From: nicky.matthews@btinternet.com   
      
   Nicky wrote:   
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   > > Yes. I think that is probably true but as you have found in self   
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   > > Ypublishing it is confusing for readers if you write very different stuff   
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   > > Yunder the same name.    
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   Michelle wrote   
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   > No, I didn't find that, I haven't got there yet.  I was just trying to   
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   > plan based on my speculations and observations.   
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   >    
   > What I *think*, based on logic and observation,  is that the publishing   
   >    
   > of more books in the most effective marketting technique and that by   
   >    
   > switching to a different sort of material you are diluting the   
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   > effectiveness of that technique.   
   >    
   >snippage   
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   > Switching to a new name, on the other hand, sets you back to the   
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   > beginning and starts you over.  In some circumstances that might be   
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   > better, and in some it might not.   
      
   > It might be worth it as a learning experience, but I would be surprised   
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   > to discover that you felt the financial return was worth what you put   
   >    
   > into it...   
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   I think that is true. At least if I go with the publisher it doesn't cost me   
   anything!!   
   >    
   > ... unless you did something like Seawasp's kickstarter?   
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   I think that would be something to consider for a project that fitted with my   
   existing 'brand' and which I was passionate about. This project fails on both   
   counts.   
   >    
   Thanks for your useful input: I think you've really helped me make up my mind.   
   I can't see what I will lose in signing the contract. I might have found a   
   better publisher if I'd approached the market more rationally, but I didn't   
   and so the choice is    
   self pub or indy pub and the more I think about it,  the less likely I am to   
   make a success of self pub with this story.   
   >    
   Nicky   
      
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