by Ray Haddad <rhaddad@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 19, 2007 at 04:54 AM
On 18 May 2007 13:33:46 -0700, I said, "Pick a card, any card" and
nan <NanWhetstone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> instead replied:
>I wrote a lot of puppet plays when I worked in a Children's Library.
>The library is quite large and we did as many as 12 plays a week
>throughout the year. These plays were very popular and drew a big
>crowd. We had requests for some to be performed for outreach at day
>care and preschools. There is a real shortage of good puppet play
>collections for the secular audience. Everyone tells me I should get
>them published, but I can't find a market for them. Most places that
>will publish puppet plays (sorry about the alliteration) are religious
>markets, which I fear wouldn't be interested in my plays. Can anyone
>give me some advice? Should I self-publish? I've heard that's the
>best way to go for a niche this narrow. Thanks for any pointers
>anyone can offer.
Finding a publisher can be a real ordeal for books that have such a
limited possible customer base as yours would. Self publi****ng is
probably your best option.
You have two paths to that, of course. An eBook is good and you can
control the distribution to a limited extent by serializing the book
as you sell them direct to buyers. The second way is to register
with LuLu.com and sell your book as a "Print on Demand" basis
through them. Try here:
http://www.lulu.com/products/books/paperback.php?gclid=CLLwwtvLmIwCFQzDYgod0wH56A
Good luck. Don't forget to have an editor look at the book before
you publish it. Contact me by e-mail on that topic.
--
Ray
