Ingredients of a Bestseller at the Author Entrepreneurship Magazine
Welcome to the New Years/Winter 2014 issue of the Author Entrepreneurship Magazine blog
I created this magazine to help authors create sustainable and successful careers. It is my gift to you!
This issue’s theme is Ingredients of a Besteller.
Welcome to our 12th issue! Woohoo!
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Letter From The Editor
In all my years writing and publishing fiction and nonfiction books — a total of 6 years and 8 books — I have learned that what makes a bestseller is nebulous and not necessarily long-lasting. I don’t mean to be negative; as authors we can’t control what readers do, but we can control what we write and that we write. Several of my books have been bestsellers on Amazon in their category for about a minute, and other books have sold well but never showed up on any list. Many of the authors I’ve interviewed, including Bella Andre and Tina Folsom featured in this issue, report making great sales before showing up on any bestsellers lists.
What exactly is being a bestselling author or having a book that is a bestseller? Well, that depends, but over all it means that your book sells better than other books in a certain time or place. On Amazon, the bestsellers lists are calculated every hour. On other lists like The New York Times, USA Today, and the Wall St. Journal, the bestsellers listings are created based on how many books have sold in a given week, what the season is, where the books are sold, and what the competition is. (More on how bestsellers lists are created are here in an article I wrote on my blog, the Writer’s Fun Zone, in 2010.)
If you’re determined to be a bestseller, just know what you’re up to. Get educated and read the articles in the issue, as well as whatever else you can get your hands on. An educated author can set goals appropriate to their career as it is. To me that’s success!
And Happy New Year! May 2014 be the year you achieve your goals and dreams and have the success you desire.
Best,
Beth Barany
Editor & Publisher
Author Entrepreneurship Magazine
PS. Our Spring 2014 theme is “The State of Publishing” due out mid-April 2014. If you want to write for us, read our guidelines here and send in your query now. Articles are due Feb. 28, 2014.
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I hope you enjoy learning from our peers in these 9 articles. In this issue, you’ll discover:
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Interview with Bestselling Author, Bella Andre: Her Secrets to Success By Beth Barany
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Interview with Bestselling Author, Tina Folsom: Her Secrets to Success By Beth Barany
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Four Ways to Become a Bestselling Author by Ezra Barany
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4 Lessons Learned as Bestseller Birthday Wish Came True by Graciela Tiscareno-Sato
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5 Tips for Turning Your Book into a Bestseller by Vangile Makwakwa
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Strategies for Being a Bestseller from a Do-It-Yourself Publisher by Vince Stead
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Ingredients for a Bestseller: A Just for Fun Step-by-Step Guide for Writers who Otherwise Wouldn’t Cook a Thing by Catharine Bramkamp
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The Way Out of Limbo by Julia Roberts
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The Behind-the-Scenes Ingredients for Being a Bestselling Successful Self-Published Author by Stacey Aaronson
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Here’s the link to the Letter to the Editor and the list of articles: http://
Please tweet and share the articles. Look for the “click to tweet” in each article. Thanks!
Also: It’s about that time again… putting your thinking caps on. The next issue, Spring 2014, is about the State of Publishing.
The deadline for articles is February 28, so if you’re planning to write an article for us, let me know and then send it in by the deadline. Thanks!
As a reminder, here are the writer’s guidelines: http://
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PPS. Because I love to create circles of support, I’ve just launched with Catharine Bramkamp an informal support group for Writing Coaches who write fiction. If you’d like to join us because you’d like to give and get support, and you too are a writing coach who writes fiction, then request to join our Facebook Group here: Coffee Clatch: Virtual Cafe for Writing Coaches.
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