The back to school/fall-is-coming advertisements spur authors to want to get their new books on the market ASAP to take advantage of the impending holiday shopping season. I’m currently being reminded that I will be getting little sleep from now until Christmas week…
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With so many options available to sell your book today, it can be challenging and overwhelming for an author to stand out from the crowd…
My publisher can’t give me that list (??) and said it’s a bad idea anyway. What do you think is going on?
I kept thinking I just need a push, something to get me higher sales numbers. Maybe a marketing company? Whatever my investment, I would certainly make it up in no time with all my new sales, right?
While it may be tempting to take shortcuts, and “borrow” from others without permission, don’t do it. EVER.
You do NOT need to submit your final manuscript yet. You can sign up now to take advantage of this sale, and submit your manuscript for formatting later, when YOU are ready.
“I’m considering writing to publishers to see if they are interested in my already self-published book. Should I be asking them if…”
The publisher would probably LOVE to share the truth with the author, but he/she will not for very valid reasons.
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