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Many authors are turning to ebook publishing as a favourable alternative to the dubious terms offered by legacy publishers.
A dedicated website offering a simple shopping cart and paypal system, allows authors to sell their book direct. They get to set the book price and hold onto their proceeds. By contrast, authors must give 70% of their book’s sale price to Amazon, for a book priced at more than $2.99.
Authors can promote their book through social media activity and networking, and funnel leads back to their own website where visitors can buy the book direct.
Open Copy recently collaborated with journalist turned author, Serena Kirby, to publish ‘Better Late Than Never Baby’, a self help/autobiography about mature age motherhood. Surprisingly, it the first of its kind in the world. Open Copy’s Conrad Kenyon, formatted the book into pdf, epub and mobi versions, suitable for ipad, laptop and kindle.
The book offers a humorous, sensitive and informed account of mature aged motherhood. It is the first of its kind in a world where the trend to have a baby later in life is steadily increasing.
Open Copy has helped Serena to develop her own website ‘Things I wish I Had Known’. This site is responsively designed, which means it will automatically morph its content, for maximum readability, no matter whether you’re viewing on a laptop, ipad, or phone devise.
www.thingsiwishihadknown.com offers all 3 formats of the book for just $14.99. A free pdf sample of the book allows you to view the first page of every chapter. The website also showcases Serena’s short, previously published, 3 minute stories, which typify her poignant and witty style.
Serena Kirby and Open Copy team holding various devises displaying ThingsI WishIHadKnown.com
Publishing her own book on her own terms means Serena gets to set the price and decides how much to recoup for prior investment (of time and money) and how much to reinvest into further marketing.
There has been a lot of interest in the book already. Serena is a talented writer and an unstoppable networker. We’re hoping the book will find its audience. Due to isolation and confusion that she felt during her own early parenthood years, Serena is motivated to connect with mature-age mother’s, to reassure and empower them, and to ensure they get the most from the fabulous journey that lays ahead.
The book is aimed at women entering parenthood after age 35. I became a mother at age 30, but found all of the issues raised in this book very pertinent to myself, particularly issues of adjustment and fatigue. I was very impressed with the section written for Dads. Not enough Dad’s read baby books. I think it’s important for couples to discuss the issues of modern parenting, beyond which super off-roader-pram to buy.
