After the alert on my Facebook profile I spent some 'time to examine the new service s elf-publishing " Narcissus " of Simplicissimus. It is, in practice, an accompanying publication in the leading Italian eBookstore. As you know by now, I love to speak only of what I know directly, so I joined and I purchased the delivery service for my first three books ( Writer 2.0, 2.0 Musician and Artist 2.0).
E 'early to give a final feedback on the service, because the ebook is still being developed, but I can anticipate some impressions on both the publishing contract initialed that when you decide to publish a book with Narcissus, both on handling of loading books online.
First, the user area dedicated to the author is very well designed and easily usable by anyone. Download a book is simple, almost free (if you have a ready ebook in PDF format or EPUB the only cost that will be necessary to support the purchase of the ISBN to 2.00 € ). The site of Narcissus has always worked well (as opposed to the user area of \u200b\u200blulu that is often inaccessible or very slow) and offers a dashboard from which you can check the "state of play" in real time.
In terms of the contract, there are no special requirements or constraints on Published: on the contrary, after reading dozens of contracts under the vanity press publication, I believe that transparency and honesty of Narcissus is somehow exemplary.
Sure, there are some points that still require attention. Several authors have contacted me privately expressing some doubt, particularly where the contract has suggested that the acceptance of the book remains at the discretion of the store, so the general fear is that the actual publication of ebooks is thwarted any waste from the eBookstore. I personally think
evident in everything Simplicissimus has no responsibility Direct. First of all, the same rejection can occur with any other provider on demand able to assign an ISBN to the publication and even with a traditional publisher. Secondly, the visibility problems are not unique to the authors distributed on demand services, but also 90% of authors published by traditional publishers (if you read the manual Writer 2.0 will know what I mean).
Marketing is an important and challenging as the stage of writing the book, and this also applies to the ebook market. On the other hand, if you have the right knowledge of editorial promotion, pushing sales up by un ebookstore piuttosto che su di un altro consiste nella stessa e identica pratica.
Anche nel caso di autori già affermati, Narcissus potrebbe offrire un servizio utile e interessante; mi riferisco in particolare a quei manoscritti che per i motivi più disparati non sono visti come e conomicamente meritevoli di pubblicazione dal proprio editore.
Ancora, se un autore ha già pubblicato con altre case editrici, essere presenti negli ebookstore italiani con un titolo autopublicato tramite Narcissus creerà un'interessante sinergia tra le vecchie e le nuove pubblicazioni, andando a vantaggio tanto dell'autore quanto del precedente publisher.
Finally, one last question remained in regard to the obligation of legal deposit for each new publication in Italy. To resolve the issue came timely help from Antonio Tombolini, providing the necessary assurances and prospects for the near a final solution. Juncture in Simplicissimus has also demonstrated a very efficient service, as the answer to my questions came in just a few hours.
Overall, I think that the service offered by Narcissus contributes significantly to the growth of culture in Italy through new means of conveyance. Will eventually be available to any author of new opportunities visibility, without having to submit to editorial filters sometimes driven solely by the potential return of the works.
When the power utility to buy my books will be operational even give you feedback with regard to sales, as I can make comparisons rather than precise with my current account lulu.com.
For now I just have to make a big applause to the team Simplicissimus to introduce a truly innovative service in the context of Italian, and a big good luck for the future success of the initiative!
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