Don’t forget to sign up for my upcoming book proposal course starting September 15th. It’s online, so you don’t have to leave your home to participate. Each student works one-on-one with the instructor. The course is complete, with feedback, so you can actually finish your book proposal within the 8 week period.
And you know, that if you’re working on a book—whether fiction or nonfiction, a book of poetry, a reference book, a book of recovery, a how-to, self-help, novel, romance and even, to some extent, a children’s book, you will need a book proposal. And the sooner the better!
A book proposal is as much (or more) for the author as it is the publisher. Remember, your book is a product. The book proposal, then, is your business plan.
Do you know that a well-researched book proposal will tell you whether or not you have a viable product at all? It will show you how to build promotion into your book. And it will actually help you to write a more saleable book. In this competitive publishing industry, a good book proposal is essential.
While I teach my online classes on-demand, I would like to fill the currently scheduled class: starting Monday, September 15, 2008. Sign up TODAY and reserve your space at http://www.matilijapress.com/course_bookproposal.htm
Questions? Contact me at: PLFry620@yahoo.com
WorldCat.Org
I’m still having fun with the WorldCat.org database. Have you gone there, yet, to see which libraries own your books? This morning I discovered that my book, How to Write a Successful Book Proposal in 8 Days or Less is in a library in Singapore. An Air Force library in Texas carries Creative Grandparenting Across the Miles. And my local history book, The Ojai Valley, An Illustrated History is in 68 libraries throughout the U.S.
Have any of you used WorldCat for research purposes—to find a book you need to flesh out a character or to learn more about a business, individual, hobby or country, for example?
More Interviews
I was involved in another interview over the weekend. This one for Grit for the Oyster. Strange name, don’t you think? It should go live on Friday. I’ll let you know. Be sure to read my September 7, 2008 post to find out how you can locate interview opportunities designed to promote your book. And let us know if you’re aware of interview opportunities that we might want to know about.
Busy in the Shipping Room
I’ve been busy in the shipping room this morning. If you want to receive your copy of The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book (a MUST for every wannabe, hopeful, struggling or even happily published author), place your order within the next few days for delivery before September 15th. As I say over and over again, the key to publishing success is knowledge. And this is the primary reason why I wrote this book—to educate, teach, and help you to make the best decisions possible on behalf of your particular project.
Order your copy of this valuable book for only $19.95 at:
http://www.matilijapress.com/rightway.html
Those of you who own this book, (The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book)I’d love for you to share with me and my blog visitors, what you found most useful, important, valuable, worthwhile… Was there something in the book that saved you money? That you didn’t know? That you are glad you now know? That helped you get published? That was worth way more than the price of the book? We’d like to know: PLFry620@yahoo.com.
A last thought: Those authors who remains silent and do not participate get little exposure and recognition and sell fewer books.