Chimayo Press is an independent educational publishing company committed to
publishing niche books that create compelling conversations, deepen relationships and celebrate the human spirit.
Traditional publishers often want «blockbusters» so
I published my niche books myself.
Not exact matches
That
book,
published in 2006, predicted the internet would create a new type of economy in which products, particularly
niche products, have profitable lives for longer periods, and on a wider variety of distribution channels, than ever before.
By engaging in self -
publishing through Infinity, the author retains all rights to the
book and Infinity pays monthly royalties on every
book sold — we earn our profit selling
books to ever expanding
niches and discount
books to our authors who create and control the content.
The company is focused on
publishing, marketing and distributing self - help, memoirs and
niche fiction
books by qualified and talented authors.
After a bit of time processing what it took for my self -
published book to have the success I hoped for, I decided to write on my own experience — I used the CreateSpace (parent company is Amazon) company and have had success in the
niche market I wrote in.
But when the focus swung from
books for general markets (risky indeed) to tightly targeted or
niche markets, and pre-testing (usually through direct mail testing) allowed the publisher to define the specific buyer demand, then self -
publishing let the
niche publisher create publications with finely honed titles tailored to pin - point targets.
It is a self -
published book which is in a
niche market and is based upon events of the Eastern Front.
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An acquaintance Alastair Humphreys, adventurer and speaker, has self
published 5
books on his adventures and they have been received favourably by the
niche market of adventure explorers.
Even a
niche that seems specialized — like soapmaking, the subject of a self -
published book by Shepard's wife, Anne Watson — faces dozens of competing Kindle titles.
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Adult coloring
books have taken the
publishing world by storm, and this blockbuster
niche is only predicted to keep growing.
While these
niche topics won't interest traditional publishers or literary agents — it's still possible there's an audience waiting for you to
publish that unique
book!
So spend some time finding the right angle for your
book and do research to determine what could be a good genre or good
niche to
publish in.
Quick question, I want to jump in and self
publish some children's story
books aimed at 3 - 6 year olds but the only hesitation I have is that the
niche is dominated by 0.99 c
books.
Also, self -
publishing titles tend to include
books that are locally focused, narrate family histories, are
niche and at times more risque — around religion, politics, sex and sexuality — than what a traditional publisher might wish to handle, Fulton and Bradley said.
Since most authors write for a specific,
niche audience, self -
publishing provides the means to keep costs and overhead down while focusing on selling to that group of readers we know are going to be interested in this
book.
The better, long - term strategy is to pick a single
niche and
publish multiple
books that are marketed to the same group of people.
While a big
publishing house may not be interested in your
book (Techniques for Creating Miniature Vampire Cheese Sculptures) because of its limited market, you can self -
publish and use the Internet to promote your
book to your built - in readership in your
niche worldwide.
Keep Your
Book Niche Specific Self -
publishing has been known to prove fruitful for...
It's important to have a merging of all three elements — when a
niche is something you enjoy, can teach others how to do and makes money, you'll find that it's not hard to consistently
publish great
books.
If a self -
published book sells 5,000 copies in its first six months, an agent or publisher is not going to let first rights issues stand in their way (always assuming that the
book is well - written [I've known self - pubbed authors who've managed to sell large numbers of really pretty bad
books] and the sales suggest a market that could be tapped, rather than one that has been exhausted, as with some
niche products).
Simply this: a person who has a depth of experience within the
publishing and writing fields; has connections with vendors and associates that will bring your
book concept and vision to life, creating the actual
book; someone who has marketing moxie and understands
book selling, including the alternative and
niche markets; and someone who is an enthusiastic coach for your «baby.»
Now, I have 5
books published, two of which reached # 1 in their
niches on Amazon, and I work flexible hours.
He'd done the research, found a
niche, and wrote a
book, a
book he admits isn't the best, in order to make a living as a self -
published author.
Randomly stumbled upon this tonight and I see most of the comments are now years old... but in response to your last comment Tracy about how you know at least some writers that make $ 1,000 a day by writing longer works... out of curiosity, are these writers
publishing dozens of
books to get to that level or did they just find the right
niche and only have to
publish a few
books to get to that level?
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According to Poynter, traditional
publishing companies are better at selling
books in traditional bookstores, but not in specialty shops related to a
niche topic.
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I KNEW I had a wide - ope market that could feed well into a
niche publisher, but the publisher passed on the grounds that they didn't do «beginner
books» (since then, I've seen a
book or three
published by than that seems LOWER than the level I was writing at).
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If you have a
niche market, where you might not see many sales, then having a self -
published book might be the way to go, you can get more people reading it and more people wanting to read it than making money much later with the traditionally
publishing means — if they take that
book at all.
The Youth Media Awards cover several areas and
niches in children's and young adult
publishing, but the primary ones are the Michael C. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, The John Newbery Medal given to a distinguished work of American literature of children, and The Caldecott Medal given to a distinguished American picture
book for children.
When you are into self -
publishing,
niche books do better.
Not every
book has to be a bestseller and self -
publishing is sort of fulfilling that more
niche need.
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Publishers are beginning to realize that evaluating the potential saleability of self -
published books requires a more careful analysis, which includes bulk orders from
niche organizations and groups,
books that are value added give - aways, built into the participants fees or sold at trainings, specialty shops that don't report to Nielsen BookScan and other types of sales.
Look for contests that don't require a high entry fee,
niche contests related to your
book genre or topic and those friendly to self -
published books.
You'll have to promote the
book to the
niche market, but that'll be true no matter where and how you
publish it.
Yeah, that has a nice ring to it.If you are interested in earning some accolades, here are a few contest and award opportunities for self -
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