Just an update:

I have finished going through book 1 editing. Now I need to impute it into the computer and then have another sample book done. With some of the changes in the format the text and boarders on the page I have been able to decrease the book size from 520 pages to 358 pages, this should decrease the sales costs per book I hope to under 16.00 per book retail vs. 20.00+. E-publishing wont change I am thinking of 4.99 per copy there.

That is a great thing for me. The story is the same the learning process continues about layout and saving space on pages, interesting journey.

Problem is my laptop computer screen took a dump, have some folks looking to see why it wont work and why even hooking up an external monitor wont work. Thus the book is on this laptop, this happened before I could do a back up. So once we figure out the problem we shall remove all data from the old laptop to this computer and to my back up drive. Then continue the process.

I hope by Christmas to have a New sample book, with the updated changed items to preview.
If all goes well, and if we have a tax refund next spring then I can e-publish this first book, and eventually print publish as well by April at lest a few hundred copies.

That is the goal. Publishing on a -0- budget is always a challenge.
I still hope to find some sponsors for the book as that would allow for some larger publishing and adds but one can never tell the future.

So life continues, challenges of life also continue, but in the end this work will be completed.

How to Grass Roots fund this Dream Project? Idea's and seeking imput from you.

Pure Heart Guide Book series

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I have been thinking today, the basics, working on a final editing by myself of the book, working in the evenings and weekends as time permits, drywall has been very busy and time consuming long hours every day.
So Once I complete this last look over for obvious issues.
I will need to find a way to raise the 2k to have it edited by 'First Editing'
Then the next step will be about 1k to properly ebook publish bookbaby.com with a few dollars left over for radio ads about book one for 2 weeks.
Then 2k to print and mail the 1st 100 printed copies of this 1st issue. So to fully fund this initial part of the project.
I would require 5,000. minimum.
Once book is professionally edited that will allow me to approach professional Agents with the book series idea, and look for those who would like to approach their Big Publishing companies with the book. But I need a clean book for them to promote.
How to raise it? thinking have nothing of value that I could sell to raise it.
So may end up going door to door in the county asking for presales of the book, and sponsorships from business's, county tourism advertisements, or such old fashioned idea's to fund this seed becoming a youthful sprout in the world of literature.
If only pre sold books at $50 each, would need to sign them, and offer incentives for paying so much for this 1st edition, like having a list of names at the back of the book for those who sponsored the project, allowing it to come to life.
Selling ad spaces 1 per chapter, 30 spaces available to local, non local business that would sponsor it. Life time permanent ads, both in the physical print book as well as the ebook versions.
So what do you people out there think on this idea for funding the project?
If I could sell ads for 200. each then I could presell the books for $23.99 each. and that would cover the costs as well or a mixture of presold books and ads.
At my income level it would take 2-3 years to attempt to save that amount of income. And only if life's challenges did not occur (as they always do) and it would be spent on fixing a vehicle or medical issues or ?
So need to find help on this part of the project.