But officer, the sign clearly said...

But officer, the sign clearly said...
#signsunday Sign Sunday Lori Carey Gary Posner Janice Hackney Jetski Jones

There's no shortage of #rustysunday choices at the county fair.

There's no shortage of #rustysunday  choices at the county fair. 
RustySunday Rene Bechard  Gary Posner

Originally shared by Dawn Sulyma Smith

Originally shared by Dawn Sulyma Smith

Sharing some wise words from Mr. Zack Arias.

"Your camera doesn't have an Avedon button, does it?"

I can watch this a thousand times. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZYlQ4Wv8lE&feature=share

#squirrelsaturday Who ever heard of Squirrel Boy ?

#squirrelsaturday  Who ever heard of Squirrel Boy ?
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xp3ljm_squirrel-boy-opening_shortfilms

#sketchgurusaturday The Cast

#sketchgurusaturday The Cast
H/T to Amanda Wyckoff & paula contreras & Christina Lihani & Oscar Lovett

It's time now to decide. Did Jesus really mean all that stuff ? Are we supposed to just believe in Him ?

It's time now to decide. Did Jesus really mean all that stuff ? Are we supposed to just believe in Him ?
http://www.redletterchristians.org/christians-theres-one-side-pick-israel-vs-palestine/

Advice welcome - any one ?

Advice welcome - any one ?

Originally shared by WATERLINE: landscape with voices

Making progress, but....

As I've continued to work on the WATERLINE mock-up/book proposal, I have also been looking into self-publishing. Frankly, it is kind of discouraging. Many online self-publishers do not do landscape formats at all, and this book must be a landscape format. It simply will not work in a vertical format.

Blurb and Lulu both have a 13 x 11, which is perfect and that's how I'm laying it out. However......., big question: What will people pay for this book?

"Print on demand" is the most expensive way possible to buy a book. No economies of scale. No quantity discounts, or only small ones if you buy two books. Right now, the Blurb plug-in is telling me that the 35-page mock-up/proposal will cost $65@ to purchase to send to publishers.

Ok, so I'm going to do that. I'm probably going to buy at least 5 to send to publishers. But frankly, I don't have much faith in publishers. I sent out book proposals for this project 3 years ago and got nothing but rejections. Of course, those proposals weren't mock-ups, so maybe they didn't understand what they were rejecting.

But at this rate, the final book--which I envisioned to be about 150 pages--is going to cost almost $300 POD. No one will pay that. I'll have to scale it back significantly. And maybe that's the answer.

For me to purchase a few hundred copies to sell via the web, G+, FB and so forth would require thousands of dollars up front, which I don't have. But of course, scaling it back to many fewer pages would help that as well.

Bottom line: Any thoughts any of you dear friends have about: 1) book length, 2) publishers who might love it, 3) how much you/others would be willing to pay for it... I would so appreciate hearing from you!

And, BTW, I now have a pdf of the 35 pages. I might do screen captures of every spread and post them here so you can see the whole thing, but... that would be 17 posts and I sure don't want to spam folks.