Does Anyone Sell Well In Print?

[kea]

Hmm...I was putting out a print version along with ebooks just to satisfy the older people in my family who keep asking if it will be print because they don't want to "fiddle" with those "electric books." However, this thread has given me hope that I might get more out of it than that!

[Zelah Meyer]

My concern would be less about whether print is profitable enough to justify a print version and more about whether the version you would be printing (after you'd re-worked it) would be so different to the ebook that is also on sale that it might cause you problems.  Say, someone reads one or the other and loves it - so decides to get a copy in the other format too, or recommends it to their friend who buys it but then when they go to talk about it, one person is talking about a scene that doesn't happen in the book the other person read.

Personally, if you're looking to re-work it rather than just produce a print version, then I'd hold fire until you have the ebook rights back and concentrate on something else in the meantime.  Maybe a different story using the new elements that you'd like to add in to this one?  Georgette Heyer has a couple of stories that are similar but not the same and the events of The Black Moth are pretty much the backstory for These Old Shades, only the characters' names are different.  You might be able to change it enough to make a completely new story that has everything you love about this one but is original enough for you to use both ebook and print rights.  

[Dara England]

Thanks guys, it sounds like I'm better off putting this thing on hold for the time being. Although it's a story I like and would enjoy getting to update, the changes I'm planning would be very time consuming and I'm trying to focus right now on the stories that have the best potential for finding an audience. I never attend conventions of any kind and am not interested in face to face marketing, which I suspect is probably what works best for selling print copies. Maybe I'll revisit this idea in a couple years, once my e-rights have reverted.