Writing a Book Advice

Surely there are forums for authors out there that would give you more sage/experienced advice?

Good luck.

I had looked at doing it via amazon but when i worked out the calculations in Amazons free profit calculator I wasn't impressed with me return, i would have to charge around £22 to see a £4 return on each book, plus because i never see a physical copy of my bookm if i wanted to buy one or buy one as a gift for someone you have to pretty much pay the full ammount

Azzzaa wrote: »

I had looked at doing it via amazon but when i worked out the calculations in Amazons free profit calculator I wasn't impressed with me return, i would have to charge around £22 to see a £4 return on each book, plus because i never see a physical copy of my bookm if i wanted to buy one or buy one as a gift for someone you have to pretty much pay the full ammount

£4 is, I think, a high royalty for a book. Publishers, from what I've read, offer around 10% of the net price (i.e. what they get, not the price in shops). Royalties will vary for self publishing, but I doubt many self published authors get that much per book.

Amazon print on demand so that is bound to be more costly than printing in bulk, but on demand has advantages.

Some books will cost more to print than others so that will make a difference to the royalties. A 500 page fiction book, for example, will obviously cost more to print than a 50 page fiction book. However, you may be able to charge more for the 500 page to the 50 page. Royalties will be better for some books than others.

OP, you can always start with Createspace (Amazon) and then try other options later if you want. You can get an ISBN from Amazon free and there is information on their forums regarding tax.