate worlds conceit
It made sense pre-tolkien when people went to Venus or Mars