How far outside your comfort zone have you stepped with your book project? Do you thrive on the tasks involved with publishing a book or is each new aspect torture? Do you love or hate the learning curve that you face as an author?
If you’re like most new authors, you’ve faced numerous opportunities to stretch as you walk the publishing path, and it isn’t all fun and games. Some authors actually attempt to bypass important steps and responsibilities related to the publishing process. They say, “What do I need an editor for; I know how to write,” or “I don’t want to do any research, so I’ll just go with the cheapest publisher,” or “I’m not going to promote this book—that’s what bookstores are for.”
Authors with these points of view end up being one of the 76 percent of authors who fail each year.
Publishing, for an experienced businessman or woman or someone with a strong marketing background is daunting enough. For anyone without this advantage, it can be extremely intimidating and overwhelming. That’s why so many hopeful authors omit the most distasteful tasks from the process of publishing their books. And that’s also why they fail.
They avoid writing a book proposal. They decide not to spend money for an editor or a cover designer. They may stubbornly reject the idea of participating in book promotion. And several months down the road, when their book is dead in the water, they wonder why.
If you dream of seeing your novel in print, you’ve decided to publish your memoirs or you have a how-to or self-help book in the works, and you want a successful outcome, you need to take the process of publishing seriously. Publishing is a business, after all.
Authors who can shift from the craft of writing and become totally committed to the process of publishing will have the best chance of succeeding in this highly competitive business.
An excellent first step in successful publishing is to read my book, The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book. I wrote it specifically for those who are new to publishing as well as published authors who are struggling. Do what others who have been reading my blog and following me on Twitter have done lately—order my book and find the publishing path that is right for you. http://www.matilijapress.com/rightway.html
• How does publishing work? What are the steps?
• How do you prepare a manuscript for publication?
• What are your publishing options?
• What are the pros and cons of each option?
• How does one locate the right publisher?
• What are your responsibilities as a published author?
• What are the costs of disregarding basic publishing procedures?
• How does an ordinary person successfully promote a book?
These are just some of the things you’ll begin to understand after reading The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book. Contact me with your questions: PLFry620@yahoo.com