Publish Your Book is the perfect book for new and struggling authors. This is the book I and others recommend to help you, as an author, gain a better understanding of the publishing industry, your options and your responsibility as a published author.
Are you having trouble deciding which publishing option to choose? Are you confused about which company to go with or which publishing contract to accept? While recommendations are useful, not every publisher is right for every author and every book project. There are things you must be aware of and consider before you make the very important decision as to who you will entrust to publish your book. Publish Your Book has a section that will help you to make the best choice on behalf of your book.
When you begin the grueling process of selecting a publisher, it should not be a matter of who will accept your project first or which one is less expensive—but which one is going to help you fulfill your goals as a published author.
But first, you need to know what are your goals. Are they reasonable? What can you expect as a published author, etc? The author with the most reasonable expectations and goals is the author who has taken the time to become well-informed about the publishing industry before getting involved.
Tomorrow, I will list some of the things you will learn about the publishing field, about how your project will fit into the scheme of things.
Here are some of the testimonials for Publish Your Book:
Patricia Fry does a great job of providing both realism and encouragement to authors who are enthusiastic about publishing their books. I believe in good planning in the publishing process, and Chapter One alone is worth the price of admission.” (Scott Flora, vice president, About Books, Inc.)
“Patricia Fry has written an eye-opening book that tells it like it really is. Would-be authors who want to make their book a commercial success should read this for an insurmountable head start over all other others. It is comprehensive, well written, up to date, and highly informative. I believe it is one of the most helpful publishing books out there.” (Brian Jud, author of How to Make Real Money Selling Books and Beyond the Bookstore)
“Patricia really knows about publishing! Her book offers years of wisdom and powerful insights on writing, publishing, and marketing your book for anyone serious about book publishing success.” (Debbie Allen, international business speaker and bestselling author of Confessions of Shameless Self-Promoters)
“This book provides generous doses of insider information about the publishing process.” (Jeff Herman, literary agent and author of Jeff Herman’s Guide to Book Publishers, Editors, and Literary Agents)
Order your copy of Publish Your Book in print, Kindle or audio at Amazon.com or at most any other online or downtown bookstore. Also available at my website: http://www.matilijapress.com
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Just for fun, be sure to order your Kindle version of my first fiction book, Catnapped, a Klepto Cat Mystery. I’m still waiting for more reviews—please, if you’ve read it, write a review at Amazon. But I see that sales are up this morning. Yay!!! Check it out here: http://amzn.to/14OCk0W