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| About the Book | |
| Using
the information in this book, you can sell directly to (through) bookstores
at lower prices than a publisher would ask and still make more profit
for you and the store. With over 1300 stores to choose from, you should
be able to create many accounts that will sell your books throughout the
year. Remember, there is one caveat about writing for profit: If you want to sell a book to a lot of people, you will have to self-promote. True, well known writers and celebrity story tellers will have a lot of their publisher's backing but only because these books are almost pre-sold. For the majority of writers picked up by publishers, the author must still sell the general public on the merits of his or her work. Then, of course, there are the hundreds (thousands?) of deserving books that never make it past a query to the publisher. This is a growing problem since fewer new authors are being published every year. This makes self-publishing and self-promoting more important than ever. Since you have to promote your work, anyway, why share the profits with too many middlemen? Why not produce your own books and sell them direct? You can easily create paper-based books at very low prices using print-on-demand (POD). Or get bookstore owners interested in disc-based books (as I am doing) and your production costs are next to nothing. To help you with your promotion, an article on creating good query letters is included with the book. |
| About the Author | |
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James
Morris (MSEd.) has been publishing articles and books on the Internet
(and helping others publish their work) for over five years. His present
company, Morris Publications (http://www.publish.mu) specializes in creating
interactive electronic manuals and books. |
