{"id":7490,"date":"2012-07-06T20:00:05","date_gmt":"2012-07-07T01:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/?p=7490"},"modified":"2012-07-06T20:00:05","modified_gmt":"2012-07-07T01:00:05","slug":"rivers-and-orphans-and-rivers-oh-my","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/rivers-and-orphans-and-rivers-oh-my\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivers and orphans and rivers, oh my!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>So one of my goals this summer is to release POD (print-on-demand) editions for the three novels I currently have up as ebooks (Genesis Earth, Bringing Stella Home,<\/strong> and\u00a0Desert Stars<\/strong>). \u00a0I started with\u00a0Genesis Earth<\/strong> a couple of days ago, and wow! \u00a0I had no idea that getting a book ready for print could be so much fun!<\/p>\n

I just finished formatting and typesetting the interior today, and it looks pretty awesome! \u00a0Drop caps, chapter headings, page numbers, a pleasingly arranged text–there’s something immensely satisfying about paper, an experience that ebooks (as awesome as they are) just don’t quite capture. \u00a0If I weren’t a writer, I’d be a typesetter–but because I’m an indie, I can be both!<\/p>\n

As with ebooks, the learning curve for print formatting is pretty steep, but I think I’ve got the hang of it. \u00a0The guys over at Kindle Boards<\/a> gave me a lot of helpful advice, and sent me a really awesome POD guide that’s been a lifesaver. \u00a0My editor (who’s also trained in typesetting) gave it a once over too, so I think we’re in good shape.<\/p>\n

Barring any unforeseen complications, the print version of Genesis Earth<\/strong> should be up in a couple of weeks. \u00a0The cover art is more or less done–I just need to revise the blurb, send the PDFs out to CreateSpace, and wait for the proof to come in the mail.<\/p>\n

One thing I’m wondering is whether to go with the free ISBN (which will list CreateSpace as the publisher) or to spend $10 and go with my own imprint. \u00a0My gut tells me to go with the free option–not because it’s cheap so much as because it’s less complicated–but I wonder if there might be some advantages down the road to taking the other.<\/p>\n

ISBNs, imprints, and distribution channels, oh my…I’ll have to save that for another post a little later. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So one of my goals this summer is to release POD (print-on-demand) editions for the three novels I currently have up as ebooks (Genesis Earth, Bringing Stella Home, and\u00a0Desert Stars). \u00a0I started with\u00a0Genesis Earth a couple of days ago, and wow! \u00a0I had no idea that getting a book ready for print could be so… Continue reading Rivers and orphans and rivers, oh my!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[68,44,32],"tags":[515,529,731,729,730],"class_list":["post-7490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bsh","category-ds","category-ge","tag-ebooks","tag-indie-publishing","tag-kindle-boards","tag-print","tag-typesetting","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7iXK-1WO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7490"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7494,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7490\/revisions\/7494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}