The new issue of Bust Down the Door is ready for the printer. I just need a log-in for their site, unless I can remember the one that I used last time.
I'm thinking about releasing an e-book version of the issue. I'm not sure about the idea. I think I would like to charge one dollar for it. I would do this because I'm afraid that people will not buy the print issue if they can read it for free on the internet. But I'm afraid that a lot of people will buy the online issue and I will not be able to recoup the cost of the print issue.
What do you think? Will people still buy the print version?
I would like the issue to be read as much as possible, but I want to break even.
Plus I will need to put spaces between the paragraphs for easy web reading. That will be annoying. I wonder if there is a way to do it with a few button clicks. It would make a lot of sense. I hate formatting web submissions and vice versa when something was written for the web.
I was very tired this morning. I went to the library to return a couple of books. I accidentally put them in a mailbox that was next to the library instead of the book return container. My friend shouted at me, but I am not a good listener. Neither a librarian nor a postal clerk could help me out. I hope the mailman who opens the mailbox walks the five extra feet to return my books. If they are not returned, I hope I do not have to pay a king's ransom. They are old books, so that might be a good thing or a bad thing. Samuel Beckett's End Game and a poetry book by Richard Brautigan called June 30th, June 30th. The poetry book is out of print.
Once I left a book on the bus and it was returned. That was nice.
I really like the goodreads website. It's nice to be able to remember what books I read. I only list books that I have completed because I tend to give up on books prematurely and this embarrasses me. I do this less when I pay money for a book rather than take out from a library.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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bradley,
i think you are correct in assuming people will not buy the print if there is an online version available.
perhaps you should do an online version with a few stories to promote the print journal?
i dunno, i am not a business minded guy.
Yeah, I usually put up excerpts for a few stories.
Jah, post excerpts. Or brazenly charge the same amount for the online journal. People will be like "That's rude. Wait. I really like sitting here. At my computer. Oh shit, I guess I'll buy it."
Though no, I'm not an economics guy. I just get invited to lay facedown on tables in the West Wing and weep.
send me my copy now sands or you're toast on the playground tomorrow.
I need to fill out forms and send them to the printer, but I'm out of paper. I will buy it in the morning. More delays.
I will send everyone a copy except for you, Sam. You will be driven mad throughout the years because you will never see a print copy of anything that you have written. You will start to believe they do not exist. That there is a vast conspiracy against you. That you do not exist.
There IS a vast conspiracy against you. You do not exist.
I am writing a review of your chapbook for Noo Journal. I hold your life in my hands. Send cash.
Have you seen a copy of No Colony yet?
No? I didn't think so. And if you have, it was a delusion.
The Internet only exists in your mind.
I stick to print when I'm buying books, but I might be in the minority these days. In fact, I don't have a webcam, digital camera, or mp3 player either. :|
But yes, I will buy the eighth issue of Bust. Its cover is great.
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