If you want to publish your book, you need to think about sales. Many people think that writing and publishing a book automatically means a passive stream of income, passive revenue, easy money. But actually to succeed in the world of publishing you need to sell the book to make the money. And that doesn’t happen by itself. Here’s the bad news. Publishing a book and all that it entails is a business.
Author Career / Book Promotion / publishing
by Beth Barany · Published November 5, 2009 · Last modified December 30, 2009
It you’re a published novelists, I’d like to get your input for an article I’m writing for The National Networker and other venues. We all read in our genre, pay attention to what has recently sold via PublishersWeekly.com. What other strategies do you use to determine what will sell? Do tell! Email me directly by Sunday 11/8 and I will send you my questionnaire.Thanks! http://thenationalnetworkerweblog.blogspot.com/
Often people think that getting published is about getting noticed. But actually getting published is about relationships, relationship with yourself and with your readers. Lots of readers.
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Beth Barany uses social networking for her business and now incorporates it in her work as a creativity coach. In her talk, she provided excellent insight into this exciting and important way to build an author platform.
I have a confession to make: I’m a writing addict.I have to write. Every day. Whether it’s a blog post, a piece of fiction, a marketing blurb or editing job for one of my clients, I just have to do it. Not to mention all the emails I write. What’s the cure?
Start here with resources culled from my email inbox just today:
~~ Jen Sincero’s anything! Her newsletter, her courses, her complimentary teleseminar today: http://writeyourdamnbook.com/freecalloct5.html ~~ Maria Schneider’s blog. Check out today’s post: Giving Yourself Permission, about her optimism about the book publishing industry
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