Angel says I should go ahead with self-publishing. CreateSpace.com offers lots of services. You can spend a lot of money and get a lot of help or you can spend a tiny bit of money and do it all yourself. It's clear that per-volume charges are better with them than with Lulu.com
Some of the the stuff looks do-able. Fun, even. The whole business of doing the layout and providing print-ready PDF myself seems a little daunting, however. I think I can do it, but I'm not even sure what the standards are:
6"x9"? 5.5" x 8.5"? New Times Roman, 12 Pt? Wingbats 11? (I just made that up). And what about margins?
And should I pay someone to do a professional editing job on it? How do I find somebody to do that? Don't even get me started on cover art! My abilities there run somewhere between juvenile and pathetic.
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Janice's writing coach has been telling her how to write a query letter to publishers, what to say, etc. The coach says that it can take months for a publisher to respond.
Janice knows someone who uses Lulu, but doesn't know how effective that's been.
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