Creating Multi-Author Box Sets

By Marcy Kennedy, @MarcyKennedy

Part of the Indie Author Series

Over the past few months, we’ve talked about why we might want to create a box set of our books, how to create a single-author ebook box set, and our options for creating a print book box set.

Today I’ll be closing out the mini-series by looking at multi-author box sets.

A multi-author box set is a collection of short stories, novellas, or novels by different authors. By definition, these works are also sold independently.

Creating a Print Book Box Set

By Marcy Kennedy, @MarcyKennedy

Part of the Indie Author Series

The last two months we’ve looked at why we might want to create a box set of our books and how to create a single-author ebook box set. This month I wanted to look at one of the most challenging questions for indie authors when it comes to box sets: Is there a way to create a print book box set for our books?

The short answer is yes. Whether or not we’ll feel the options are workable for us, though, requires examining them carefully.

Creating Single-Author Box Sets: Part Two

By Marcy Kennedy, @MarcyKennedy

Part of the Indie Author Series

Last time we looked at the benefits of putting together a box set. This time I want to dig down into what we need to think about on a practical level once we’ve decided that a box set is a good idea.

So here are the most important items when creating a box set…

Decide how many books (and what books) to include.

Single-author box sets tend to be the most successful when we’re bundling up books from the same series in chronological order.

Creating Single-Author Box Sets: Part One

By Marcy Kennedy, @MarcyKennedy  

Part of the Indie Author Series

One of the important elements of a successful indie author career is putting as many products as possible out into the world. The more items we have for sale, the better our chances that someone will stumble upon one of them or find one that interests them. Box sets are a great way to increase the number of products we have for sale without too much additional work.

Before I dive into the nitty-gritty, let’s make sure we all understand what I mean when I say box set.