“I Wish I Had Money to Do What You Do” or All the Times I should Have Given Up

We just went to press on a new print run for Wannabe Press’s two most popular books. We spent $8,500 to get 3,000 copies total: 2,000 copies of Katrina Hates Dead Shit and 1,000 copies of Ichabod Jones: Monster Hunter.

This is not something we did lightly. We agonized over buying more books, but the truth is that we were spending too much and needed to reign in book costs. This was the only way to do that in the long run.

Since we’ve gone to press I’ve been telling people about my decision and the reactions have been consistent across the board. I’ve heard things like “I wish I had $8,000 to spend just on books,” or “I don’t have $8,000 to spent on books.”

To which I always respond “You think I have $8,000 to spend on books?”

Newsflash: I don’t have $8,000 to spend on books. I don’t have $8,000 to spend. Period. I work in a very low margin business and every dollar goes back into growing it. 

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