The perilous, trying, ultimately rewarding joys of publishing.
I've gotten a few new blurbs for my novel (Black Body Radiation and the Ultraviolet Catastrophe: Amazon rank 20,501 as of 2/8/08) from academies and professionals. I'm currently waiting to hear back from several book review journals, such as TheBloomsbury Review, New York Review of Books and New York Books.
Bottom line? This self-publishing is a lot of work, trial and error, but the only reason I keep at it is because the book is worth it. Probably the most unique book going. You look at me and say, "What a conceit!" No. Let's go with, "What an old dude who's been around the block, has a lot of experience, and knows what he's talking about sans any stupid, self-inflated fantasy or lack-of-reality trip." That enough? I've read hundreds of books. I've taught hundreds of writing classes. Read thousands of poorly written papers that I've corrected ad infinitum to the point where I can see a bad phrase coming a mile away. I've been so over exposed to the bad that I'm super sensitive to the good. I know good when I see it and there's just not a lot out there. Good meaning original, inspiring, insightful, great . . . gosh darn, downright one-of-a-kind, kick-ass writing. And here is where Black Body Radiation and the Ultraviolet Catastrophe lives.
Of course it's not perfect and not everybody is going to love it (One reviewer said, "I don't know, something's missing." She never said what and even erased her review so maybe she had a change of heart.) But overall, this book rocks. I remember brining a portion of it to a graduate seminar and someone said "It's kind of like The Celestine Prophecy but better written." I've had readers say "It's amazing" and "It reminds me of Paolo Coelho's The Alchemist. This is an important book." And so on.
I know it's good. My readers know it's good. My reviewers know it's good. Now I just have to get a couple million or so exposed to it so they can see that which others have seen. And of course that comes down to marketing. And have I learned A LOT about marketing in the last year or so. I've used PRWeb to no avail, article directories, writer vanity websites, on and on. But I know it's just a matter of time. Hell, Frank Herbert went to every known publisher before he had an automotive publisher (yes, an automotive publisher) publish his book and the rest is history.
So it's there, the book that is. Now I just have to get it to the world. It will happen, for I know it's uniqueness and it's message waits a needy and tiring world looking not for cold comfort but change, a move away from merely existing on a darkened orb within a life that is snuffed out all too short regardless of how long one lives. People sense that there's something more. They know that in the nature of man-- and woman kind bubbles and sparkles an eternal essence. They want to believe. It's just that they need the push, the spark, the enlightenment and explanation of marvelous metaphor to spark an eternal sparkle of wonderment and hope that lies at the center of all hearts of hope aching and pining for sweet release. God bless. And God bless BBRATUC.
Essays dedicated to the new media, doing business on the web, digital content, its creation and distribution, e-publishing, e-books, digital reference, DRM technology, and other related issues.
With the new and exciting world of Kindles and Print-on-Demand (POD), Independent Publishing is becoming an enticing choice and a viable alternative to traditional publishing.
Essays dedicated to the new media, doing business on the web, digital content, its creation and distribution, e-publishing, e-books, digital reference, DRM technology, and other related issues.
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