So I think sometimes about the term dime novel and I asked myself is that what I'm creating just dime novels Or am I creating something even less and that's we're gonna talk about in this video Now before I get into the main topic of this video I want to talk about the channel itself and the production quality Believe it or not, I used to run a beauty production company and I know that I can do better than this I intended to have intended to since the beginning I started this channel when I was still in Washington state and I tried a few locations in my apartment there looking for something that would give me better lighting better audio and Then I made a very rushed trip a rushed move rather to the Atlanta area and when I first got here I tried some different locations including recording in closets that were very hot because I had no AC at the time and then I just sort of settled on what I what you see now But I still intend to improve things so if you're turned off by the low production quality Understand that I intend to make it better. I just don't have a lot of time at energy right now My day job takes a lot out of me Anyway, going back to the topic of this video the dime novel Understand the term means more than just the price. It was the whole implication of being fast and cheap etc But I just want to talk about the Financial part the money I am after all intending someday, which I don't really think it's gonna happen but I would like to be able to live just off-make creative works and so I offer my books for sale. That's how you earn money, right and and for example The ambitions of Kreltock which actually let me show you the more current version current cover Book one in the chronicles of a dollar you can buy that as an ebook for a dollar Which sounds like a lot more than a dime model. I mean let's face it A dollar is more than a dime Except that's a dollar in 2024 money and the term dime novel goes back to 1860 and the purchasing power of a dime when the first dime novel was released is about three dollars and seventy cents now So when I'm offering my creative work for 99 cents That's that's a novel Short for fantasy, but it's a novel for 99 cents. That's more like what three cents in 1860 That implies it's less than a dime novel Book two in the chronicles of the jar The warnings of jorum which also have the original cover on that too This is 299 sounds an awful lot more than a dime But as I said purchasing power to dime in 1860 is about three dollars and seventy cents in 2024 so I am and admittedly these are the the ebook prices The paperbacks are more But I'm selling my Creative work and hoping to live off my creativity at prices less than a dime model That's What does that mean does it mean I'm I'm cheap. Does it mean the market is low people don't value books? And I think that part of that people not value books like Maybe somebody goes and looks at a book and yeah, I might read that if it was free But I don't spend a dollar on it even though again going back to 1860 prices. That's three cents ish What can you buy for a dollar these days? I mean you go to the dollar store the stuff kinds of things you can buy holiday decorations or cheap cards or kitchen tools whatever it may be but It's for something that you can enjoy over and over again You can read it and if you liked it read it again. I mean I've there are books. I've read two dozen times Okay, that's what's that one book or one series of books that would be you get obviously the Lord of the Rings But anyway, when you buy a book you don't know you might read it once and hate it or you might read it and just really love it One read it again and when you buy it It you can read it as many times as you want so that one dollar or two ninety nine All less than the 1860 equivalent of a dime novel Can go a long way and On top of that when I'm you know, I say that I'm selling these books or offering these books, you know at 99 cents or two ninety nine I'm not really The amount that I get from that is substantially less because the platforms where I sell them Take a chunk so for a minute and I said book I might get 35 cents Compare that to the 1860 prices and now we're down to what one cent I'm getting one cent for for a novel I spent hours and hours writing and editing and somebody can have it and My benefit is one cent in 1860 terms 35 cents ish in So Is it realistic that I'm going to you know someday live off my creator's works like I want to? It's it's possible. It's not impossible, but I have to sell a Massive number of books for that to happen and I have friends who do that they sell huge amounts of books and earn quite well I have not accomplished that Anyway, that's enough babbling I've probably drawn out this point too long, but Actually, I'm before I go I want to talk about that first time novel. I did read it because of my interest in this notion of the time novel I took the time to make myself read that first time novel. It's awful reading but if you want a Look into What 1860 society in the United States would find allow to be published Well, you gave it a give it a read. It's Not something that could be published today without some outcry But as a historical reference it's interesting Anyway, that is enough for now if you'd like to spend a dollar by in the ebook version of The ambitions of Kreltock to start the Chronicles of Medar series you'll find out link for that below Thanks, and I hope to see you again soon. Oh, by the way, please like my video and subscribe if you like it Okay, yeah enough of that. Bye