After I published this post yesterday, today I saw this article announcing that Amanda Hocking had, indeed, signed a four-book deal with St. Martin’s Press in New York, reportedly for $2 million. As she said in her blog, she’s a writer: “I do not want to spend 40 hours a week handling emails, formatting covers, finding editors, etc. Right now,…
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Will you pick yourself or wait to be picked?
In a recent blog post, best-selling author and marketing expert made this statement:”No one is going to pick you. Pick yourself.” He was talking about the fact that authors and musicians are making millions without so-called “gatekeepers.” and that the gatekeepers–“the pickers,” as Godin called them–are losing power. He stressed that most of us want to get picked; it’s inherent…
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Self-Publishing E-books Takes Time Away from Writing
I said it yesterday, unless you have a huge platform, are paying someone to do your promotion for you, have hired a design team (an editorial team is assumed), and use some sort of support service for your publishing process, as an indie publisher–e-books or print books–you will not necessarily have more time to write. You likely will have less…
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Why Self-Publish an Ebook? “Ebooks are forever.”
Here’s the latest news in the world of e-book self-publishing: Bestselling thriller author Barry Eisler turned down his traditional publishers $500,000 contract for two books and will instead self-publish his next novel. After a bit of prompting from his daughter, he self-published a short story in the e-book market with great success. Now he is convinced he can write and…
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What Do You Know?
Yesterday I wrote about becoming a change agent by sharing your words. I said everyone had received something they can share: knowledge. Therefore, the best way to begin writing about change, or to become a change agent via your writing, involves figuring out what you know. Not only that, you must figure out what knowledge you possess that other people…
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