#2 Pop-Up... Your Own Bookstore
Now Very Easy and Very Possible to Sell Directly to Readers
The Pop-Up Format.
Over the last number of years, topics and fun things had come up that Kris and I wanted to talk about, but we had had no structure to do so. But now we do with these Pop-Ups.
These Pop-Up topics will just appear when something strikes us. No regular order or timing, but we hope to do more than one per month at least. In fact, the first three will all appear in the next two weeks.
Each Pop-Up will consist of from 10 to 15 videos on the topic. Maybe some extra stuff if the topic needs extra. And then one short story assignment.
The Short Story Assignment
Each Pop-Up will also have a short story assignment to a specific topic associated with the Pop-Up. If you decide to write the short story, send it to Dean at [email protected]
Instructions for each will be in the assignment video.
Dean or Kris will read your story and give you feedback as soon as they can.
We will suggest markets if we know of any. Also, if the story fits something either of us are editing at that moment and we like it, we might ask for you to send it back for that project. To send it back or not will be your choice. You are not submitting a story to anything by sending the story to us for feedback. You are just getting us to read it like a first reader. Only we are experienced editors.
Why would we do this? Because, honestly, we love reading short fiction and we would love to see what writers could do with some of these topics at hand.
Pop-Up #2... Your Own Bookstore
At different conferences of indie writers around the country this last year, it has become clear that one of the main topics is writers selling books from their own bookstore directly to readers. Cutting out all the middle-distributors like Kobo, Amazon, and so on.
And now with Bookfunnel and numbers of pay services, the ease of setting up such a store makes it possible for just about any indie author.
But should authors do that? Here at the end of 2018 there is lots of discussion on both sides, with some writers making fantastic money from their own stores and others not finding it as easy as it seems to start.
This Pop-Up is a discussion of all the possibilities now. And a discussion if this is the future or not of indie publishing. Even if you have no desire to set up your own store at the moment, this Pop-Up could be invaluable in helping you make decisions for the future.
And yes, there will be a short story with this topic. A fun one.
Your Instructor
With over twenty-three million copies of his books in print, USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith now brings you original fiction every month for the past three years in his own magazine, Smith’s Monthly.
Dean wrote over twenty-five original Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, plus Spider-Man, X-Men, Iron Man novels, and others. He wrote many gaming novels including Final Fantasy.
He wrote novels and stories under almost fifty pen names and did scripts for Hollywood as well as being an editor for various magazines. He lives in Las Vegas with his wife, writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch. You can follow his writing life at www.deanwesleysmith.com
Course Curriculum
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PreviewNew Pop-Up Introduction (1:59)
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StartPop-Up #2, Video #1 (3:50)
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StartPop-Up #2, Video #2 (4:33)
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StartPop-Up #2, Video #3 (5:42)
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StartPop-Up #2, Video #4 (5:21)
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StartPop-Up #2, Video #5 (5:05)
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StartPop-Up #2, Video #6 (4:27)
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StartPop-Up #2, Video #7 (5:53)
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StartPop-Up #2, Video #8 (5:03)
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StartPop-Up #2, Video #9 (4:50)
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StartPop-Up #2, Video #10 (5:13)
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StartPop-Up #2, Video #11 (6:21)
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StartPop-Up #2, Video #12 (6:19)
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StartPop-Up #2, Short Story Assignment (1:25)