Traditional and Self-Publishing Companies have different advantages and disadvantages. Choosing the right publisher for your book can begin simply by analyzing information on a publisher’s website. From there, you can compare different companies and crunch your numbers to decide which publisher or publishing option is the best one for your book. Many first-time authors want … [Read more...]
New York Publisher or Small Press?
Anybody in this business who is right more than 50 percent of the time is a genius. —Former Simon & Schuster President Richard Snyder If you haven’t yet read Scott Berg’s wonderful book, Max Perkins: Editor of Genius, you have a treat in store. Back in the twenties, thirties, and forties, publishing was small potatoes. In those simpler days when publishing was a … [Read more...]
Approaching Agents & Publishers While Self-Publishing
Many nonfiction book writers ask how to approach an agent or publisher. Today the question is when to approach them. Traditionally, writers had to decide between selling out and self-publishing. Their considerations were often reduced to money, time and control. Money. If your publisher prints 5000 copies, the book sells for $19.95 and your royalty is 6% of the cover price … [Read more...]
The Real Dough is Outside of the Cookie Cutter
Your creativity-your ability to use your imagination to create new ways to promote your books-will impress publishers because they show little creativity when they promote their books. Large houses publish hundreds of books a year, so they can't devote enough time or money to creating the most effective marketing campaigns for every book they publish. Even the big books that … [Read more...]
The Challenges of an Indie Publisher
When I decided to become the first author of an independent Publisher, I had no idea what I was getting into. There are benefits to being part of a small independent publisher who’s just starting out, but there are also drawbacks. Since I’m the type of person who prefers to make lemonade out of lemons, I was up for the challenge. After the exhausting process of querying my … [Read more...]
Get Ready to Get Your Book Published
It really thrills me to see so many people interested in writing books — people from every slice of the American pie. Your numbers are impressive, but it is your passion that motivates me to encourage you. Your work, whether academic, literary, genre fiction, self-help or the most basic how-to, is valuable, and you should work as tirelessly on behalf of its publication as you … [Read more...]