From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
      
   On 6/10/14 1:06 PM, Michelle Bottorff wrote:   
   > Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)  wrote:   
   >   
   >>> Yeah, but unless publishing the book was their idea, they tend to want a   
   >>> lot more money than I have, so I'm making do with volunteer betareaders   
   >>> instead.   
   >>   
   >>        I can understand that, I don't have the money to pay them either. But   
   >> that just means that either I find a publisher who wants my book, or I   
   >> ask if people want the book badly enough to help me get it properly put   
   >> together, including editing.   
   >   
   > If you've never been published, for whatever reason, (or in my case, if   
   > you've only published a few short things, in non-related publications),   
   > how would anyone know they "want the book badly"?   
   >   
   > Your solution is one that can really only be applied in cases where the   
   > author already has an audience.  It's not really viable for a complete   
   > unknown.   
      
   	Kickstarters for complete unknowns have succeeded before. If you are   
   TOTALLY unknown -- no friends, no network of acquaintances -- yes,   
   you'll fail, because you have no way to get the word out. But if you   
   have people who know you and respect you and are willing to get the word   
   out -- say, other published authors who think your stuff is worth   
   looking at -- you may well succeed.   
      
      
      
      
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