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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 070
EAN: 9780967059860
ISBN: 0967059860
Label: Fanove Publishing
Manufacturer: Fanove Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 294
Publication Date: August 01, 2006
Publisher: Fanove Publishing
Studio: Fanove Publishing
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Landing a publisher has never been harder. So many want to get published, but few understand the enormous challenges, the fierce competition, and the merciless reality of bookstore shelf. But, what if you are one of the lucky ones to land a publisher? Well, heres what you can count on: anemic royalty rates, 18 to 24 months to publication, and giving up the rights to your book. And guess what? Youll still be expected to do most of the marketing yourself! Theres a better way. Thanks to the Internet, self-publishing has become easier, more viable, and more potentially lucrative than ever before. In 2000, veteran commercial freelancer Peter Bowerman self-published The Well-Fed Writer (an award winning Book-of-the-Month Club selection) and in 2005, he did the same with its companion, TWFW: Back For Seconds (triple-award-finalist). The books became standards in the lucrative field of commercial freelancing: writing for businesses, large and small, and for hourly rates of $60-125+ or more. As this is written, together, the two books about 50,000 copies in print had earned him a full-time living for over five years. The definition of a full-time living (straight from the horses mouth): Okay, were not talking picking-out-chateaux-in-the-South-of-France kind of money, but the book paid all my bills (including a couple of print runs each year), allowed me to stay the course in funding my retirement account, stay completely out of debt, and take a few nice vacations each year. Would that work for you? The Well-Fed Self-Publisher is a 300-page, detailed, step-by-step blueprint that explains exactly how the author did what he did. According to Bowerman, This book is for those who really want to turn their passionate creative efforts into real pay-the-mortgage money. Acknowledging that self-publishing carries an enormous amount of negative baggage (and deservedly so), the author says the focus of the book is to dramatically raise the bar on quality, for starters: Ill show you how to create a book indistinguishable in quality from one produced by a reputable publishing company; how to do a far better job of marketing and promoting that book than a publisher ever could; and how to make far more money than you ever would with that publisher. And by doing it all yourself, you control the timetable (potentially shaving 12 to 18 months off production). Plus, you retain all the rights, allowing you to leverage the brand youve created into a host of profitable spinoff businesses each with its own income stream. Starting from perhaps not-so-obvious fundamentals (Write a book people will want to read), the book progresses through a discussion of the significant limitations of the conventional publishing model (despite the best intentions of most publishers). Then, in a nod to the outright panic and terror most creatives experience at the mere mention of the term sales and marketing, the book provides an entire early chapter to help demystify these often daunting concepts. As Bowerman is quick to point out, Success as a self-publisher is far more a function of a process than an aptitude. Its far less about some way you have to be than it is about a bunch of things you have to do. At that point, the book kicks into gear, offering up discussing in-depth discussions of book production, distribution, marketing, promotion, publicity (through ones own web site, the Internet, radio, article writing, bookstores and far beyond), Amazon, spinoff businesses, and an entire chapter on the controversial so-called revolution known as POD publishing (print-on-demand). The book finishes with five appendices offering up resources and a time line for the self-publisher, a primer on foreign rights, and more.
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I have self-published over 30 books, and this is a must-read for future self-publishers! I wish that I had read this book several years ago, it would have made things a lot easier. The thing that I like about this book is that it tells a success story, and gets you pumped back up about self-publishing. A lot of us have had severe ups and downs in this industry, but this book gets you started on the right foot with a positive attitude. Then, it gives you virtually all of the tools you need to ... Read More
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The Well-Fed Self Publisher is the perfect complement to The Self-Publishing Manual by Dan Poynter. Both books are must have's in any self publishers library.
I bought this book about a year ago, and what I like about most is that it grows with your company...not only does it break down must need information that all self publishers need to know (ISBN numbers, cover design, distrubutors) but it also talks about medium to advanced self-publisher topics like getting library sales, cd ... Read More
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Bowerman details a road map for successful self publishing to those authors who are willing to believe in their own work.
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Peter Bowerman is a genius! Here's a book that's dedicated to inspiring, motivating, and teaching interested readers how to effectively secure their financial future - by taking the plung into the realm of self investment. And it's done with a sense of flair and humor, without the stagnate air of arrogance. After reading Wed-Fed Self-Publisher, I couldn't help but feel that I could do it too. Bowerman even goes so far as to detail every step - and potential pitfall - associated with self publishing, ... Read More
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I've read through this book three times now each time at a different stage in the publishing process and found new insights on each read.
The book offers a candid reminder that publishing is about marketing, but unlike the lists of the 1001 things you need to do in the next month to promote your book, this work offers helpful ideas on how to keep the marketing machine running a day at a time and stay focused on each part of the process.
This book contains all the details that can ... Read More
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