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Getting back your Copywrite! #amazon #kindle #amwriting #finally!

April 30, 2013 By Mimi Barbour 2 Comments

COVER REVEAL – SOON!! …for TOGETHER AGAIN   
                                           
How do you feel about getting the rights back on
a book that’s been out of your reach?

I know how I feel—thankful, ecstatic and darn well
excited. Add in just a little rejoicing that the day’s finally here and it
would about cover it. Overwhelming relief comes to mind also when I think I’ll
finally be able to set it up on Amazon the way I want.

It’s about control. Something I never thought about
in those first few years of being in the business. A contract back then was the
golden globe. An award that everyone I knew craved for. Guess it’s still the
same for some people today. Traditionalists think a contract from a publisher
will give them everything they yearn for.  

1.     Their
name on a book cover, one they wouldn’t have to pay for. Except there’s no
choices involved either.

2.     Their
editing done free of charge. In one way, that is a bonus unless the editor
forces you to make huge adjustments in revising your work, changing your voice
and altering the whole concept of the story.

3.     Free
promotion. Not so much! Unless you’re a best-seller, the publishers ignore you
and the only commitment they give to your work is to put your book on some
bookshelves for a limited time.

4.     A
good price for their work. Except that they’re in competition with so many new self-published
authors who are willing to set their prices at a reasonable rate, knowing that
it’s only fair to give the readers a chance to discover them and their work.  

I’ve recently gotten the rights back for my book “Together
Again”
which is the 5th book in The Vicarage Bench Series. It’s one of my favorite books because it
was my first full-length novel that was publishable.

My publisher, The Wild Rose Press, charged $5.25 for
this book. I’m sorry, but I totally understand why the ranking on that book
stayed so low over the years. I’m sure the only copies I sold were to the people
who knew me personally and wanted to support me.  (Thank goodness for mothers, sisters, and best
friends.) **Funny thing is, as soon as I started selling well on Amazon with my
self-published work, the ranking on this book started to climb, benefiting …

You got it…!

 Next blog – Setting up your own work versus having
no say at all.

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