[Trombone-l] Church music, tbn solos

[Raymond Horton]

I appreciate the advice.  You are probably right.  But I am not a 
business person, and really don't want to fool with it.  .  I just want 
to make them available to the most people with the least stress. 

I do the initial engraving in Finale, the publisher would just have to 
edit and make them conform to standards. 

I don't think I will make a ton of money either way from this either 
way, but, you could be right.  On the other hand, if there really were a 
big market for good sacred solo books for trombone and piano, the Bill 
Pierce books would still be in print. 

Ray

Thomas Ervin wrote:

> *Ray, publish them yourself, as I did. Or we should talk about me 
> publishing them for you.
>
> Folks will say "It's easy to get them printed; it's harder to get them 
> sold." They are almost entirely correct. It is a challenge now to get 
> any publisher to invest in printing, say, 1000 sets, promise you 
> not-very-much per item sold, advertise, push them onto store shelves, 
> do all that bookkeeping.
>
> It was a music publisher who advised me to publish my own. I spend a 
> bit more time licking my own stamps, but the profit margin is much 
> higher and one gets to write to nice people. The trombone market is 
> not a difficult target. Resellers will include Hickeys and Robt King. 
> An occasional ad in ITJ, OTJ classifieds, and appearances on eBay and 
> AmazonStores will all help. A website is a good idea too. Get them 
> reviewed by somebody at ITJ.
>
> I'd be confident that the church market is also not a difficult target 
> to find, but I do not know that segment of the business. I *think* you 
> will sell more to trombonists like us, than to church libraries, but 
> I've been wrong now and then.
>
> Printing is cheap. If your capital is severely limited then print 50 
> sets at first. I'll buy your first set if you'll let me. Once you can 
> afford to print 1000, the unit cost is wonderfully cheap. Proofread 
> them carefully!
> *
> *Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Church Music for Trbn Quartet
> *Along this line, I have almost completed a set of sacred solo 
> arrangements for trombone and piano. My publisher for trombone 
> ensembles, Cimarron Music, wants to publish it but I am unhappy with 
> sales there. What publishers would you expect to see such a collection 
> published by?
> Raymond Horton
>
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