Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
A couple of months ago, we discussed how radically things were changed
by the advent of desktop publishing.
One of the biggest reasons I'm afraid to just publish my editions on
my own has been one of being practical.
I don't know how distribution works, or if you have a website on the
Internet, what it takes to get your rankings up
to the point where people know you even have a website (well by that,
I mean the people that would even be remotely
interested in purchasing your editions).
I am aware of Lulu.com, and am in the process of trying to decide
whether to go that route, or establish a stand-alone enterprise.
As far as on-line distribution is concerned, I wouldn't worry about
getting your rankings up. If you are offering early music editions, I'd
subscribe to the early music newgroups, and place you site in an
early-music webring. As far as distribution, I'd not worry much about
general distribution, since you probably aren't going to get it,
anyway. Register you company or imprint with the music publisher's
association in the U.S., or with the religious music publisher's
association, so that the occasional brick and mortar store which does
with to purchase a copy for a customer can find you, and send review
copies to publications such as the Music Library Association journal,
and other publications read by people apt to be interested in the
editons you are preparing. If you are doing your own website, post a
couple of short works, available for free download as ~.pdf files, so
that prospective buyers can evaluate your notesetting, and have pages of
selected other items available for review, along with small mp3 or cda
versions for listening. You can set up an account with a service such
as paypal to handle remittances, and you can specify that in most cases,
delivery will be by email, upon receipt of payment, or for somewhat
larger fees to reimburse preparation, postage, and handling, delivery
will be of scores or on optical medium by a delivery method of the
buyer's choice, and at his expense.
ns
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