The book took just under a year to be published in paperback, but this is within the contracted timeframe. The Kindle version, however, won’t be out until about two months outside of the contracted time. This is because Olympia are only allowed to release three books on Kindle per day. Looking into this, that is the limit for self-publishers, so I assume that Amazon don’t view Olympia as proper publishers. This is quite frustrating as I have international readers that only buy on Kindle.Correspondence was a bit hit and miss. James is excellent at responding and is a good person to go to if you have a problem. Other than that, it took them about a week to reply to run of the mill stuff, which again is annoying if you are just trying to clarify something in one of their emails.Other than their own website and social media, the marketing is pretty much blanket emails from them to various groups and companies. You can just as easily do it yourself. In fact, they ask you to give them email addresses and names anyway.They asked me for a portrait photo and a video of me opening my box of books. I expected the photo to be in the book, but it isn’t. In fact, I can’t see it, or the video anywhere. They may be on a platform I don’t use, of course.The paperback itself is a bit disappointing if I’m honest. The cover is very thin and bends up immediately. The paper itself looks and feels a bit cheap. Coupled with the price (which I had no say in), I have to say that I feel a bit guilty about what my readers are having to pay to read my story.One area that I believe they could improve is in sales feedback. They say that you will only really know how the book is doing twice a year when you receive your royalties. That’s a real disappointment when you are excited about the project, They know how many they are printing on a monthly basis, so that at least would be something to look forward to. If, like me, you don’t expect the world’s bookshops to be begging for supplies of stock, print numbers and sales numbers aren’t going to be hugely different. So, the two outstanding parts for me are the Kindle release and royalties. Both of which have been commented on in other peoples’ reviews, and now make me a bit nervous, if I’m honest.
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