New edition of The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published
We’re writing a new edition of The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published: How to Write It, Sell It, and Market It…Successfully! and want to know what you need.
What do you want in the new edition of The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published?
- How much time do I need to put into social media each day? (14%, 8 Votes)
- Should I try to publish with the Big 5, an independent publisher or self-publish? (13%, 7 Votes)
- How do I price my ebook? (11%, 6 Votes)
- How can getting my work published online help me get a book deal? (11%, 6 Votes)
- If I hire an outside editor, do I need a developmental edit or a line edit? (11%, 6 Votes)
- Should I publish with Amazon? (9%, 5 Votes)
- How do I self-publish literary fiction? (9%, 5 Votes)
- Are they real publishers or just author service companies that want to rip me off? (9%, 5 Votes)
- How to get the most out of a writer's conference? (9%, 5 Votes)
- What is the art of selling children's books? (5%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 11
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Alice Gordon
September 9, 2014 @ 2:01 pm
Hi, Book Doctors,
As a longtime professional editor and writer of magazine articles and books and parts of books, I think it would be useful in your book to distinguish between time-honored practice and counsel, and recent developments in publishing—a timeline of important alterations of the landscape, if you will.
Cheers,
Alice Gordon
admin
September 9, 2014 @ 2:08 pm
Great idea! Thx so much.
Betsy
September 9, 2014 @ 2:51 pm
All those months of pregnancy (some call it book writing) then that baby is born and the expectations are high, high, high for immediate success or … zilch. Please shine the light on the book launch steps that are truly essential vs. those that are wastes of time and money. A walk through of a plan would be great.
admin
September 9, 2014 @ 6:02 pm
Sounds good, Betsy!
Robyn Koondel
September 9, 2014 @ 3:16 pm
With limited resources (at this point), it would be helpful if you could make available “updates” or additions to your book online for free, as some of us might find it a financial strain to have to buy the book all over again. Just a thought…Thank you.
admin
September 9, 2014 @ 6:03 pm
We will ask our publisher about this, Robyn. Unfortunately, it’s not up to us, but let’s see what we can do.
Karen B. Kaplan
September 9, 2014 @ 7:06 pm
Already going into a new edition proves your point that publishing is changing so quickly. My comment is that most of the current edition felt like it was directed to very “large” successes. Authors like me who landed a deal with a small publisher perhaps would like to know how more modest success might play out. For example, I’ve sold about 200 books in 4 months; for me, an originally unknown writer, this is a triumph. I realize this is a subtle shift in tone to ask for, but here and there you might think of how this kind of outlook might fit in. It would also validate the value of less than viral social media stats and sales.
I hereby thank you, though, for all I did learn from your book and am still learning.
admin
September 10, 2014 @ 6:32 am
Good point, Karen. Will try to work this in!
Beth Barany
September 9, 2014 @ 11:30 pm
I’d like to see more about book marketing, especially for authors not inclined or taught. I think book marketing can start on Day 1 of writing and doesn’t have to be so divorced from the creative process. Also, perhaps more on what getting published really means — starting a business selling your art, i.e., your book.
admin
September 10, 2014 @ 6:33 am
Excellent. Thx, Beth!
Marion Voytinsky
September 10, 2014 @ 12:51 pm
1. How do I catch the eye of an agent or two?
2. Do cross border agents work? There are not many in Canada.
3. How to work with an illustrator?
admin
September 10, 2014 @ 1:13 pm
Excellent questions! Thx!