I’m putting the finishing touches on my latest book—on public speaking for authors (Allworth Press). I’m in week 8 of the research, interviews and writing. My deadline is in 2 ½ weeks. I actually hope to finish the fine-tuning this week. I have a new book to promote, after all.
Publish Your Book, Proven Strategies and Resources for the Enterprising Author (Allworth Press) debuted last month and I haven’t even had an opportunity to spread the word. I have a large database of client, customer, etc. names and scads of ideas for promotion. But all of my time right now is taken up by the book in progress.
You, my blog followers, are the only ones I’ve told about Publish Your Book. I hope that, if you’ve found my blog, my articles in the publications you read and my books useful, that you will order a copy of this book and tell your friends, members of your writers group, those on your lists and in the forums you frequent about this book. When you read it, please post a review at amazon.com. In the meantime, this book responds to all of those questions I get pretty much constantly:
• What’s the best way to publish my book?
• How can I find a publisher?
• How does one go about self-publishing?
• Do I need an agent?
• How do I go about getting an agent?
• How do you distribute a book?
• How can I get my book into bookstores?
• What’s the best way to promote a book?
• Can I get my book on Amazon?
• How can I find a legitimate pay-to-publish company?
• Do I need an editor?
• How can I get my book reviewed?
• Do I need a book proposal—why?
• How do I write a book proposal?
• What are the most effective book promotion activities?
• How can I set up book signings?
This is just a fraction of the issues that are covered in this book. And yes, it is for the fiction writer, children’s book writer as well as the nonfiction book author. I went through and counted the tips, information and resources and they number close to a thousand. Yes, it is a viable book and one that every hopeful, new and struggling author should have at his/her elbow.
Order your copy of Publish Your Book from amazon.com or from my website: http://www.matilijapress.com/PublishYourBook.html