/lit/ - Literature

man, you look like a tool.

shave that shit off

goddamn you're ugly

I saw your face and laughed my ass off. Be gone faggot.

Are you this?
http://kryshen.deviantart.com/art/Shadows-of-Amadeus-cover-153620409

ahahahhaahaha

dat hairstyle
dat mini-beard

fuck I'm a bear

>>883324
looks like a bro to me

>>883332
That's not my account, but yes. That's one of the authors.

ahahaa the whole deviantart page smells like a 95% chance that this book sucks completely

Come on, a book written by three deviantart-members? Has to contain furries.

>>883338
you wanna tell us a little bit about the publishing process?

>>883347
The others took care of all that stuff. I just did a bit of writing and designed a couple characters.

>mist
>full moon
>witch or whatever the fuck that is flying in front of the moon

biggest cliché EVER

>>883351
Heh, alright. Still pretty cool to see that a channner got published. I might buy a copy of that one.

I'll let the thread die now. I'm just proud as punch to have contributed to a published work.

Congrats. And I don't see anything about your appearance that stands out.

good job, it's really weird but I'm proud of you.

Proud as punch?

Congrats anyway.

>>883416
>>883386
>>883357
Thanks guys, that makes me feel good.

Congratulations man. What is the story about?

>>883416
I need to clarify that I didn't mean the book is really weird and yet I'm still proud of you, but rather that I find it weird to be proud of you and yet I still am. Christ I'm in a pedantic mood, but it is totally awesome to see someone on this site acheive anything when it comes to publishing.

>>883427
Haha, I figured that's what you meant. But thanks dude, I appreciate it.
>>883425
I actually haven't read most of it, but as near as I can tell it's about some kind of war or something. It's fantasy, D&D type stuff. The setting of the book is actually loosely based on my own D&D campaign setting.

> Researched Publisher
> Xlibris Publish
> Google automatically fills in "Xlibris Book Publishing Scam
>Check Xlibris Website -- Vanity Press


...

At least it's published.

>>883434

Pretty cool man, I hope one day to know the joy you feel when/if I have something published.

Despite /lit/ telling me it'll wear off fast and it's nothing special

congratz OP

>>883435
Naysayers gonna say nay.

How did you contribute?

>>883435
In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries it was common for legitimate authors to, if they could afford it, pay the costs of publishing their books. Such writers could expect more control of their work, greater profits, or both. Self-publishing was not judged negatively as it has been more recently. Among the authors taking this route were Lewis Carroll, who paid the expenses of publishing Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and most of his subsequent work. Mark Twain, E. Lynn Harris, Zane Grey, Upton Sinclair, Carl Sandburg, Edgar Rice Burroughs, George Bernard Shaw, Edgar Allan Poe, Rudyard Kipling, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman and Anaïs Nin also self-published some or all of their works. Not all of these well-known authors were successful in their ventures; Mark Twain's publishing business, for example, went bankrupt...
Also DH lawrence did this for Lady Chatterly's lover

>>883452
Wrote the first chapter and part of another chapter, designed part of the setting and a couple of the characters.

>>883455
huh cool
I was expecting 'I came up with a name' or something to be honest
good job

you have a very malformed head

>>883435
Xlibris.com is a scam dont waste your time and money Internet


Xlibris.com is the bigiest ripoff you will ever finde in the self publishing industry. they jack up book prices to assure that you will never sell a single book . they ignore emails and never return phone calls. i published a 132 page book with them and not only does it look like crap the 2 author copies that they sent me were damaged and childlike quality! when i told them about it they returned my email after 2 months and told me that they cant control the damage caused during delivery lol what a joke they also listed my book at a price of $30 for a 132 page book when I asked them to lower the price they told me they cant and that was the standard price for a book of that page count so i asked them if my book had 350 pages what it would coast and they told me it would be listed at $99.99 lol who the heack is going to buy that and lets face it most books are between 200 and 300 pages . this site is a scam and a ripoff stay clear.. choose any other selfpublisher but please dont waste your time with these loosers also there ridiculas customer service is the worst i have ever delt with one non english speaking person after the next.. XLIBRIS.COM IS A SCAM AND A RIPOFF ONCE THEY GET YOUR MONEY THEY DONT GIVE A CRAP ABOUT YOU AT ALL! STAY CLEAR OF XLIBRIS.COM

Ronnie
staten island, New York
U.S.A.

>Funniest turn-around ever.

>>883495
I like the fact that an "author" uses language like that.

>>883483
oh no, what a nightmare!

>>883495
Also, from the same page:
Greetings,

I wish to enter a rebuttal to Staten Island Ronnie concerning his problematic experience with Xlibris. I feel qualified to offer a different side because I published a book through them also, but had none of the experiences he endured - in fact, it was totally opposite. Whether they spoke English with or without an accent had no bearing on the process. When you send a manuscript, it's YOUR work and their job to publish it in the way you instruct. You don't just send it and wait for the final.

Xlibris sends the author a book draft of his/her submission for corrections, changes and approval. If Ronnie got a poor/sub-standard book from Xlibris, it is because he did not give diligence to his part of the effort. He didn't proof or correct what they sent him. I know I did when I was not satisfied with the format they chose, and they changed it to what I wanted...standard paragraph format, first line indentation.

They corrected what I sent back to them. Yes, it's tedious checking their draft copy word for word vs. your own original manuscript, but you DO it. They may slip...but YOU catch. It's YOUR ball, so don't complain if you let them throw it into the street.
You see, they offer the author choices: text font, page style, layout, book cover, etc., and Ronnie should have addressed all these and more issues before he allowed his author copy to be printed. Even then, if he was dissatisfied he should have sent back the corrections on the forms they send for you to download and fill out. I took note of spacings, text layout, proper punctuation placements, centering of subtitles, etc. and instructed them to make the corrections. There is no way Ronnie's book could come out substandard except that he failed to oversee his product through the processes Xlibris takes with the author.

They DO answer e-mails, but if they took too long I called. Every call was returned same day or next morning if I couldn't reach them.

Ronnie is right that their pricing depends on the number of pages and they cannot change it, as it is scale priced according to pages.

On final note, please don't take this as a put down. I'm just keeping it real because we as authors have our responsibility, too. If you put something out there with your name on it, make sure it steps out with the best you've put into it. Look at Ronnie's spelling in his complaint. Is it just in the complaint, or could there be spelling and grammatical errors in his book, also? His sentences here are run-ons with no end. That's okay (I guess) for blogs, but if you are a writer, some things come instinctively or by trained skill.

Ronnie is the CEO of his product, and he should have handled it like he birthed it...because he DID. You can't go to sleep on a project and then complain when it is not to your liking.

Dianne

>>883483
Leave his head alone!

What's with all this shitstorm of insulting the guy? Don't be such assholes. Yeah, I mad.

>>883503
>If Ronnie got a poor/sub-standard book from Xlibris, it is because he did not give diligence to his part of the effort. He didn't proof or correct what they sent him.

>You see, they offer the author choices: text font, page style, layout, book cover, etc., and Ronnie should have addressed all these and more issues before he allowed his author copy to be printed.

>They DO answer e-mails, but if they took too long I called. Every call was returned same day or next morning if I couldn't reach them.

Obvious Xlibris damage control is obvious.

christ you people with your negativity. Does it really make you feel better? (not op, just fucking disgusted)

>>883511
>If Ronnie got a poor/sub-standard book from Xlibris, it is because he did not give diligence to his part of the effort. He didn't proof or correct what wesent him.

>You see, we offer the author choices: text font, page style, layout, book cover, etc., and Ronnie should have addressed all these and more issues before he allowed his author copy to be printed.

>weDO answer e-mails, but sometimes it takes long, it's better to call. We return every call the same day or next morning if costumers can't reach us.

Fxd

>>883518
No, I honestly hope that OP's friends don't experience any problems with the publisher. I just find these sort of turn-arounds funny is all.

>>883434>It's fantasy, D&D type stuff. The setting of the book is actually loosely based on my own D&D campaign setting.

D&D you say? As a fa/tg/uy-/lit/erate hybrid, I look forward to reading this...

>>883322
Congrats OP! You should be proud. Them Malformed Head Bitches is just jealous.

>>883322

Good for you OP. And don't listen to those envious idiots.

>>883526
I'm actually talking to one of the authors right now. She said they've had no problems at all that she's aware of.

/r/ rapidshit

>>883518

Well welcome to the published world -- there will be people who will talk negatively and positively about every little detail: the author, the characters, the plot, etc.

But aside from that, the book is indeed self-published. Should I get praise for spending 300 dollars+ to get something printed and an ISBN (which you could get for free)? If that's the case then the citizens of /lit/ would be easily bought out.

>>883559
I can haz 300$? What you needz me 2 do?

>>883559
I would hope that /lit/ would be capable of judging it on its content and not whether it followed the channels of publishing considered most ''prestigious'' by those who are a part of them, or those that wish to be a part of such channels. IE pretentious, priviledged people with a bad case of egotistical entitlement.

Congrats op. It's a step forward and it's good you are able to find joy in your work.

>>883580

Fair enough, but where is the content? All the posts here about "publishing" a book. Unless I see content, This thread is just a congratz on paying for publishing something.

>>883604
That comes from the fact that OP is proud that something he wrote will reach an audience, and there is no need to trifle over how. DH Lawrence self-published Lady Chatterly's Lover. I'm not saying this is that, but it illustrates that self-publishing is no less prestigious than commercial publishing if you are willing to not be an elitist scum-bag.