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Hi All,

I have been writing a number of short stories over the last few months. Friends and family who know of these escapades have been saying "I want to read some"! (Aw, thanks guys)

... So I wondered how best to share my work with them. My orignal plan was just to send some of the stories out with my yearly Christmas letter.... but then I thought of a (maybe) better idea:

Self-publish a short-story collection on Kindle, for friends / family to buy for a couple of quid.

This way, people who want to read my writing can (and those who don't, don't have to), I get to be published and maybe reach a wider audience, and I get some money in my pocket to boot.

(Obviously I would need to be careful not to publish anything that I've submitted to a competition, and vice versa.)

What do others think of this plan? Is it a bad idea, is it exploiting my friends, or is it good business sense? Do any of you have experience of self-publishing with Kindle?

I'd be very grateful for any opinion / feedback.

Wow. Note the fact that I don't seem to doubt that my friends / family would fork out to read my work!
Hmmm. This could be an embarrassing Christmas.

Hi Philippa,
I've just spotted your post. I've written quite a few short stories too. Five of them have been published, but I have got quite a collection of unpublished ones. Although I've never really considered self-publishing before, I have recently been thinking about it, like you. I can't help you with Kindle though, as I know nothing about it! So - someone else - please give us some ideas!

Thanks Hil.

I am just looking at the link you gave in the other post too.