My sister is now a published author

[bandsdavis]

Her name is Norma A. Wyman, and her book is "Felony" published by Page Publishing. It's available at both Barnes & Noble and Amazon. And she will turn 80 next year! She has a youthful spirit and a ton of energy. Our family is very proud of her, as you can imagine.

[Taltarzac725]

Her name is Norma A. Wyman, and her book is "Felony" published by Page Publishing. It's available at both Barnes & Noble and Amazon. And she will turn 80 next year! She has a youthful spirit and a ton of energy. Our family is very proud of her, as you can imagine.

Felony: Norma A Wyman: 9781682131237: Amazon.com: Books (http://www.amazon.com/Felony-Norma-Wyman/dp/1682131238/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1438916340&sr=8-1&keywords=norma+wyman)

Here is the book.

[nhelleks]

Sounds like an interesting book, but it's overpriced. Regular paperbacks don't go for $18.95.

[Wandatime]

Congratulations to your sister! What an accomplishment, writing a book. I can't even find time to read one these days. I am very impressed.

[Arctic Fox]

Sounds like an interesting book, but it's overpriced. Regular paperbacks don't go for $18.95.

Unfortunately, it costs a lot to have a small print run, and first-time authors don't normally want to commit to a large print run in case they get left with hundreds of copies to store. That is why a lot of new books are only available in electronic format.

[jnieman]

Her name is Norma A. Wyman, and her book is "Felony" published by Page Publishing. It's available at both Barnes & Noble and Amazon. And she will turn 80 next year! She has a youthful spirit and a ton of energy. Our family is very proud of her, as you can imagine.

That's awesome. What an accomplishment!

[jnieman]

Unfortunately, it costs a lot to have a small print run, and first-time authors don't normally want to commit to a large print run in case they get left with hundreds of copies to store. That is why a lot of new books are only available in electronic format.

Yes, definitely needs to be on Kindle to get the price down and quite a few people haven given up paperbacks for the electronic readers. That would lower the price for sure.

[bandsdavis]

She has been told it will be available on Kindle, but doesn't have a date yet. I'll repost when it is.

[Arctic Fox]

Yes, definitely needs to be on Kindle to get the price down and quite a few people haven given up paperbacks for the electronic readers. That would lower the price for sure.

I prefer to have a printed book in my hand, rather than use an e-reader, but sometimes logic must prevail. The printed version of my first book cost $32, so my subsequent ones were purely digital (pdf, Epub and Mobi) where they could retail for $1.99. Of course, they still didn't sell many copies!

[nhelleks]

If you use CreatesSpace, a subsidiary of Amazon, to publish, you get on-demand printing at Amazon for $9.95. You have no upfront costs. And you can upload your book in Kindle format. Amazon takes a percentage of your sales. It's an excellent deal for those who don't expect to sell thousands of copies.

[Arctic Fox]

If you use CreatesSpace, a subsidiary of Amazon, to publish, you get on-demand printing at Amazon for $9.95. You have no upfront costs. And you can upload your book in Kindle format. Amazon takes a percentage of your sales. It's an excellent deal for those who don't expect to sell thousands of copies.

CreateSpace is a great way to go for most books - text only - but gets expensive if you want to include color photographs.

I use BookTango but, as I mentioned, that is just for e-books.