Well the conversation was definitely enlightening, to say the least, and it helped me get an idea of what they are wanting. Mostly my money, and I understand that. They are a business afterall, and the guy on the phone was a salesman. He kept trying to push me into buying a package there on the phone. I didn't like that. I don't like pushy people. He was just doing his job, and I admit, doing it well.
Here is the down and dirty. If I keep the word count at around 175,000 and 410 pages then the editorial fee is going to be around 3,000 dollars. Thats quite a bit. I told the fellow that was above what I was looking to invest in, and that I might have to look elsewhere. CreateSpace does have some pretty attractive offers until you get down to the editing price.
That leaves me a couple of options. I can look for grants that might help me pay for these fees. A friend of mine, Ross, suggested that I look towards the English department at a local college to see if one of those grads there might do the editing for me for a lesser price and near the same quality. I could also try to see if I could reduce word count, and that means more self editing. Either way, this fellow is going to have to hold on for a bit.
I am not going to place my money in a basket that I can't get back out again. He tried to say that there was a 100 dollar discount for the rest of the month. Yeah a few days. Nice. Also he said that I could have a free Kindle ebook instead of paying 299 for it. There is no cost involved in taking a PDF file and making it an ebook. That is ridiculous and isn't any real kind of savings.
In the meantime I am going to hunt down solutions to my obstacles. I am currently speaking with an artist on commissioning artwork for the cover. We will see how that turns out.
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