Getting Published by Traditional Publishers is Harder than Ever … But There is Hope
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Last week I attended the CBA Advance publishing conference. It was geared toward helping retailers (i.e. book store owners) strategize about how to deal with industry changes and challenges. At such conferences, there is always a publishers Expo, and that was what interested me. I got to talk with other authors, a few editors, sales people, retailers, and publishing executives. I also got to “walk the floor” and just look at who is publishing what.
I was encouraged and surprised to discover a few new publishing companies I hadn’t even heard of before—publishers that had sprung up in the past few years. Then there were the tried and true publishers, who had been around for decades. Some of those, however, had been bought out by larger companies, such as Howard Books which is now owned by Simon & Schuster, one of the big New York houses.
Observation and conversation with authors and publishers confirmed that it is getting more and more difficult to get published. However, authors who both understand how traditional publishing works and who take time to build their platform create a definite edge for themselves.
Of course, that made me smile. In fact, when I mentioned my introductory coaching course, Jump Start Your Book: 12 Questions You Must Answer Before You Write Your First Word, publishers got excited and said that is exactly what authors need to do to create a winning book proposal and saleable book.
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