Barleywine
I'm very close to the point of being ready to self-publish my 70-page compilation of advanced spreads and commentary. Everything has been assembled into a seamless pdf document with many full-color illustrations. I have a few choices to make: I can offer it as an "on-line only" publication via Paypal and avoid start-up costs, I can obtain the necessary hardware and materials to produce a spiral-bound "workbook-style" printed version - my own preference as a user - obviously entailing higher production and delivery costs and, necessarily, a higher cover price, or I can do both. I also see that Amazon offers a "self-publish with us" option that might ease distribution problems. One thing I'm reasonably sure about is that I'm not prepared to deal first-hand with the new European VAT (I'm not even sure I understand it correctly), so I will be doing primarily US (or perhaps Western Hemisphere) sales only.
For those of you with self-publishing experience (more than a few of you, I believe), how did you handle these choices and other decisions involved in the process? Perhaps you can recommend a book or blog that will walk me through it?
For those of you with self-publishing experience (more than a few of you, I believe), how did you handle these choices and other decisions involved in the process? Perhaps you can recommend a book or blog that will walk me through it?