Brian Jud ran the first of my 50 Reasons Why You Should Write That Book in his “Marketing Matters Newsletter” yesterday. You can see it here: http://www.bookmarketingworks.com/mktgmattersnews
I’m the “Guest Columnist” this week.
If you haven’t done so already, go to my newest website and sign up for the free ebooklet, 50 Reasons Why You Should Write That Book. http://www.patriciafry.com
This ebooklet will help you to determine whether or not you are ready to produce your book and what you need to do or to consider before doing so. As you know, publishing is not an extension of your writing. Writing is a craft—a heart thing—and publishing is a seriously competitive business. You will need to enter into the world of publishing using completely different methods, skills and mindset than you used while writing your wonderful book. And this ebooklet helps you to understand just what steps you must take now in order to successfully enter into the publishing field.
You might read this ebooklet and realize the importance of hiring an editor before showing your book around to agents/publishers or even before self-publishing. You may discover that you haven’t given your audience much thought and you really need to make some changes to your book before it is publisher (and reader)-ready. You might decide that you want to pursue a small traditional publisher rather than go with the first pay-to-publish company that tries to woo you. (Some new authors simply don’t know what all of their options are.)
You may decide to hold off on producing your how-to, business book, memoir or novel until you’ve spent more time building your platform and designing a marketing plan. Likewise, you may choose to build your website before you come out with the book (the recommendation of most experts).
The thing is, if you are not appropriately prepared to become an author and if your book doesn’t have all of the aspects and elements necessary in today’s publishing climate, you are pretty much wasting your time if you proceed with it. This FREE 24-page ebooklet could make the difference between a successful book and a failed one.
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Contact me here PLFry620@yahoo.com for a consultation appointment (via email or phone), estimate for manuscript editing, help with your book proposal etc. Sign up for one of my 7 online courses http://www.matilijapress.com/courses.htm
Several of you have downloaded my ebooklet: 50 Reasons Why You Should Write That Book. I’d like to hear from you. Did it make a difference in your publishing plans? If so, in what way? PLFry620@yahoo.com.