Welcome to the Coach's Corner! Recently one of our authors shared the twentieth rendition of a query letter he had prepared to send to an agent. His is an epic novel; a real piece of literature. I was reminded how difficult it is to summarize a story—any story—in just a few lines. The author shared his frustration at the process and how … [Read more...]
Welcome to the Coach's Corner! Wasn’t too long ago that large, traditional publishers held themselves to a higher, altruistic standard. They held the keys to publishing and controlled who was allowed the possibility of commercial success. Self publishing your own book was difficult and—for most folks—cost-prohibitive. “Big Publishing” … [Read more...]
You want to make a difference in people's live, you are researching a topic and becoming an expert. You want to give your audience answers to their questions on your topic. You want to attract new clients, brand yourself or business, or maybe you want to write a novel to educate and entertain. You resist! You have doubts. It takes too long. You … [Read more...]
I run into this question quite a bit and it doesn’t have a simple yes/no answer. Over the years I do not think I have hidden the fact that I am a Christian and run my business and personal life, guided by Christian principles but I don’t believe that I have ever asked someone to work with me solely for that reason. I don’t believe you should … [Read more...]
Since platform and promotion has become so important today for selling books or getting a book deal with a publisher, the big question that many writers have is how do you do this? How do you gain that visibility in a time when there is so much clutter from millions of self-published books and celebrity has become the coin of the realm? Here … [Read more...]
One of the services that Self Publishing, Inc. provides to its book printing customers is a Pre-Flight check of printer-ready PDF files that have been provided to print book covers and interiors. What exactly is a Pre-Flight check? Any pilots out there? Whether you think of your book as a Boeing 777, ready to go out and take the world by storm, … [Read more...]
There’s a line from one of my favorite movies, “The Usual Suspects,” that goes, “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.” Well, the greatest trick that vanity press publishers try to pull off every day is claiming that vanity press publishing is self publishing. Now that Author Solutions … [Read more...]
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