You had a good showing in the contest, even with a late start. You can be proud of your accomplishment!

Instead of self-publishing, why don’t you continue with Inkshares and do it the the way the rest of us do - keep plugging and get 750 pre-orders?

Publishing with Inkshares gives you many advantages over self-pub.
Editing, marketing, a sales team and access to lots of bookstores, a great royalty program, etc.

I am in the process of booking a Barnes & Noble tour for my Inkshares book - that is something I would have near zero chance of doing with a self-published book.

I’m an unknown writer with an unknown book from a small town in New Hampshire.

I didn’t win any contests and don’t have a large social-media following. So if I can do this, you can too!

Another way you could keep an involvement with Inkshares is to submit to The Inkshares Authors Anthology. This project stands a 98% chance of reaching the 750 pre-order level and I would love to see you be part of that!

Here is a link to the Anthology page:

https://www.inkshares.com/books/earth-in-the-year-10-000

I’ll be interested to see what value you place on Trump’s net worth. The Donald pegs it at north of Nine Billion$, while others estimate it in a range of 3 to 4 Billion. Nice neighborhood either way.

The hardest to quantify variables are probably Goodwill &  Brand value. Trump employs a liberal assessment (to get to his 9 Bill $ figure, while the financial press tends to be more conservative in these areas.

You might be interested to know that I sued Mr. Trump in 2007 and a barely fictionalized account of that adventure is contained in my own Inkshares book SecretAgentMan.

Unlike others who have sued him, he did not lash out at me - I suppose that could change if he reads my account of the story. I hope not.

Good luck with this project, sir. I’m looking forward to it.

Via email to myklwalsh (at) yahoo.com