Community Ebook/Newsletter

[k_a_webb]

I've been thinking about this for a while now, but as it's coming up to Christmas and the New Year I thought it would be a good time to suggest the idea of us putting together a quarterly ebook and newsletter. We each have different prompt sessions and plans, write a mix of fiction and poetry, and I thought it would be good to have something that we could send out to all those who both are a part of this community and who aren't so they can see what we all do in one place.

What I had in mind was having a piece of fiction or poem from each person who's in the newsletter to make into an ebook that can be sent out with it and then the newsletter holding everything we have planned for that quarter, from beginning a new serial to a prompt session or fishbowl to having a new ebook out. If anyone's interested let me know and if there's enough of us I'm happy to beginning putting it together, so we can have the first one out at the end of February.

Comments

[mmegaera]

I really like the idea. Would you be including links to author/artist websites? How do you plan to distribute it? That would be the crucial part, I think, once it's put together.

[k_a_webb]

Yes, links would be included, and I already use a newsletter sender thing (that was really descriptive... sorry), so I'll probably just set up a new one if this becomes a reality. That permits you to attach things, so the ebook will be an attachment on there, and I could also use my Dropbox to set up a shared folder where we keep all the ebooks for those who want to read them but aren't so interested in the newsletter.

[mmegaera]

Thanks for the information. Let me rephrase. Who would be getting this newsletter? How would subscribers learn about it other than just contributors telling people we know? Is there a marketing plan?

[k_a_webb]

At the moment it's not even more than an idea - if there aren't enough people interested then it's not going to happen, so, no, there isn't a marketing plan yet. What I'd like is for as many people as possible to get the newletter, but until I know for certain that I have at least eight people interested in contributing then it's not really something I'm going to be thinking about, and if the time comes that I can make it happen I'll be focusing on the next steps.

[alexseanchai]

I count five so far, counting yourself, so you're more than halfway there!

[k_a_webb]

That's good. :)

[mmegaera]

Okay. I'm of the opposite opinion, but at least I know where you're coming from with it.

Thanks!

[k_a_webb]

To be honest the community's been so quiet recently that I didn't think I'd get any interest at all, so thinking of a marketing plan didn't really cross my mind. I just want to know if it is something people would be interested in before I go any further, otherwise I waste time I don't really have, what with the hundred other things I need to do. Plus the idea I was planning on posting about was the ebook, but then I thought a newletter with an ebook would be even better. :)