Creepy (and non-creepy) Book/Comic/Manga Recommendations!

[Avalon A Roselin]

While we're on the subject of creepy books, I just so happen to have written one: ALiCE.

To quote the back cover...

Quote:

Christopher Robinson was a typical young man working as an orderly at a children’s asylum, completely unaware that a car accident would change his fate. Now trapped on a strange island inhabited by even stranger people, Christopher must find a way to rescue the child that appeared with him and return to the asylum. Faced with the island’s mysterious, bloody history and his own descent into insanity, Christopher must either save the child (and himself), or spend the rest of his life as a lunatic in a hellish Wonderland.

ALiCE has just the right balance of horror, camp, and reference hunting that makes it an enjoyable read, especially around this time of the year! However, it DOES cover major phobias and issues like sexual assault and child abuse, so while it is oftentimes camped up, it is not for the faint of heart.

The Mad Tea Party Edition is the (very) special edition of ALiCE, and contains the story plus fun bonus features like character interviews and biographies (complete with new art by my illustrator), commentary from the illustrator and I, a new short story written by our other team member, and more! But be warned—the commentary DOES spoil the ending a few times.

We are pulling ALiCE out of distribution on November 1st, but The Mad Tea Party Edition will still be available past that date. For now, both it and the original ALiCE paperbacks are on sale for 20% off on Lulu.com.

You can buy ALiCE in paperback on Lulu.com (20% off), Amazon, and BarnesandNoble.com, and in ebook on Lulu.com, Amazon Kindle, iBooks, Nook, and Kobo.

The Mad Tea Party Edition is available in paperback from Lulu.com (20% off)and in ebook from Lulu.com and Amazon Kindle.  

[Avalon A Roselin]

THE Red Corpse

Avalon A Roselin

While we're on the subject of creepy books, I just so happen to have written one: ALiCE.

To quote the back cover...

Quote:

Christopher Robinson was a typical young man working as an orderly at a children’s asylum, completely unaware that a car accident would change his fate. Now trapped on a strange island inhabited by even stranger people, Christopher must find a way to rescue the child that appeared with him and return to the asylum. Faced with the island’s mysterious, bloody history and his own descent into insanity, Christopher must either save the child (and himself), or spend the rest of his life as a lunatic in a hellish Wonderland.

ALiCE has just the right balance of horror, camp, and reference hunting that makes it an enjoyable read, especially around this time of the year! However, it DOES cover major phobias and issues like sexual assault and child abuse, so while it is oftentimes camped up, it is not for the faint of heart.

The Mad Tea Party Edition is the (very) special edition of ALiCE, and contains the story plus fun bonus features like character interviews and biographies (complete with new art by my illustrator), commentary from the illustrator and I, a new short story written by our other team member, and more! But be warned—the commentary DOES spoil the ending a few times.

We are pulling ALiCE out of distribution on November 1st, but The Mad Tea Party Edition will still be available past that date. For now, both it and the original ALiCE paperbacks are on sale for 20% off on Lulu.com.

You can buy ALiCE in paperback on Lulu.com (20% off), Amazon, and BarnesandNoble.com, and in ebook on Lulu.com, Amazon Kindle, iBooks, Nook, and Kobo.

The Mad Tea Party Edition is available in paperback from Lulu.com (20% off)and in ebook from Lulu.com and Amazon Kindle.

That is most impressive.

Is it quite the pain to self publish? Do you have to pour a lot of money in to it?

The service that I used, Lulu.com, is free and painless. However, it doesn't get you a lot of notice, unless you're willing to shell out a few hundred for marketing. Another self-publishing service, Ingram, costs a little bit of money but puts you in a better position with book stores since they are a wholesale publisher.

Currently my production team and I are in the process of cleaning up the books again as a final edit in the hopes of finding a third party publisher, which is why ALiCE is going to be taken down after this month. We hope that a third party can give us the exposure and marketing that self publishing cannot, and thus make our books more successful than they have been. ALiCE has been available for about two years now, and I had another book up last summer, and to date we've sold just over 100 copies total.

You can make it work, but as we are busy with college/work/life in general we don't have the kind of time to devote to marketing that would make self publishing a truly successful venture. So our fingers are crossed!

And this also means that if we DO become successful and famous, these earlier editions will be extremely rare, and possibly VERY valuable...~  

[Avalon A Roselin]

THE Red Corpse

Avalon A Roselin

How much of a percentage does LuLu take off your sales?

The description does interest me. I'm planning on moving so it will be the Kindle version for me. smile

Not a lot, actually. You are able to set your own price. The biggest expense is the printing cost; Lulu.com only takes a very small percent for its own profit, and it's directly proportionate to how much revenue you give yourself. It was always low. I think I make $3 on Lulu.com sales and they get something like 30 cents, for a $10 book. Other distributors like Amazon and Barnes and Noble take much bigger chunks out of your profit, usually $1.50-$2. But they also give you more exposure through which you make more sales so it evens out.

We would very much appreciate it if you would buy it! Supporting independent publishing is always good because it means no executive meddling or focus groups getting in the way of the story.  

[Rvyner]

I used to read a lot of novels, but converted to manga cause its quicker blaugh
Though I use an e-reader.
And Japan has the most weirdest stuff ever I swear XD
Manga recs..... I'll think about it. Cause its gonna be a long list.  

[Maddy-Mazey]

Junji Ito is a very good horror manga artist! I love the Wicked Lovely series  

[CorvinaRayne]

Avalon A Roselin

While we're on the subject of creepy books, I just so happen to have written one: ALiCE.

To quote the back cover...

Quote:

Christopher Robinson was a typical young man working as an orderly at a children’s asylum, completely unaware that a car accident would change his fate. Now trapped on a strange island inhabited by even stranger people, Christopher must find a way to rescue the child that appeared with him and return to the asylum. Faced with the island’s mysterious, bloody history and his own descent into insanity, Christopher must either save the child (and himself), or spend the rest of his life as a lunatic in a hellish Wonderland.

ALiCE has just the right balance of horror, camp, and reference hunting that makes it an enjoyable read, especially around this time of the year! However, it DOES cover major phobias and issues like sexual assault and child abuse, so while it is oftentimes camped up, it is not for the faint of heart.

The Mad Tea Party Edition is the (very) special edition of ALiCE, and contains the story plus fun bonus features like character interviews and biographies (complete with new art by my illustrator), commentary from the illustrator and I, a new short story written by our other team member, and more! But be warned—the commentary DOES spoil the ending a few times.

We are pulling ALiCE out of distribution on November 1st, but The Mad Tea Party Edition will still be available past that date. For now, both it and the original ALiCE paperbacks are on sale for 20% off on Lulu.com.

You can buy ALiCE in paperback on Lulu.com (20% off), Amazon, and BarnesandNoble.com, and in ebook on Lulu.com, Amazon Kindle, iBooks, Nook, and Kobo.

The Mad Tea Party Edition is available in paperback from Lulu.com (20% off)and in ebook from Lulu.com and Amazon Kindle.

Hmm.. sounds like an interesting book. Something i might have to buy and read. I will check it out more. Thanks for all the info though about the publishing. I have been writing a book myself and hopefully one day can have it finished and published.  

[Avalon A Roselin]

CorvinaRayne

Avalon A Roselin

While we're on the subject of creepy books, I just so happen to have written one: ALiCE.

To quote the back cover...

Quote:

Christopher Robinson was a typical young man working as an orderly at a children’s asylum, completely unaware that a car accident would change his fate. Now trapped on a strange island inhabited by even stranger people, Christopher must find a way to rescue the child that appeared with him and return to the asylum. Faced with the island’s mysterious, bloody history and his own descent into insanity, Christopher must either save the child (and himself), or spend the rest of his life as a lunatic in a hellish Wonderland.

ALiCE has just the right balance of horror, camp, and reference hunting that makes it an enjoyable read, especially around this time of the year! However, it DOES cover major phobias and issues like sexual assault and child abuse, so while it is oftentimes camped up, it is not for the faint of heart.

The Mad Tea Party Edition is the (very) special edition of ALiCE, and contains the story plus fun bonus features like character interviews and biographies (complete with new art by my illustrator), commentary from the illustrator and I, a new short story written by our other team member, and more! But be warned—the commentary DOES spoil the ending a few times.

We are pulling ALiCE out of distribution on November 1st, but The Mad Tea Party Edition will still be available past that date. For now, both it and the original ALiCE paperbacks are on sale for 20% off on Lulu.com.

You can buy ALiCE in paperback on Lulu.com (20% off), Amazon, and BarnesandNoble.com, and in ebook on Lulu.com, Amazon Kindle, iBooks, Nook, and Kobo.

The Mad Tea Party Edition is available in paperback from Lulu.com (20% off)and in ebook from Lulu.com and Amazon Kindle.

Hmm.. sounds like an interesting book. Something i might have to buy and read. I will check it out more. Thanks for all the info though about the publishing. I have been writing a book myself and hopefully one day can have it finished and published.

I'm sure that you can. Remember to post about it here when you do so we can all check it out!  

[Maddy-Mazey]

THE Red Corpse

madelynheston

Junji Ito is a very good horror manga artist! I love the Wicked Lovely series

Ermahgerd, I love Junji Ito. His stories and art are so awesome.

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Omg yes! I just found out about him this year so I'm slowly catching up sweatdrop