{"id":610,"date":"2009-10-04T04:10:22","date_gmt":"2009-10-04T12:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/publishingblog\/?p=610"},"modified":"2009-10-04T04:10:22","modified_gmt":"2009-10-04T12:10:22","slug":"life-after-a-bad-publishing-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/publishingblog\/?p=610","title":{"rendered":"Life After a Bad Publishing Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most authors today make costly and embarrassing mistakes the first time around the publishing merry-go-round. How do I know that? The statistics tell us so. In 2006, 76 percent of books sold fewer than 100 copies. To me, that indicates failure. And if the book failed, it\u2019s because the author made some poor choices\u2014mistakes, if you will.<\/p>\n<p>So how does one recover after a disappointing publishing experience? How does a disillusioned author regroup?<\/p>\n<p>Many do not. Well, they might recover emotionally, but they don\u2019t recoup their money and they give up on their dream of publishing success. <\/p>\n<p>Those who do recover and regroup, generally go back to square one. They study the publishing industry so they have a better understanding of how it all works and how to proceed. They reevaluate their projects. Some come to realize that they\u2019ve been marketing to the wrong audience. Others see the need to go back to the beginning and rewrite their books.<\/p>\n<p>If you have entered the publishing field through a side door or a transom window, for example, rather than the traditional, tried and true front entrance, you are probably feeling terribly overwhelmed\u2014like a fish out of water. You did not take the time to learn the basics such as, \u201cPublishing is a business and it must be approached as such.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Order my remedy for publishing failure, my ebook, <strong><em>The Author\u2019s Repair Kit<\/em><\/strong>. I wrote it for those of you who walked into this arena with your eyes, ears and mind tightly closed. It is designed to help you breathe new life into a failed or struggling book.<\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/author_repairkit.html> http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/author_repairkit.html<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>You might also go back to square one. Study the book you should have read in the first place: <strong><em>The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book.<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/rightway.html> http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/rightway.html<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And contact me with your questions if you feel you need some personalized assistance. PLFry620@yahoo.com <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most authors today make costly and embarrassing mistakes the first time around the publishing merry-go-round. How do I know that? The statistics tell us so. In 2006, 76 percent of books sold fewer than 100 copies. 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