• Are you aware of your publishing options?
• Do you know how to choose and locate potential publishers?
• How do you approach a publisher?
• What can you expect from the publisher of your choice?
• What does a publisher expect from you?
I’d like to address these five issues over the next week in this blog. Who needs to read these posts? You should visit this blog every day during the week of February 11-15 if:
• You don’t have a clue as to where to look for a publisher.
• You are considering the first “self-publishing” company that has expressed an interest in your project.
• You plan to check out “self-publishing” companies because people tell you that traditional publishers don’t issue contracts to first-time authors.
• Your friend with a children’s mystery book recommends her publisher for your memoir and you expect to land a contract.
• You have bundled up your complete manuscript and plan to send it off to a list of publishers you’re considering—or worse, you have decided to call publishers and talk to them about your book.
• You expect to find a publisher who will handle all marketing for your book.
• You have no interest in promoting your book once it’s published.
If any of these points resemble your situation or mindset, please read the posts to this blog all next week. Not only will you get an education. You’ll learn why it is vital that you consider yourself the CEO of your book.
Patricia Fry is the author of 37 published books. Her three latest are written for those of you who follow or stumble across this blog.
“Publish Your Book,” “Promote Your Book,” and “Talk Up Your Book.”
All available in print and Kindle at amazon.com as well as most other online and downtown
bookstores and at http://www.matilijapress.com