A Peek Inside Self-Publishing

By Victoria Tirrel, Library Committee

Imagine being in this pickle: You're a self-published author whose book about North Dakota has had amazing success with seven printings in two years. The decision about whether to do an eighth printing is before you. Paper and printing costs have skyrocketed. You think you've probably hit the saturation point on your market. The decision seems clear. 

And then National Public Radio includes your book in a summer travel piece about the best books in each of the 50 states...alongside that of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Louise Erdrich. 
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​I'm talking about my client Jim Puppe and his amazing book Dakota Attitude: Interviews from Every Town in North Dakota. Learn more about Jim and his publishing journey at DakotaAttitude.com, but don't plan to buy a book there...he's sold out for good.

That's not a problem for you, because you can find Jim's book in the Coffman Authors section on the second level of our own Coffman Library. (I think it's shelved under its editor's last name of Tirrel).