Guinea Pig Book

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Where would the book be sold?. I'm in Ireland and if my piggies get the chance to be in it or even if they arn't I would love to purchase it on Amazon or Ebay
 
I personally think we should self publish it. It's easier and you don't have loads of printed books in a warehouse collecting dust.
 
I think it is a very good idea. As @Piggly has said we have a lot of knowledge in our stickies. And there are loads of well educated piggy owners and if we take some good pictures, I don't see why not. Maybe if the money goes to rescues it will be easier to publish. I think it should work, and if it doesn't then at least we tried and it also could be good fun.
 
Piggly said:
Self publishing is where there is a problem with costs.
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Yes, but if we do it the other way the publishers would have to like the book and we'd have to be excellent writers. My dad is self published author, he wrote 'Mad mullah: sword of rebellion' by j d Warner. He found it 10x easier than normal publishing and I think it was cheaper
 
Good idea lovely! If I can help at any point just let me know, I'd love to! I'm rather close too! :)
 
Why not consider going digital and publishing on Amazon for ebooks ...
 
Candice Warner said:
Yes, but if we do it the other way the publishers would have to like the book and we'd have to be excellent writers. My dad is self published author, he wrote 'Mad mullah: sword of rebellion' by j d Warner. He found it 10x easier than normal publishing and I think it was cheaper
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Does he have any information on costs, and where we ought to go for publishing non-fiction?
 
I do love the idea. But where would we get all the money? And would you create a new thread where people post information and pictures and then someone would decide what could fit in and so on and soforth.
 
Jess said:
Why not consider going digital and publishing on Amazon for ebooks ...
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This may be a 'last resort' option - ideally you want a reference book to be as near the piggies being bought as possible, preferably in pet shops... but maybe in book shops on the street too. As an ebook there is still the problem of not everyone thinking of trying those for info.
 
Also to condense information, it's easy enough to put in what you need and then reference by saying read more on these topics @ the guinea pig forum.... Kinda thing?
 
Piggly said:
Does he have any information on costs, and where we ought to go for publishing non-fiction?
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The company is called 'New Generation Publishing'
You can do a book suitable for a kindle by this company for £200 and other companies can do it for cheaper, but really the price depends on the size of the book, bare in mind that hard back books are more expensive.
 
Just throwing this out there... do you think iany charities could help to 'invest' in the book (with costs going towards publishing) and then them earning a % of the money on sales? Haven't a clue if this is possible, just an idea.
 
Candice Warner said:
The company is called 'New Generation Publishing'
You can do a book suitable for a kindle by this company for £200 and other companies can do it for cheaper, but really the price depends on the size of the book, bare in mind that hard back books are more expensive.
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How about for paperbacks? How does the process work, do you send an outline of the book to them first? £200 is far less than I'd thought.

Pandy said:
Just throwing this out there... do you think iany charities could help to 'invest' in the book (with costs going towards publishing) and then them earning a % of the money on sales? Haven't a clue if this is possible, just an idea.
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Yup this is a current train of thought. The idea is for 100% of profit for charity too.
 
Another ideas popped into my head (sorry this happens quite a bit with me!)... you could list the charities who donated to the book and promote them at the same time?
 
Would the charities that we donate the money to be guinea pig rescues or animal rescue like the RSPCA.
 
Piggly said:
How about for paperbacks? How does the process work, do you send an outline of the book to them first? £200 is far less than I'd thought.
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You write the book, check it for mistakes then send it of to them.
The people who buy it online get it either paperback or hardback. It's the buyers choice.
 
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