[Albion] Help needed - I’ve written an Albion book - what next?

[Sorrel]

Couldn't you get it printed and sell it yourself? Sounds like the sort of thing that would do well online and in the local area. Unless there is a bigger ambition than that?

It's not too hard to convert things into eBook formats as well.

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

If I published my life story my family and friends would never speak to me again

And I'd be banned from NSC.

That’s what I’m hoping!

 

[Papak]

Self publish?

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[Commander]

It’s not the longest, circa 60,000 words but that feels enough for a sports book.

Send it to Paul Barber as one email and see if he can reply with a higher word count.

 

[boik]

I printed a small book of my Dads National Service memories using Kindle Direct publishing. You need to be carefull getting the formatting correct but the results are pretty good. Obviously Amazon take their cut, but he priced them so low that their cut was tiny.

 

[raymondo]

If I published my life story my family and friends would never speak to me again

And I'd be banned from NSC.

Posthumous publication then, Harry

 

[GJN1]

I've written quite a few books but always worked with an agent and major publishers. Decent advances, no risk on my part really, apart from reputational!

 

[The Wookiee]

Written a book about the club, but nervous about contacting them ?

Could the content of the book be a little controversial

 

[BNthree]

Self publish for Kindle? Through Amazon.

 

[raymondo]

A friend of mine used Amazon for publishing,and included a number of photos.
I have no idea of the cost (, sorry) but the quality is good.

 

[Blues Guitarist]

Couldn't you get it printed and sell it yourself? Sounds like the sort of thing that would do well online and in the local area. Unless there is a bigger ambition than that?

It's not too hard to convert things into eBook formats as well.

I self-published a ski guide for my local area in Austria, working with a local printer. Although completely different subject matter, it was - like your book - a niche product. The most important step was marketing. I worked with the local tourist boards. I guess you would sell far more copies in the Brighton area than on Amazon, although you should also make it available there, and talk to the club.

If I was you I'd do a short print run then visit all local book shops offering them copies on sale or return.

Good luck.

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

Thanks, this is really helpful, if you could send me their details that would be great. I’m intrigued now, I want to read your life story!

Hello Reddleman, how’s it going with getting your book published?
Mine has just gone live on Amazon in 3 formats (kindle, paperback and hardback).
I’ve just done a launch on Facebook, together with a promo video and communique, which I can post on here if you’d like/I’m allowed?
Cheers, Stuart

 

[Rugrat]

I need the collective wisdom of North Stand Chat. I have written a book on our time in the Premier Lesgue.

It’s not the story of our history as that’s been well covered elsewhere this is more of a relatively lighthearted walkthrough of the seasons game by game. It hopefully allows people to remember some of the high points and low points, some of the players that have been and gone, some interesting facts and some of the emotions we have felt along the way (good and bad).

It’s not the longest, circa 60,000 words but that feels enough for a sports book.

I have written books before (two to be exact) but they were historical fiction and the publisher I have worked with isn’t interested in this as it’s understandably too niche!

So, my ask is, does anyone have any suggestion or connections as to how I could take this forward. I really don’t know where to start on this one. One thing it would clearly benefit from is some pictures to bring the narrative to life but again I don’t know how any of that would work.

Any or all suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance.

I wrote my story ...and published it on Amazon. It's dead easy to DIY. Only thing that's fiddly is formatting but Amazon help there too (well they tell you when not right!)

There's zero cost but Amazon do take a hefty whack on each one sold so don't expect to make much money. You can publish in hardback, paperback and ebook format

There's a whole load of tools on there to help with marketing/promotion but tbh I didn't read them and just relied on my own network and word of mouth. I'm sitting at just under 500 sold and still get 1 or 2 every month or so.

I also had 50 hardbacks printed myself just to fulfill my 'preorders'. Slightly more expensive but no Amazon commission. I can give you the printers name if you would like ... just pm me.

Good luck with it