While they will help, pre-orders are not going to get you enough money for a print run. In addition to begging and borrowing, you’re going to have to get an extra job or two. And probably not very good ones.
Shipping costs and credit card cuts add up when you sell from your website, and bookstores generally take 35-40% to sell on consignment, so even selling for double or triple the printing cost won’t put much money in your pocket. With that thin profit margin, it can take years just to break even. Expect to have more than a few ramen noodle dinners.
Some necessary hard truths from an excellent piece on self-publishing by Kramer O’Neil. I have his ‘Pictures of People and Things Vol. 1’, as previously mentioned here, and his work is well worth supporting; so go read about how much work is involved, then go buy his book!
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