Irish Witch Grannies Now on Amazon.com. So why not publish your own novel?

PRLog (Press Release) - Mar 02, 2009 -
For World Book Day, why not publish your own book and offer it to a worldwide market with Amazon.com? That’s a question worth asking in light of a new Irish publishing ‘sensation’. WITCH GRANNIES – The Case of the Evil Schoolmaster is an Irish story by a new writer which has been published by Amazon and is now available worldwide. It’s not exactly easy, but it can be done.

You design the book and cover and supply PDFs (printer description files) to CreateSpace, www.Amazon.com’s print-on-demand publishing service, they send a bound proof and, once that’s approved, you join Amazon’s web sales channel and can also set up online shops.

Author Gary J Byrnes, living in Dublin, says “www.CreateSpace.com gave me overnight access to a global market. This genuinely empowers writers. If a book is published purely for vanity, that’s a matter of ego. But if a writer has quality material to offer and is prepared to spend the time on editing and design (or hire in expertise where needed), then access to the market is assured. The book will sink or swim on its own merits. Using print-on-demand technology and internet distribution, all linked to from www.WitchGrannies.com, there are multiple distribution options available to my book at virtually zero cost. This is truly revolutionary.

“Maybe the next James Joyce or JK Rowling is getting tired of publishers’ rejection slips? Instead of giving up, CreateSpace.com can allow them to order copies of their work in genuine book form, then get feedback and supply shops, while also making the book available for purchase by anyone on the planet with internet access. When the book is ordered on Amazon, it’s digitally-printed, one at a time, then mailed to the purchaser. And book quality is incredible, perfect. Finally, as books are only printed as required, there is no waste. Many publishers regularly pulp thousands of unsold books. This is wrong and print-on-demand is just so environmentally right, even for book retailers.”

For writers without any design skills, CreateSpace includes tools for designing covers and laying out text. But some professional input would be advisable. With the PDFs complete, the author was also able to easily create an eBook and offer that for digital download with www.MobiPocket.com. Being able to order low cost copies of the book from CreateSpace has allowed the author to supply one of Ireland’s leading booksellers, Alan Hanna’s Bookshop, Rathmines, Dublin 6, as well as being searchable on www.amazon.com.

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