How To Make Your Book A Best Seller
Posted on June 14, 2008 - Filed Under Writing and Speaking | Leave a Comment
Turn on the light. Unlock the door. Here are the amazing secrets that can no longer be kept in the dark!
So how do books become best sellers?
Usually hyped out of this world by the publisher, if he thinks he has a good seller on his hands. But we’re not talking publishers. We are going to talk about you. I have seen books which were amazing and sold zilch. Why not? No hype.
From here we are assuming you have written a book. A “How To” type book which you fully researched before you even wrote it because we all know, don’t we? You check out the potential market first!
Read More..>>The Best Way To Publish Your First Book
Posted on June 9, 2008 - Filed Under Writing and Speaking | Leave a Comment
People ask me all the time, “Is it better to try to find a traditional publisher or to self-publish?”
My answer is always, “It depends.” It depends on your goals, your resources, your book idea, the marketplace. There are many factors to consider.
Nevertheless, there are several good reasons to consider self-publishing first.
1. It’s very, very difficult for a first-time author to get published these days by a legacy, or traditional, publisher.Ironically, part of the reason for this is precisely because the current technology makes it so easy to publish! There are so many books out there, the bookstore shelves are overcrowded (and that distribution mode is so flawed—but don’t get me started on that!). Publishers are more and more wary of publishing unproven authors.
Read More..>>Book Proposal Examples - What You Can Learn From Them
Posted on June 8, 2008 - Filed Under Writing and Speaking | Leave a Comment
“I’ve read a lot about book proposals,” say beginning writers. “But the advice is always different. I’m confused.”
Confusion is natural because of one little-known fact. It’s something few people in publishing will tell you, but I’ll explain this secret in a moment. First let me ask you: Have you seen any examples of book proposals? If not, this is your opportunity to learn what somebody else’s book proposal can teach you about writing your own book proposal — and it’s quite a lot.
Read More..>>Six Simple Steps To Successful Publishing
Posted on June 3, 2008 - Filed Under Writing and Speaking | Leave a Comment
Doing a simple search on the net for predators and editors, it is easy to discover how many individuals and companies are waiting to take advantage of writers. Making grandiose promises of making their book a best seller, they con unsuspecting writers out of the money, talent and royalties. Even those writers who do the research can find that they have been taken advantage, However, with the new technological advances in computers and in printing, writers no long have to depend on others to make their publishing dream come true. Print on demand opens the door for authors to not only maintain creative control, but also retain all of the profits from their work. There are six simple steps to getting your book successfully published and distributed.
Read More..>>Internet Authors Live In The Present
Posted on June 2, 2008 - Filed Under Writing and Speaking | Leave a Comment
Internet Authors are living in the present? They have to. In fact, any author needs to think about what’s happening now, right now, this minute. Whether it’s thinking about how to finish a chapter, or whether their character suddenly became unbelievable, or how the dialogue sounds. When they’re hunched over their new creation, they need to be there, really be there, in the here and now.
Read More..>>How To Find Hot Book Publishing Ideas At Your Workplace
Posted on June 2, 2008 - Filed Under Writing and Speaking | Leave a Comment
Everybody knows that publishing a book can greatly enhance your image as a professional as well as having the potential to create a wonderful new profit center for virtually anybody. The only major problem and challenge is in finding the right ideas that will ensure the cash tills are constantly ringing. After all, nobody wants to produce a book that is boring and doesn’t sell.
Read More..>>The Hare, The Tortoise, And Publishing
Posted on June 2, 2008 - Filed Under Writing and Speaking | Leave a Comment
In Aesop’s fable of The Hare and the Tortoise, these two animals agree to a race. Everyone knows that a hare is fast while a tortoise is slow. However, during the race, the hare decides to take a rest part way through and falls asleep. As a result the tortoise wins the race. Aesop’s moral in this story is “slow and steady wins the race.” Aesop could have written this fable for small publishers. Small publishers should model their business plan after the tortoise in this tale; slow and steady.
Read More..>>Book Proposal Tables Of Contents - Why You Need Two
Posted on May 28, 2008 - Filed Under Writing and Speaking | Leave a Comment
Why should I even bother with a table of contents for my book proposal? you say. The book proposal itself is so short, anyone who picks it up can simply leaf through until they find the section they want.
This is a common misconception shared by beginning and experienced writers alike. The answer to the question is twofold. Your book proposal needs a table of contents because it helps people find the section they want to read, even if it’s only a ten-page book proposal. Second, the table of contents indicates that you have an orderly mind, which is something editors like.
Read More..>>Book Proposal Author Credentials Section - Why You Need To Think Big
Posted on May 27, 2008 - Filed Under Writing and Speaking | Leave a Comment
You’re smart, you’re ambitious, and you’re a writer. It’s time for you to make your mark on the publishing world. So how do you go about doing it? Simple. By writing a book.
Nothing says success in the publishing world like being a book author. Articles and short stories are fine, but writing a book will give you credibility like no article or short story ever could.
How do you get a book published? As anyone who knows anything about publishing will tell you, there’s really only one way to do that these days. With a book proposal. And every book proposal has to have an “about the author” section in which you tell why you’re qualified to write the book.
Read More..>>Literary Agency - Big Or Small - Which Is Best?
Posted on May 21, 2008 - Filed Under Writing and Speaking | Leave a Comment
I hate the idea of getting lost in a big corporation. It just reminds me too much of Kafka’s ‘The Trial.’ Remember when Joseph K. Was trying to find out why they had arrested him, but he was shuffled back and forth between lawyers and court officials and women working in the court system, and he never did find out, until at the end of the novel he’s no wiser than at the beginning. You can have the same type of experience if you get hooked up with the wrong literary agency.
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