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Self-publishing from abroad
Has anyone on TB self-published a book while living abroad?
It seems to me that publicising one's book would be almost impossible. No local radio or newspaper to approach, no public library, no English bookshops to invade for a book signing, etc etc.
Then there's the problem that I'm actually on Amazon Espana, not Amazon UK, and I'm technically challenged enough!
I'm rewriting a book with the intention of self-publishing it, but I suspect I shall have to wait until I'm back in England before there's any point in persuing that course.
What's the general opinion and is there anyone with the relevant experience out there?
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http://alison-morton.com/
Alison pops up regularly on blogs etc and she was even included in an article in the Guardian a few weeks ago.
So my advice... it can be done.
The selling and advertising of your book will be the hard part: if you are going to produce print copies, you want them in bookshops, which involves legwork; if not, you want to advertise online and in local papers and anywhere that you think will bring you sales. There are books about that too!
I can access Amazon UK with the same log-in I use on Amazon.fr, but if we want to buy from Amazon UK, we do it through Mr BB's membership which was set up in the UK.
You can self-publicise before you publish, of course: join a relevant group or three on FB, for instance. I belong to three or four, and am reviewing for the Historical Novel Soc, which gets my name known in the places where likely readers will be.
However you publish, you're going to have to shout - no-one will do it for you. So take a deep breath...
I know about the shouting, Mrs Bear, and the legwork, which is why I think I'd be better off waiting till I get back to the UK/
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Amazon would appear to be a possibility, but if I were to try selling real books I wouldn't have much luck from here - the postage would be enough to put people off.
As we're actively trying to go home I think perhaps I'll polish up this rewrite then put it on the back burner and try subbing short stories until we've left Tenerife.