Will Your Book Sell? Yes, But Only If… – by TM Jacobs

I asked her, “What is Simon & Schuster doing for you?” She then made a zero with her thumb and finger…
I asked her, “What is Simon & Schuster doing for you?” She then made a zero with her thumb and finger…
“I’m a bit disappointed in (my book sales) because I got a good review from (a book review publication). I had four more good reviews at (book review websites). Two more are due out next week…”
“My book contains speeches by others that have grammatical errors. What do I do?”
When you lie to a business associate, a neighbor, family member, or anyone in the adult world, real life consequences can ensue…
If an author has any enemies (or suspected enemies), I recommend he or she remove those people from their social media friends’ lists, as well as their email lists long before marketing of a new book begins…
Being told you have to buy insurance to close a book distribution deal? Sounds fishy because it is.
Offering something for nothing is a really dumb business model. While working with a “free” company may seem tempting to some authors, these firms typically go belly-up pretty quickly. And, some end up ripping their former authors off for years after the firm’s demise…while holding those authors’ books hostage.
Read advice from a librarian about the common mistakes new authors make when approaching libraries.
I haven’t been paid a dime, but there are used copies of my book on Amazon. Well no, those aren’t really used copies.
Whether you like social media influencers or not (I do not), the allure of their numbers of followers has not been ignored by marketing firms…