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Part 5: The Dreaded Marketing, Chapter 2 Before I get into the rest of the marketing stuff, I want to touch on market. When I say, “Get your book to market,” what I mean is to just have it for sale. There are dozens of ways to do this – some great, some not so…
Deep Dive: The Dreaded Marketing, Chapter 1 And now for the part that all of us dread: marketing. There are a lot of different pieces to this particular puzzle, and a little forethought can go a long way. There are big cogs and little cogs, and all of them work together towards your goal. There…
Your Team, Part B Last week, we talked about how important it is to make sure your content and cover are solid in order to honestly compete in the indie market. There are a few more parts that require your attention, though, before we can say that we’re truly ready to rock the literary world….
Your Team, Part A There are a lot of reasons why someone might decide to go indie to publish their book. Maybe they feel like they aren’t getting access to the right agents, maybe they feel like the traditional publishing industry is too weird, or maybe they just want exclusive creative control over their final…
Part 1: Indie Versus Trad Publishing Welcome to the first installment of what will no doubt be a grueling journey of self-discovery, self-loathing, and self-realization – or, maybe, you know, just figuring out how to build a decent business as a writer. From this series, you can expect more than the average number of curse…