Smallhouse Log

Friday

On self-publishing: "[Upton] Sinclair then wrote a letter to the readers of The Appeal asking for pre-paid orders so that the weekly might publish it in book form. When he received twelve thousand orders..."

And that was in 1905. Webcomic authors talk like they invented the idea, but it is not a new business model: Publish weekly for free, publish the first edition of the compiled work pre-paid, later editions to follow if it sells well.

Claire has asked me to draw comics of her and the cat. I am not sure to what this request will lead.

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