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B.S. Alert!
Publishing a book has never been, and will never be, as easy as this story makes it look. In real life Aunt Marie would threaten to sue Harry if he published the material on her drug habit. His brother no longer speaks to him, but won’t tell Harry why. The formatting didn’t work quite right in Microsoft Word and for some unexplainable reason, saving it as a pdf made all the pages too large. CreateSpace informs you that there’s not enough space on your spine, but you don’t know how
to correct it. You end up hiring a professional graphic artist, who’s running two months behind and now won’t reply to your e-mails. What should have cost nothing and taken a total of 6 months ends up taking a year and a half and costing $1000. Publishing may be revolutionized, but it’s still publishing!Snoozer Alert!
If the above discussion convinces you that all you need to set up is a one page, Danny Kofke
look-alike blog, then the following is overkill – way too much information. If you’re not intooptimizing your site for search engines, feel free to skim or skip. Seriously, it’s okay
Snoozer Alert!
Some authors want motivational stories to renew their zeal to write and sell books. Others need
to know in sufficient detail how to mail their galleys next week. I offer something for both.
The problem with providing essential details to those who need them is that those who don’t
need them will be bored to tears. Tip: When you find yourself slogging through a chapter that
doesn’t scratch where you itch, skim the main subheadings and move on to a more relevant
chapter. Otherwise, you may stop reading altogether and miss the information you desperately
need today.
4 comments:
Theresa, thanks for sharing this post from Steve. The book sounds like it is interesting. I like the way he puts in the Snooze Alerts. Believe me I have found out in the publishing of my first book that it is not as easy people make it sound. I am looking forward to checking out Steve's book. Hopefully it will help me miss some of the bumps in the road.
His style of writing is quite entertaining and he really gets the message across. He has some great strategies for helping authors of all kinds.
Great book. I had to buy a paperback copy from him so I could highlight everything that I needed/wanted to do. Thanks for hosting him here, Theresa!
Do you want to sell more books? This aptly titled book will help you do just that! It's not only informative and highly user-friendly, but is amusing and entertaining at the same time. J. Steve Miller shares his extensive experience and success in selling his own books by providing many pages filled with specific links to important websites - invaluable shortcuts saving valuable time and effort for new and emerging authors - accompanied by humorous anecdotes and constant encouragement. A must-read for small-press and self-published authors!
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