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Can Radio Interviews Still Sell Books? By Angela Hoy

Published on September 19, 2007

An author sent me a note this week inquiring about using an 800 number during radio interviews to sell books to people who are listening in their cars. I shared my opinions with him (see below). I'd love to hear from other readers who have attempted to sell books through radio interviews! Was it successful for you or were you disappointed in the results? Do you think ipods and satellite radio have made radio shows less lucrative for authors trying to market their books over the airwaves? Do you think my statements below are incorrect? Or do you agree with me? …

POD Secrets Revealed: Inflated Shipping Charges? By Angela Hoy

Published on July 25, 2007

You did it! Your book is finally in print! After months of sweating over details like editing and cover colors and even the final list price, you're ready to start that marketing campaign! You've even figured out that you can make more money buying copies at your author discount and doing your own fulfillment at appearances than you would if you sent potential readers to your publisher's website. But, wait... You just tried to place an order for 100 copies of your book...and discovered that your publisher is charging you around $1 per paperback book for shipping and handling! Say what?! …

Four Questions You MUST Ask POD Publishers BEFORE Signing a Contract! By Angela Hoy

Published on June 27, 2007

At BookLocker, we sure are tired of our competitors giving Print-on-Demand (POD) publishing a bad name! From poor quality books, to horrible customer service, to unnecessary costs in the thousands, to refusing to answer new authors' questions about prices, enough is enough! …

Sick Day

Published on June 20, 2007

Angela, Mason and Max all have a cold. Her column will return next week. So your click will not have been in vain, here's an interesting tidbit sent in by author Burt Close: …

Are You at Risk? When Publishers Go Out of Business By Angela Hoy

Published on June 13, 2007

So, your book is finally being published! Congratulations! If you're like the rest of us, you envision yourself walking into your local bookstore and seeing your book on the shelves. You start to plan book signings and appearances. And you dream about how big your first royalty check will be! But, if your traditional publisher is a small one...or even a new, unestablished POD publisher, how long will it last, and how much money and time could you lose? …

We’re Raising Our Freelance Rates! By Angela Hoy

Published on June 6, 2007

I have a confession to make. A couple of weeks ago, I looked up the rate of inflation over the past few years. I discovered that inflation has risen 20% since 2000. While we hadn't raised our prices at booklocker.com during all that time, we also hadn't raised the rates we pay freelance writers at WritersWeekly.com. I was mortified and embarrassed. Why hasn't anybody complained during all these years? We made an immediate decision. At WritersWeekly.com, we are raising our rates 20% for features and 33% for success stories... …

Authors Who Avoid Traditional Publishers By Angela Hoy

Published on May 23, 2007

Last week, we talked about how many self-published authors have landed traditional contracts only after self- publishing. This week, I'd like to talk about authors who avoid traditional publishing houses for some (or all) of their titles, and why. Years ago, I wrote and self-published a book with another author. It was a book about successful online publishing. We put the book up for sale as an ebook and it sold very well...so well, in fact, that it sold at auction to a large New York publisher a few weeks later. The initial advance was nice - very nice. It helped pay the down payment on our new home in Maine. But, there were quite a few downsides... …

Can Self-Published Authors Land Traditional Contracts? Heck, Yeah! By Angela Hoy

Published on May 16, 2007

I keep hearing the same question: "If I self-publish, can I still land a traditional publishing contract?" Yes, you absolutely can! On Monday, I received a note from a fiction author who said an agent told him he can't land a traditional contract if he self-publishes. We told him that was hogwash. …

More World’s Worst Book Proposals By Angela Hoy

Published on May 2, 2007

I'm pretty backed up this week so I'm going to share another installment of our popular column, World's Worst Book Proposals. Yes, these are real! Enjoy! …

Technology Steals Three Days From Me By Angela Hoy

Published on April 18, 2007

I've chosen to whine long and loud this week about what happened to me last week. My laptop has had an electrical short for the past few weeks. The plug in the back would jiggle loose and I'd lose power. It also sucked the life out of two batteries. Sure, I had every intention of taking it in. But, as long as I could keep jiggling it back into working mode, I figured I could just put it off. Well, on Friday, it died for good. Luckily, I had backed up all my information the night before... …

Book Fairs – Worth The Effort? By Angela Hoy

Published on April 11, 2007

I occasionally receive orders for books that authors plan to sell at book fairs. Unfortunately, in almost every case, the authors are sorely disappointed in the resulting sales. …

Writing…When You Don’t Think You Are By Angela Hoy

Published on April 4, 2007

A couple of years ago, I decided that releasing books every single year just wasn't working for me. I thought that maybe planning and taking notes during odd years, and writing, editing and publishing during even years, might make more sense for me. If I hadn't written any new books for an entire year, I knew I'd be chomping at the bit to get some done the following year. …

Readers Weigh In…

Published on March 28, 2007

Last week, I ran the following in WritersWeekly Whispers and Warnings: Creative TECHniques / creativetechniquesmag.com / All American Crafts Inc. / allamericancrafts.com - Writer alleges she's owed $350; publisher got upset with writer and terminated the contract...after the articles were finished and submitted. What do you think? Does the publisher owe the writer the money? WritersWeekly would love your opinion on this one! Quite a few of you wrote in with your opinions! Some of you agreed with my opinion while many of you didn't. The responses are great! Please read them here: http://forums.writersweekly.com/viewtopic.php?t=7250 …

How Some POD Publishers Milk Authors By Angela Hoy

Published on March 21, 2007

I frequently receive emails from authors who have paid a company to publish their book, but who are later surprised by some of the terms of the contract they signed (that they usually didn't read), and are also flustered by the myriad of add-on services offered by their POD publisher. Understandably, they can't believe a company that they paid to publish their book has taken such liberties. There are some things you should never, ever agree to when paying another company to publish your book. And, there are optional extras that will cost you a small fortune, and will, in all likelihood, never be paid for with any resulting book sales. Here, I'm examining the contracts and add-on services offered by the most popular POD service companies - iUniverse, AuthorHouse, Xlibris, Lulu and BookLocker (the latter of which I own, by the way). All the information below assumes the book is a standard, black and white interior paperback with similar distribution (through Ingram). You wouldn't believe the ways some of these companies milk authors! …

Writers I Can’t/Won’t Help Through Whispers And Warnings By Angela Hoy

Published on March 14, 2007

As WritersWeekly.com Whispers and Warnings becomes more well-known in the industry, there is a growing list of writers who I just can't and/or won't help. …

Excuse Me But…Is This Name Taken? By Angela Hoy

Published on February 21, 2007

One statement I often hear from new authors is, "Oh no! My book has the same name as another book!" This is actually a common problem. There are lots of books with identical names. While you can't copyright a name, you can trademark a name or phrase. Not many authors go to the trouble of registering a trademark. And, honestly, registering a trademark is pretty expensive so I wouldn't advise doing it, unless you plan to roll out an entire business or line of books using a phrase from your title (i.e. Chicken Soup for the Soul). …

Balancing A Large Family While Working At Home By Angela Hoy

Published on February 14, 2007

I frequently receive emails from readers asking for advice on how we balance working at home with our home life. Here's the latest letter I received: I wanted to let you know what a great resource your weekly newsletter is to me and how eagerly I anticipate it in my e-mail inbox. Thank you for providing such a wonderful tool for anyone who will sign up to receive it. I am especially inspired by your personal stories from home, and I hoped you would share some tips on how you organize your day and get everything done. It seems amazing to me that you can manage a family (especially a young baby) and demanding (albeit rewarding) work and not be overwhelmed. Thank you, Amy …

Readers Respond: How Much Would You Write For?

Published on February 7, 2007

Last week, I wrote about the growing controversy over crappy writing jobs that pay only a buck or two per article. I also published an email I'd received that complained about a job I ran that paid $9/hour. I then wrote, "Is $9/hour low-ball pay or is that a home-based wage you would accept? What do you estimate you are you currently earning per hour on your writing jobs?" …

How Much Would You Write For? By Angela Hoy

Published on January 31, 2007

There has been a lot of controversy lately about the crappy writing jobs posted online by people who will only pay around a buck or two for an article/blog posting. We've also been getting complaints about writers getting writing jobs and then subbing those jobs out to other writers, unbeknownst to the publishers, for only a buck or two. …

When Customers Write Bad Checks: My Successful Collection Technique by Angela Hoy

Published on January 17, 2007

As promised, this week I'm sharing the steps I take when somebody sends me a bad check. Sure, I understand that bookkeeping mistakes happen, but by the time my bank has notified me of a bad check, the person whose check bounced has usually already been notified by their bank. If they haven't contacted me immediately to right their wrong, I have to assume their actions were malicious. …

How Writers Should Respond to Job Ads By Angela Hoy

Published on January 10, 2007

While many companies are happy to have their market listings and job ads posted on WritersWeekly, I receive frequent complaints about how our readers respond to those ads. I want to address this ongoing problem here today. …

Possible Scam – Smart Author Avoids Possible Dangerous Situation By Angela Hoy

Published on December 13, 2006

A man who claimed to be in Japan contacted the author directly, saying he wanted to purchase 100 copies of her book. He was using a free email account and didn't provide a company name.…

Prima Donnas Need Not Apply by Angela Hoy

Published on December 6, 2006

Some authors are just a bit too big for their britches. We don't work with people like that. We receive emails from authors all the time telling us they want to use Booklocker.com but, due to their qualifications, title or celebrity status in their field, they expect "special treatment." We treat all authors the same and don't show favoritism as that would not be fair to everybody else. …

Ethics vs. Profits By Angela Hoy

Published on November 29, 2006

Sometimes, writers are given the opportunity to research and write about something that could pay off big in the end. However, it can also lead to a great deal of pain for the people involved in the actual story. Writers must then weigh the consequences of their actions with the possible good (or bad) that may come from exposing old wounds. …

Freelance Favors Debate

Published on November 15, 2006

Dawn Stanton's article last week on freelance favors for friends generated a few emails. They were all supportive, except the one below. I thought running this exchange would be helpful this week... …

Get Rich Giving Away Free Ebooks? Oh, Come ON!!! By Angela Hoy

Published on November 1, 2006

I received the following question by email this week: A question you may want to consider answering is this. The hype is good, the sales zeal is good. I am referring you to the link below: http://www.howtomakebigmoneygivingawayebooks.com/ Is this truly a way to make money legally? And, how, pray tell, do you honesty make money just by offering a "free e-book" for downloading, and where in the world does the money per download come in? …

Is Your Freelance Business Too Successful? Be Careful When Hiring Help By Angela Hoy

Published on October 25, 2006

It's rare, very rare, but every once in awhile, we initiate an investigation on WritersWeekly Whispers and Warnings and we become acquainted with an individual who appears to be trying to do the right thing, even though they've obviously gotten in over their head. …

Malicious Reviews on Amazon By Angela Hoy

Published on October 11, 2006

Amazon allows any Amazon customer to post a review about a book, even if that person did not purchase the book from Amazon. This means Amazon has no way of verifying if that person has even read the book or not. …

Press Releases Are Boring – News is Not By Angela Hoy

Published on October 4, 2006

Just about every journalist and periodical editor has received countless press releases by email, fax and mail. While at WritersWeekly.com we don't publish press releases, and never have, we are still inundated with them on a daily basis for everything ranging from publishing services to insurance for the self-employed. But, we get far more "new book release" press releases than anything else. And, let me tell you, even though I'm an avid book reader and buy several books each month, it is very rare that I receive a new book press release that keeps me interested past the first sentence. …

Avoiding Costly Fulfillment Headaches By Angela Hoy

Published on September 20, 2006

This article may be printed/redistributed freely as long as the entire article and bio are included. While some authors are very happy to let their publisher or an online bookstore do all their fulfillment, there are some entrepreneurs (like me) who insist on doing everything themselves. If you plan to do your own book fulfillment, there are some problems you will likely experience at one time or another from customers who are either malicious...or just downright not so bright.... …

Do You Owe Writers Money? Advice For Deadbeats! By Angela Hoy

Published on September 13, 2006

This article is for all those deadbeat editors and publishers out there who owe writers money. Here's my advice on how you should or should not react when the press contacts you about your deadbeat status. …

SideStepping Traditional Publishers: Successful Online Book Marketing – Part II of II By Angela Hoy

Published on August 16, 2006

Last week, I discussed why so many authors choose to self-publish. This week, we're going to discuss how successful, self-published authors market their books online. I've enlisted the help of some of BookLocker's top-selling authors. …

SideStepping Traditional Publishers: Why So Many Authors Choose to Self-Publish – Part I of II By Angela Hoy

Published on August 9, 2006

There does indeed seem to be a camp of people online, most of whom have only been traditionally published, who loudly beat their drums against any author who dares to consider self-publishing. My problem with them is that they convey a "holier than thou" attitude when they have no idea who that hopeful author is, what their book is about, or what their potential sales might be. The fact is, there are self-published authors who have and are making more money than many traditionally published authors... …

My Time to Whine: When A Contest Sponsor Gets FED UP! By Angela Hoy

Published on July 26, 2006

Every quarter, we host the WritersWeekly.com 24-Hour Short Story Contest. The first thing you should know is we don't make a profit on the contest. After charging a $5 entry fee for the contest to the maximum number of contestants (500) and then paying the judges (by the hour), the winners ($300, $250 and $200) and also royalties to authors of books that are chosen as prizes for other contestants, we actually lose money on each contest. But, it is a good publicity tool and lots of fun so we keep it going, year after year. The best part of the contest is that I get to read lots of great stories! The worst part of the contest is dealing with disqualified or just plain grumpy contestants. …

POD Files Held Hostage for $1500?! If You Pay For It, You Should Own It! By Angela Hoy

Published on July 19, 2006

Two things happened last week that disturbed me. First, an author I know wanted to hire a certain cover designer, but the designer refused to design his cover unless he published his book through the designer's "publishing company." Second, another author I know wanted to terminate her contract with iUniverse, but learned she'd need to pay them $1500 to obtain copies of her book text and cover files...files that she paid them to create! …

Labor-Inducing Tricks

Published on June 14, 2006

Angela is relaxing this week and trying labor-inducing tricks, like positive visualization, eating tons of pineapple and talking to the baby. "Come on, Mason! I'm ready! Time to come out and play! Are you listening to me? Hello???" Her column will return next week...unless she is STILL pregnant! …

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10 Secret Reasons Why That Publisher Rejected Your Book (That He/She Will Never Tell You About)

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You may think you have the next best seller sitting on your laptop. However, if your behavior gets in the way, your book may never get published, regardless of the quality of your writing.

Here are 10 secret reasons why a publisher might reject your manuscript:

1. So many errors that your book will require a re-write
This is, of course, the most obvious reason. Never assume that the stellar information in your non-fiction book, or your awesome fiction writing, is an excuse for lazy (or complete lack of) editing. Unless you’re already a celebrity author, the story or information in your manuscript alone won’t be enough to make a publisher want to correct multi-thousands of grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors. The publisher might mention typos but what he isn’t going telling you is that your story, regardless of how intriguing, just isn’t worth the effort for them to perform what will essentially be a re-write.

2. Poor use of English
If English is not your primary language, and if your English-language manuscript contains errors to that effect, it will be rejected. The publisher may pretend it was just “a bad fit” for the publishing house because he may not want to offend the foreign-language writer. But, the fact is, like #1 above, no publisher wants to perform a complete re-write. And, when English is not used properly, that’s what’s needed to fix the manuscript.

3. Topic of the book was not to her liking
If you don’t research the publisher’s needs and her firm’s catalog, you may be wasting your and her time by submitting something that is on a topic she would never publish, no matter how good the writing is.

4. “My book is going to be a best seller!”
Far too many new authors claim this when approaching publishers. Publishers know better. It’s one of the most common book proposal mistakes made, and screams “amateur” to the publisher. Also, authors who state this up-front often become disappointed when their book does not become a best seller…and they then blame the publisher.

5. You’re a narcissist
There’s a not-so-fine line between high self-esteem and narcissism. If you come across as haughty or, worse, narcissistic, you will probably receive a rejection letter. Only international best selling authors can get away with that behavior.

6. You’re too needy
If your communications indicate that you are extremely needy, that will be a turn-off for publishers. At BookLocker, we have published books for authors where only around 20 or 30 messages were required, back and forth, during the process. And, we have published books for authors who have sent us literally hundreds of messages during the process. Some authors type one sentence, send it, type another one, send that, etc. One guy wrote to us in the middle of the night, and was furious when we didn’t instantly answer him.

These types of authors are not profitable for the publishers. We all know they will continue to hound us daily (or numerous times a day) even after the book is published, and about topics completely unrelated to the publishing industry or their book. A common personality trait these authors seem to have is that they need someone to constantly pump up their ego. Believe it or not, needy authors are very easy to detect right off the bat.

7. He/she just doesn’t like you
You can’t please everybody all of the time and you can’t be friends with everyone. Some people simply don’t like certain other people. One woman sent me an email before she even submitted her manuscript. It contained numerous paragraphs and dozens of bullet points about how wonderful she is, how many awesome things she’s done, how many famous people she’s met, how much money she’s made, and how much better she is (at literally everything, apparently) than anybody else she ever known. It was REALLY over the top and I know from experience that people like that are NOT the people I want to work with. They are so high on themselves that they treat other people like garbage. Would you want to have dinner with someone like that, much less work on a project with them? Me, neither! I happily referred her to our competitors. She can be someone else’s problem.

I have rejected authors who incessantly trash-talk others (even past publishers), who come right out of the gate acting like they own me and my time, who are in prison for horrible offenses, and more. If an author rubs me wrong for a variety of reasons (not all of which are listed above), I simply won’t work with him or her. Period.

8. Offensive content
While it may seem that “everybody” is on board with the latest social (or social-media-promoted) trends, the fact is many people are not. Imagine any hot-button topic people are vigorously debating right now. If your book is on one of those topics, and if you are blindly submitting to publishers, estimate that around 50% will reject your manuscript just based on the topic alone.

9. Wanker stuff
Most publishers are not interested in manuscripts that are, chapter after chapter, about sex acts. We call that garbage “porn without a plot.”

10. You’re a jerk, plain and simple
I have a blacklist. Yes, I do. Right now, it contains the names of just 18 authors out of the multi-thousands we have worked with in the past 20+ years. Yes, only 18. Why only 18? Because we carefully consider what we will publish, and who we want to work with. With those 18, I clearly made a mistake accepting them into the BookLocker fold.

We will not publish more books by those 18 authors in the future, of course. Our website states “we don’t work with jerks” and every author on that list is a complete jerk.

One author’s book was terminated because she didn’t pay money she owed to us for several months. She then repeatedly threatened to sue us for terminating her book. Of course, she never did. I had to eventually block her from her author account (after warning her first) because she was harassing my employees.

Another author used extreme profanity over and over again – all of the time. It seemed like he wanted to shock people. My employees simply found it ridiculous and offensive. We published his book but we won’t be publishing his next one.

And, yet another kept uploading the wrong file to us, and then repeatedly blamed us for his incorrect upload. He got more and more belligerent as time went on when the problem, as we explained repeatedly, was that he simply couldn’t find the right file on HIS computer.

And, then there was the passive-aggressive chick who would rant about something (that was her fault), apologize, rant again (her fault…again), apologize again, etc., etc. Rather than investigate her own typos, and on which files they originated, she assumed she could do no wrong. Yet, she continued the pattern, thinking her apologies were enough to dismiss her unprofessional behavior. Falsely accuse me once, shame on you. Falsely accused me twice, and I won’t work with you anymore.

I am a pretty laid-back chick and I very much enjoy working with NICE people. Politeness, productive and fun teamwork, a sense of humor, and a positive attitude are very important to me. Anyone with good manners and an upbeat attitude is someone I LOVE working with. How hard can it be to simply be kind?

Life’s too short to work with unprofessional and/or downright abusive people. Most contracts allow the publisher to terminate at any time, and for any reason. Remember that when approaching or working with a publisher.

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Angela Hoy is the publisher of WritersWeekly.com, the author of 19 books, and the co-owner of BookLocker.com (one of the original POD publishers that still gets books to market in less than a month), PubPreppers.com (print and ebook design for authors who truly want to self-publish), and Abuzz Press (the publishing co-op that charges no setup fees).

Angela has lived and traveled across the U.S. with her kids in an RV, settled in a river-side home in Bradenton, FL, and lived on a 52 ft Irwin sailboat. Angela now resides on a mountaintop in Northwest Georgia, where she plans to spend the rest of her days bird watching, gardening, hiking, and taking in all of the amazing sunrises.

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