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Post by potet on Apr 19, 2022 9:52:30 GMT
I advertise my didactic books on Tagalog/Filipino with FaceBook That is really interesting Can you please tell us how you took an interest in, and then mastered, that particular language? It's a very odd story. I had been dreaming of visiting Japan since the age of 16. In 1978, at 39, I had saved enough money to spend a week there. At the travel agency, they had a super offer by Thai Airways: Paris-Tokyo-Paris, hotels included (Holiday Inn), with free stop-overs in Bangkok and Manila. I took it, but the clerk made a mistake and the resulting ticket was Paris-Manila-Paris. I was going to ask her to correct it, but an inner little voice advised me to accept the ticket as it was. Thus did I discover the Philippines and its national language, Tagalog. I have never been to Japan. |
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Post by adrianallan on Apr 19, 2022 10:02:08 GMT
That is really interesting Can you please tell us how you took an interest in, and then mastered, that particular language? It's a very odd story. I had been dreaming of visiting Japan since the age of 16. In 1978, at 39, I had saved enough money to spend a week there. At the travel agency, they had a super offer by Thai Airways: Paris-Tokyo-Paris, hotels included (Holiday Inn), with free stop-overs in Bangkok and Manila. I took it, but the clerk made a mistake and the resulting ticket was Paris-Manila-Paris. I was going to ask her to correct it, but an inner little voice advised me to accept the ticket as it was. Thus did I discover the Philippines and its national language, Tagalog. I have never been to Japan. Thanks for the answer - I read about the language on Wikipedia to find out a little more. |
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Apr 19, 2022 19:02:29 GMT
Self Publishing is basically defined as someone publishing a book using their own resources. The self-publisher may pay someone else to do certain aspects of the work, which isn't usually cheap. Vanity Publishing is where the author has to pay / buy in order to get it done, typically involving an investment of a lot of money. Both types can possibly be called Vanity Publishing. The ego to think other people want to read ones works. Although Vanity Publishing used to mean the 500 books the fee included ended up stacked in the loft. (Thank goodness for POD.)The difference between the two [when an author has to pay another party for certain aspects of the work] is really how many copies of their own work does the writer have to buy. For a self-publisher / small independent press it's normal to buy a proof copy to determine everything turned out as it should. For someone going through a vanity publisher, the various fees are how the publisher makes a profit, including at times having the author buy a lot of printed copies that later sit in boxes in the author's storage room. Quite so  In reality "The ego to think other people want to read ones works." is common to all forms of publishing, as well as many other endeavors. It might also help to consider it from a different perspective. The ego, or a person's sense of self-esteem and / or self-importance, varies wildly depending on a lot of factors.
On one end of the spectrum you have someone whose life / experience has been constantly minimized or belittled who doesn't have the ego to take a chance their words will be read, because they've had it pounded into their head nobody would ever take an interest. On the other end of the spectrum in contrast you have someone who has little to nothing to say can pound out manuscripts till hell freezes over because they're convinced whatever they say is golden. In between the two extremes you have people who take a chance and are rewarded after however much time and effort by having their work read.
The proof of a writer's ego lies in how their work is received.
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Post by And still Kevin 2024 on Apr 19, 2022 22:23:01 GMT
No - not at all I assume you are replying to me? although I am not sure what precisely you are replying to. (The Quote option is a fine thing  )Unless you have some sort of expertise in this field, In what field?why would you even hazard a guess? At what?Is it impossible to believe that I've written a book that has not been done before and has sparked an interest in a particular music community? The problem with publishing things nowadays, is, as I showed, there's a million instances of more or less the same thing on line.I've not split the atom but just filled a gap in the literature on this subject matter. Amazing, when there are so many instances about the tour on line.The book "Wings Live" has only six unique photos - the book is wordy and has over 500 footnotes. If you look at these reviews for my latest book, not one mentions photographs: paulmccartneyafterthebeatles.com/product/paul-mccartney-the-world-tour-1989-90-paperback/ I think what is happening is what I said in some other post. The people buying your books have not already looked in to the subject themselves. As for myself, I was around at the time but it does not answer why you were getting no monies from Lulu. Does that apply to all of your books you published via them? Even on release? |
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Post by adrianallan on Apr 20, 2022 1:55:10 GMT
You are talking complete nonsense and obviously determined to deny somebody credit that they have produced something moderately successful
The conversation ends now - but no doubt you will come back with another pointless "smart" reply
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Post by And still Kevin 2024 on Apr 20, 2022 22:06:47 GMT
All I will come back with is that it's not nonsense, and I will ask this again > but it does not answer why you were getting no monies from Lulu. Does that apply to all of your books you published via them? Even on release?
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