I've published a version of WTGIB. I call it a version because Lulu lets the writer go in and revise, apparently as often as desired. I finally saw a print copy and discovered a) I thought I'd put the ISBN on the verso, but there it wasn't. So I went in and fixed that. Aaaaand my cover photo in the back looked like a billboard. Writers are all a little vain but I shrank it down some. Finally, I thought the price would magically appear, not unlike the way the ISBN code will automatically appear on the back page. Not the case.
Adding the price was the hardest part (there's some irony there but I'll leave it). I had to go into Paint and pull up the file and add the price on the back. I republished it but it kept not appearing, so until someone orders a new edition, I have no idea if the price appears properly.
In the course of this self-publishing 2012 odyssey, I've refreshed my understanding of electronic publishing, specifically formatting and compatible files and ways to change the size of pictures (Paint works best and is generally available). Back in the day (2001), you uploaded your Word file, waited a week to get the digital galley back, opened it and screamed. "Chapter Six is all in italics?" Word, when used in electronic publishing, adds a lot of junk to the code, so I've learned.
The last unfun part of this is marketing. Tooting one's own horn. Hard to do, and one must be persistent to have any success.... sigh. It reminds me that the part of this I most enjoy is the writing.
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