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<p>[QUOTE="halfcent1793, post: 3256124, member: 86853"]There are a number of factors. The most important is to write a book that you wish you could read. Others will probably feel the same. You should have new information to offer, though sometimes authors get by just presenting known information in a more contemporary, easier to understand, fashion. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don't agree that you have to be rich, but you can't do it with the expectation of making money. If profit is your motive, find a field with a larger buying population. </p><p><br /></p><p>Assuming that the book would be of interest to a group with similar collecting interests to yours, talk with your fellow collectors to determine their interest in your project. </p><p><br /></p><p>Then decide how you want to present your book. If in print only, what format? What kind of paper? Are you going to use color? It greatly increases the cost of production, but it's what everyone expects, now. If digitally, what format and how will users acquire it? If you are going to charge for a digital download, how will it be protected from unauthorized copying?</p><p><br /></p><p>Decide on the size of your print run. The more books you have printed, the lower the cost per book, but be realistic about what you might sell. You probably won't sell 1,000 copies of a book on Higley coppers, but that might be too small a print run for a book on Morgan dollars (if you have enough to say about Morgan dollars that hasn't already been said). </p><p><br /></p><p>I could go on, but I can say a little from experience.</p><p><br /></p><p>When we published the <i>Grading Guide for Early American Copper Coins</i>, we got opinions of several experts on how many to print. Their opinions were all over the place from fewer than 500 to more than 2000 copies. We settled on 1500 and crossed our fingers. We sold them all in less than 3 years, though some - fewer than 100 - remain in dealers' hands. There has been some pressure to do a second edition, but we're not going to do that while dealers still have inventory.</p><p><br /></p><p>We also priced the book low @ $55 or $50 to EAC and C4 members. None of the authors took any pay or royalties. Early American Coppers, which published it, paid for the publishing and got all of the income from it. The club ended up making low five figures from the project, and that money is in a fund to support the educational outreach activities of the club, which is a 501(c)3.</p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, there's a LOT to consider.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="halfcent1793, post: 3256124, member: 86853"]There are a number of factors. The most important is to write a book that you wish you could read. Others will probably feel the same. You should have new information to offer, though sometimes authors get by just presenting known information in a more contemporary, easier to understand, fashion. I don't agree that you have to be rich, but you can't do it with the expectation of making money. If profit is your motive, find a field with a larger buying population. Assuming that the book would be of interest to a group with similar collecting interests to yours, talk with your fellow collectors to determine their interest in your project. Then decide how you want to present your book. If in print only, what format? What kind of paper? Are you going to use color? It greatly increases the cost of production, but it's what everyone expects, now. If digitally, what format and how will users acquire it? If you are going to charge for a digital download, how will it be protected from unauthorized copying? Decide on the size of your print run. The more books you have printed, the lower the cost per book, but be realistic about what you might sell. You probably won't sell 1,000 copies of a book on Higley coppers, but that might be too small a print run for a book on Morgan dollars (if you have enough to say about Morgan dollars that hasn't already been said). I could go on, but I can say a little from experience. When we published the [I]Grading Guide for Early American Copper Coins[/I], we got opinions of several experts on how many to print. Their opinions were all over the place from fewer than 500 to more than 2000 copies. We settled on 1500 and crossed our fingers. We sold them all in less than 3 years, though some - fewer than 100 - remain in dealers' hands. There has been some pressure to do a second edition, but we're not going to do that while dealers still have inventory. We also priced the book low @ $55 or $50 to EAC and C4 members. None of the authors took any pay or royalties. Early American Coppers, which published it, paid for the publishing and got all of the income from it. The club ended up making low five figures from the project, and that money is in a fund to support the educational outreach activities of the club, which is a 501(c)3. As you can see, there's a LOT to consider.[/QUOTE]
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