I hope you enjoyed and learned from my seven day “Authorship is a Business” series I ran from June 21 to June 27, 2012. You might want to print out each post in this series.
To recap, we covered:
1: The importance of writing the right book for the right audience. For those of you who don’t think this is important—who are spending your time writing something just because you want to write it—you’ll definitely understand the value in this advice once you attempt to promote and sell your book.
2: Session two focuses on your business plan for your book—the book proposal. What is the value of the book proposal? Remember, many traditional publishers want to see a book proposal. But a well-designed, complete book proposal is also extremely valuable to the author who wants to produce a viable product.
3: I advised you to keep your audience in mind while you are writing your book so you are more apt to end up with a book they can enjoy or that they will find useful.
4: In order to successfully publish a book, you must study the publishing industry. Session four of this series provides a lot of resources for you.
5: Here, I laid out your publishing options. There are more than just the big 6 publishers and pay-to-publish companies.
6: Do you need an editor? Chances are excellent that you do. Plan ahead to pay a good book editor to fine tune your book before you approach publishers or self-publish your book.
7: I attempted to explain here that book promotion is not something to be pursued for a few weeks once the book is published. It should be a consideration and a study from the moment you decide to write a book for publication.
I see that sales for my latest two books were up over the weekend both at Amazon.com and at my Matilija Press site. Yay! I hope this means that those of you who hadn’t already purchased these books, were placing orders. The books that you’ll find most valuable are:
Publish Your Book, Proven Strategies and Resources for the Enterprising Author
Promote Your Book, Over 250 Proven, Low-Cost Tips and Techniques for the Enterprising Author.