Kindle Readers and Authors discussion

If you’re going to get bigger cash advances you have to prove to the publishing world, agents, editors, publishers, distributors, booksellers and book buyers that your manuscripts are worthy. That LOTS of people will buy them. Not hundreds of people or even thousands, but tens of thousands. That’s when publishers will sit up and take notice.
Other arguments I frequently see are: I’ve done the hard stuff, the writing, now it’s the publisher’s turn to print and promote my masterpiece; Even if my first book doesn’t do that well, there’s always a second book and other publishers. Besides, I already have the cash advance.
If you sit back and wait for the publisher to promote your pending masterpiece, it’s virtually guaranteed to go nowhere in sales, perhaps not even breaking 100 copies sold. If that happens, your publisher won’t even consider a second book. After all, if you were a publisher, would you consider a writer on whom you’ve already lost a bundle of money? I doubt I would. Of course, that leads to the third part of the vicious cycle I described, that of no further advances. Excerpt from Self-Promotion for Authors

Larry

Interesting. Is 'Self-Promotion for Authors' available?

Yes, it is. At Barnes & Noble and at Amazon. The book is published as a trade paperback for $45 and recently released as an EBook for $8.99. In addition to my own experiences, I've included experiences and promotion tips from a dozen colleagues, many of them are award winners. The book was an Eppie Award finalist in 2008.
Hope you enjoy it. Best,

Larry,

Thanks!

In addition to writing novels, I also host a free book promotion site, Emerging Novelists. This week I'm interviewing one of the top book publicists around Dana Kaye who offers tips on book promotion to authors on a limited budget. Read her interview here:
http://emergingnovelists.com/Intervie...

Michael

Do you interview newer authors? Or authors that have notarity?

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Michael