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Playwrights, start a mailing list of past productions to market your latest plays

Playwrights, start a mailing list of past productions to market your latest plays

by Hillary DePiano | Apr 26, 2016 | Evergreen, External Stimuli, Playwriting and Theatre

I’ve mentioned that most of my productions come from my mailing list but what if you don’t have one yet? This question come from a comment on one of the other posts in this series, but I’m popping it out to give it better visibility. Great info,...
What’s the best place for bulk orders of a printed book or script?

What’s the best place for bulk orders of a printed book or script?

by Hillary DePiano | Apr 21, 2016 | Evergreen, Playwriting and Theatre

Do you do bulk orders through CreateSpace? This was part of a longer Mailbag question that I separated out because the answer is long.  In 2002, when I started this self-publishing journey, print-on-demand printing was WAY more expensive than it is now. I used POD...
Invoicing and getting paid for productions of your self-published stage play

Invoicing and getting paid for productions of your self-published stage play

by Hillary DePiano | Apr 14, 2016 | Evergreen, Playwriting and Theatre

Back in this mailbag post, we talked about how you figure out what to charge for licensing a production and how I like to offer a bulk discount on printed scripts for schools and groups doing a show. But what we didn’t address in that post was how you actually...
Licensing productions, performance agreements & contracts for a self-published stage play

Licensing productions, performance agreements & contracts for a self-published stage play

by Hillary DePiano | Apr 12, 2016 | Evergreen, Playwriting and Theatre

Someone wants to perform your self-published play, woohoo! But, uh, how do you know what to charge? How do you go about licensing productions? How do you craft a good performance agreement? That’s what we’re covering in today’s question from the...
Getting The Drama Book Store or any brick and mortar bookstore to stock your self-published play or book

Getting The Drama Book Store or any brick and mortar bookstore to stock your self-published play or book

by Hillary DePiano | Apr 5, 2016 | Evergreen, My Writing, Playwriting and Theatre

I mentioned back in this post that I was a vendor with the Drama Book Shop which is one of the largest and most influential theatre bookstores in the world. That means they physically stock some of my plays in their awesome store. This questions asks for some...
What’s the deal with sellers listing “used” copies of my newly self-published book?

What’s the deal with sellers listing “used” copies of my newly self-published book?

by Hillary DePiano | Mar 29, 2016 | Evergreen, Playwriting and Theatre

Here’s another one from the mailbag about self-publishing a stage play… I’ve noticed that on both your sales pages and mine, there are listings for “New” and “Used” copies of our respective books. How can that be if...
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Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
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