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Why I'm All For Spending $$ On Books. All the Books.

3/30/2016

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Books can be expensive. Some books are $10.00, but others are $30.00. I've often heard people complain about the prices of books, and wonder why they're so expensive. I've also gotten laughed at for spending an outrageous amount of money on paper and words. (But what book nerd can go to a book store and buy just ONE book?!) 

So why are they so expensive, and why don't I mind dolling out the cash? Keep readin'.

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Why so Much for Paper? - It's All in the Words

An average hardcover book will cost you around $20. But what goes into what's between those covers? Here's a short list:

1.) The Author's Work

How long does it actually take to write a book? A long freaking time. The current novel I'm publishing took about two and a half years. That's including editing, which took the majority of the time. I wrote the first draft in about four months. The time between then and two years later was editing...a lot of it. Of course, I love every moment of it, but it is a lot of work, and it takes a lot of writers longer than it took me, because everyone writes at a different pace. To me, an author's work alone is worth whatever a book costs.

2.) The Publisher's Work...and Time...and Money...and Awesomeness

Think for a moment about what's in a book. It's not just words. It's formatting and design and everything in between (literally). There are editors, agents, artists, marketing experts, and many more people to pay. If it takes a village to raise a child, then it takes a town to raise a book. 

Although I could go on and on about why books are worth their price, just think about it this way: Imagine you had put years into a project, and then you only asked $20 for people to experience what you did while writing it, and the story you created--do you think it would be worth it?

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    Hello! My name is Elysia. I've written since I was six years old, and I wrote my first novel when I was twelve. I'm from Maine, and now live in Charleston, South Carolina. As far as random happy things, I've ridden a Clydesdale on the beach in California, zip-lined and swum in caves in Mexico with bats and stalactites, and spoken to an audience of 1,500. I own an old typewriter and one of Pete Wentz from FOB's guitar picks. I love to travel, and have visited nearly every US state, Canada, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, St. Maarten, the US and the British Virgin Islands, Mexico, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Bonaire, Aruba, Switzerland, and Barcelona.  I also dream of one day watching the ball drop in New York City. I love to type (I know, I'm a weirdo), and can type approximately 140 WPM, nowhere close to Barbara Blackburn's 212 WPM record, ugh, the overachiever.

    Marketing is one of my passions, and I believe that with it, companies can multiply their business and the effectiveness of their brand.

    My other passions are entrepreneurship and  empowering other young people to beat stereotypical "youngness". Wisdom must be achieved by age, but success is attainable by anyone.


    I talk here about writing my book, the path to publishing, and becoming an entrepreneur.

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