Author Nina Godiwalla explains how her aspirations have changed since writing and promoting her first book. Godiwalla sees writing a book as a releasing a product that is part of a larger business. In promoting her book, she gains feedback that allows her to take next steps and better control the process underlying her writing and speaking.
I received a pleasant note from a multi-talented author that would like to self-publish or have a major house do the honor. This is not an unusual goal. But today, I decided to spice my reply with a little more sour than sweet, revealing in the process where I believe the book industry is at this point, and what it is requiring. I think these comments are applicable, generally, and I hope you, too will find them useful....
Once your website is done, tested properly, made live on the internet it doesn’t mean that your work is done...
Once your website is done, tested properly, made live on the internet it doesn\\\'t mean that your work is done. Just by doing this you still stand at the same place where you were before hosting the website....
Would you rather...write a book and give it to someone else to sell who will take 85% of the profits Or Write a book and make 100% of the profits using the same tools to sell your book as a mainstream publisher. Broke authors can make money from traditional publishing royalties but the chances of getting rich are almost the same chances as winning a lottery....
In the past, authors viewed self-publishing as vanity press. Is this a fair assessment? And in these tough economic times, with publishers fearing reduced sales, will it become more of an option?...
Be interviewed. Be recorded. Be heard on iTunes. The leader in the self-publishing industry introduces its Podcast Marketing Packages....
One of the greatest obsatcles for many writers is the criteria for publishing. You can get over this obstacle when you put you manuscript in the hands of the right publishers....
If you can clearly understand a specific problem, want, need or desire of a large enough target audience and then create a publication that helps them get what they want, you stand to make a lot of money and help a great number of people at the same time....
Newly engaged? Congratulations and best wishes! In all of the excitement of a fresh engagement, it can be easy to forget about some of the practical things that need to be handled. Here is some practical advice for the newly engaged to make sure that you get everything off on the right foot....
Is your work in the public domain? What is this, and why should you care? As a writer you automatically own the rights to your work*. Your work is NOT in the public domain unless you put it there, through Creative Commons for example....