I am strictly sticking to writing as a hobby and never publishing…ever.
However, I CAN still move onto the second draft only then push it to the side to focus on book two. I do what to brush up the story a way I wanted, by editing.
I will always LOVE, LOVE writing fiction, but I yearn to reward myself too.
I need to turn Project Succession into a physical novel as if it was published, but as a way of reminding myself that I did it.
You can all tell me why do that when I can just publish fully. No, I don’t want to and all of my Alagossia stories are for me and only me. Publishing takes the fun out of it for me.
I write for fun, hobby, and pleasure, not profit.
So, are there any websites where I can do that for an affordable price turn Project Succession into physical novel as if they were actually published, but aren’t?
Do you know of any sites? There’s an office store called Staples that has document printing, but what I am doing or plan to do is something different…a little bit.
Amazon can produce a physical book for you for next to nothing if you do all the editing and cover work or use their cover creator. I tend to get my physical copies for around $5 at author pricing. It’s a relatively simple process too.
You already mentioned Barnes and Noble, but I tried them and got no traction. (No one bought any copies), but that would only be an issue if you intended to sell your works… so that’s no biggie.
Any print on demand place. Just google for “print on demand” and they should come up. Like someone already said, Amazon and B&N will do it for a very small fee and then you just unpublish it after you print it so that you don’t sell any copies by accident. Don’t worry that anyone will buy your books in the meantime! It’s ridiculously hard to sell even a single copy, especially without advertising the book, so have no fear. (*＾-‘) 乃
Actually, I don’t think Amazon charges you for the author copy. You get that one copy for free, I’m pretty sure of it. So Amazon might be your best bet. Just click the “unpublish” button after you request the author copy.
Thanks for answering either way.
Still, I do find that is a great idea. As a way of saying I made it for my own sake and nobody else’s. A gift from me to me in a way.
