Publishing on demand: a new world of freedom!

Newsflash: 100 CATCH A DREAMER books are now resting peacefully on my studio table.
They have been printed packaged and delivered to my door... and are waiting to be delivered to the first 100 folks who have been eagerly awaiting a chance to buy this book.( I have a rich fantasy life) For the hard (and soft ) facts check out: http://www.dovetailpublications

Publishing on demand means that you can actually demand to be published. That really appeals to me, who, on a few but rare occasions has been called a demanding person. This accusation has been asserted when I, hoped for, wished for, and yes demanded control of how my art got printed, posted, pictured, and presented.

Were these demands met? Sometimes, but never enough times.

But now I FIND MYSELF IN THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF PRINTING ON DEMAND. I have escaped the necessity of ordering what the overseas printers decide are minimum orders...would you believe 2500? Yes, the price per book is cheap, but the outlay is out of reach for ordinary private citizens like me.

Hurray for digital printing which permits me to be the actual publisher. What power trip!
I choose the size, the layout, the colors, the number of pages, and above all THE CONTENT
OF MY OWN BOOK.

No more censorship from the movers and shakers in the publishing world:

" Not everyone loves the UN, Helen. Possibly could you not emphasize the role of the UN in regard to children's rights?"

" I have some questions about the use of tapestries as illustrations in this book. People don't really understand that medium."

" The book is too arty for most people. More realism is needed in your art"

" Jim's words ( Jim Petersen wrote the poetry) are lovely but the meanings might be obscure for some. "

"The colors are a bit too bright. Bright is out. Too sixties"

And finally:

"Most people really don't care about the rights of children, at least not enough to buy a book about it. We sell to the masses."

So for all you demanding folks out there, who demand to be respected as individuals and not jammed into a box of mass ideas , tastes and beliefs or what others perceive as the values of the masses, I say to you support the efforts of the out of the box writers, artists, musicians and other non conforming idealists.

All of this springs from the wonders of the digital world which allows some
folks to to do their thing, without being thinged by the gate keepers.