NoPoet
18-06-12, 22:02
Hi all, after the success of the Citalopram Survival Guide I now have interest from publishers about writing a series of self-help books. Unfortunately, the asking price for these books could be quite high in order to pay the dozen or so middlemen involved, so I am thinking of going solo and publishing the books myself, maybe starting with Amazon Kindle and going from there if there is sufficient interest, unless I can find a publisher who would "suggest" less than £10 per book for the finished product.
I am still in negotiations, but since I am definitely going ahead with this one way or another, at this point I am wondering if anyone with a talent for art wants to submit some of their work for a one-off payment.
Because the art would be going into a commercial product and I have no way of judging how many (if any) of these books are going to sell, I cannot offer royalties per book sale or per use of the artwork. I would be offering a single one-off payment in return for any image(s) along with full and exclusive rights to use the image(s). This means that while you would be clearly acknowledged as the artist, any artwork that is paid for by me would belong to me in full. You will need to agree to a legal disclaimer to this effect; sorry, but talking with the legal vultures of a certain country has left me keen to cover my back!
In case anyone is interested, I have three books planned. Certain people - including the owner and possibly moderators of NMP along with other highly recognised help sites and organisations - would receive complimentary full copies of the finished products, while I was planning (and this is where the legal people get upset) on releasing a free "Shareware" version of each book to anyone who wants it, each of which contain the first few chapters in their entirety.
In other news, I am working on a top-secret submission to "id Software" to tie in with the release of Doom 4... but nothing is confirmed yet, so I never said anything.
I am still in negotiations, but since I am definitely going ahead with this one way or another, at this point I am wondering if anyone with a talent for art wants to submit some of their work for a one-off payment.
Because the art would be going into a commercial product and I have no way of judging how many (if any) of these books are going to sell, I cannot offer royalties per book sale or per use of the artwork. I would be offering a single one-off payment in return for any image(s) along with full and exclusive rights to use the image(s). This means that while you would be clearly acknowledged as the artist, any artwork that is paid for by me would belong to me in full. You will need to agree to a legal disclaimer to this effect; sorry, but talking with the legal vultures of a certain country has left me keen to cover my back!
In case anyone is interested, I have three books planned. Certain people - including the owner and possibly moderators of NMP along with other highly recognised help sites and organisations - would receive complimentary full copies of the finished products, while I was planning (and this is where the legal people get upset) on releasing a free "Shareware" version of each book to anyone who wants it, each of which contain the first few chapters in their entirety.
In other news, I am working on a top-secret submission to "id Software" to tie in with the release of Doom 4... but nothing is confirmed yet, so I never said anything.