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As I was thinking through the most valuable things I could give you as “your book publishing coach,” what hit me was that the most important thing you need to know is which of the three publishing paths is right for you.
What, you don’t know what the three publishing paths even are?
Don’t feel bad, few do. Until recently, there weren’t really more than one publishing path.
But as you know if you’ve been reading me at all, things in publishing have changed tremendously.
Now there are three pretty distinct paths of publishing, and if you don’t know what they are and which one you’re on, Read More→
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My name is Katherine. I am 17 years old and attend high school in Ferndale, Washington. One of the requirements for me to be able to graduate is complete a senior culminating project, and I chose to write a book. One of my learning goals includes finding out exactly what it takes to get a book published. I was wondering if you could help me to get the answers I am looking for.
Boy, you asked a big question! Just about everything I’ve written on my blog and various websites are geared toward answering your question. Many of my teleseminars also talk about what it takes to get published, especially the one I did with Terry Whalin at www.askaboutpublishing.com.
So I suggest you poke around my sites, especially this blog. Also, get the Author Success Plan. That 5-part minicourse is packed with insider’s tips on publishing and being a successful author gleaned from my 30+ years in publishing. It answers your question and shows you where to start: With the A-B-C’s of becoming a successful author.
Basically, it boils down to: Read More→
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Ten-year old Kelsey asks, “How can I get published for free?”
Seventeen-year-old Katherine asks, “Exactly what does it take to get published?”
First-time author Kevin sends me his manuscript and wants me to edit it so it can be publishable.
My response to all three people is, “The best thing to do right now is to create a blog and see if anyone is interested in what you have to say and the way you say it.”
Listen carefully, please: Being an author is not what it used to be!
It doesn’t have to necessarily mean having a print book. Not anymore.
Now it means Read More→
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Next Tuesday, I will be conducting a Virtual Book Tour with New York Times best-selling author, Dinesh D’Souza, author of What’s So Great about Christianity. Tyndale, the publisher of the new paperback edition, is hiring me to do this. (You’re invited, of course! Ask a question, sign up at http://www.askaboutchristianity.com.)
How did I learn how to do Virtual Book Tours?
Through master trainer and inventor of Virtual Book Tours, Alex Mandossian.
Virtual Book Tours are only one kind of teleseminar Alex teaches. There are many other forms and purposes for teleseminars, all of which can help authors and business people build a platform, sell more books, stay in touch with their audience, and even create new products at the speed of sound. Not to mention, turn a very nice profit!
Alex will be teaching his premier course, Teleseminar Secrets, in December. Before the training begins, he will be holding a Preview Call. I got you a VIP discount for that call.
Here’s what I’d like you to do:
1. Read my new Publishing Coach Weekly article on “5 Ways to Use Teleseminars to Build an Author Platform–Before or After Your Book is Published.”
2. Ask your question about teleseminars. I’ll be answering them on next week’s Publishing Coach Weekly call.
3. Sign up for Alex Mandossian’s Teleseminar Secrets Preview call on December 4 at http://www.teleseminarsecretspreview.com. When you do, you will also be eligible for my 1-hour+ follow-up strategy call focusing specifically on what you learned from the Preview Call and how it relates to being (or becoming) an author. This will also prepare you to get the most out of the Teleseminar Secrets course itself, should you take it. (And I highly recommend you do.)
So go here now to read the article and get all the details.
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Seth Godin has a great blog post called, “Is Effort a Myth?” Read it and ponder this: “Am I willing to do what it takes to succeed as an author, or am I hoping for luck?”
There’s a reason some people get published and others don’t, and usually it has to do with the fact that published authors have put in the effort to gain expertise, build an audience, and actually write the book or get a good ghost writer to write it. They go through the work of putting together a good proposal, they don’t quit when they get rejected, or they self-publish intelligently.
My goal with this blog and my other resources is to give you the tools that can lead to your becoming a successful author. However, a hammer does no good in itself. Only in the hand of the carpenter does it hit the nail on the head.
Read Seth’s blog. To suggestion #2, I would amend, if you want to become a successful author, spend your 120 minutes:
- writing an article and posting it to article directories
- coming up with some free “Special Report” on your topic that you can give away to start relationships with people (ask them for their email addresses to get the report)
- setting up a blog and writing 2-3 times per week
- finding other people who are already talking about your topic (Ning groups, Yahoo groups, blogs) and enter the conversation by posting. Put your Special Report offer in your email signature line when you do post.
Everything else, listen to Seth!
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“Write a book in 28 days!”
“Get published in 6 weeks!”
“Become an Amazon best seller and rake in the publishing deals!”
“We’ll publish your book and get you in all the book store chains.â€
“We think your book sounds promising. Forward your manuscript with a $25 (or $50 or $100 or …) reading fee.”
Perhaps you’ve seen these and other promises made to people whose dream has always been to write and publish a book, and even, perhaps, get on the bestseller list.
Promises like these make me angry. I hate it when people prey on other people’s dreams, just to make a buck.
If you are unsure of whether a company or resource you’re considering is credible, I invite you Read More→
