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Show Me About Book Publishing: Survive and Thrive in Today's Literary Jungle [Paperback / softback]

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  • Format: Paperback / softback, 230 pages, height x width x depth: 152x226x15 mm, weight: 181 g
  • Pub. Date: 28-Apr-2011
  • Publisher: Morgan James Publishing llc
  • ISBN-10: 1600378552
  • ISBN-13: 9781600378553
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  • Format: Paperback / softback, 230 pages, height x width x depth: 152x226x15 mm, weight: 181 g
  • Pub. Date: 28-Apr-2011
  • Publisher: Morgan James Publishing llc
  • ISBN-10: 1600378552
  • ISBN-13: 9781600378553
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Show Me About Book Publishing reveals the dollars and sense of publishing--and a game plan that every author needs to implement to be successful with the publishing game.



What’s Smart Publishing Got to Do with You and Your Book  
One Word … Everything!

Publishing is morphing on a daily basis … If you are a new author, you’ve got publishing questions. Plenty of them. If you are an already published author, you should have publishing questions. Plenty of them. Show Me About Book Publishing has the answers.

The traditional ways and whys of publishing are broken. Fewer deals, lesser advances, more work, reduced royalties and not a lot of fun. Show Me About Book Publishing is all about the new, new way that savvy authors create their book, control its destiny and are financially successful.   
  
In Show Me About Book Publishing, sought after publishing consultants, veteran authors and independent publishers Judith Briles, Rick Frishman and John Kremer reveal the whys, how-tos and don’ts in today’s authoring and publishing worlds. They will show you how to:

-Publish Smart
-Avoid Costly Mistakes
-Create the Right Team for Your Book
-Pre-Sell Your Book
-Craft a Platform and a Following
-Follow a Timeline that Keeps You on Target
-Sell Foreign Rights
-Design Covers that WOW
-Understand the Dollars and Sense of Publishing
-How to Create and Launch Your Book with Pizzazz, Passion and Panache

Should you Traditionally Publish, Self-Publish, Pay-to-Publish, ePublish … which is right for you and your book? Show Me About Book Publishing has the answers to your publishing questions that you have and those you didn’t know existed.

Your guides will show you how to survive and thrive in the publishing jungle!

Reviews

"Show Me About Book Publishing packs a lot of current information on publishing and selling books into a compact package. Written by three indie publishing professionals, this book will be a valuable companion for anyone embarking on a self-publishing journey."

-Joel Friedlander, The Bookman

People Are Talking i
Dedication xi
Acknowledgements xv
Foreword --- Dan Poynter xvii
Introduction 1(8)
1 Is There a Book in You?
9(6)
2 What's What in Publishing Today Yesterday is Yesterday
15(18)
3 Money Talks Do You Listen?
33(14)
4 Your Publishing Team Soloing Doesn't Work
47(16)
5 To Shepherd, or Not to Shepherd? That Shouldn't Be Your Question
63(14)
6 Publishing Requires Editing No Exceptions!
77(10)
7 Front Matter, Back Matter and Other Matter
87(8)
8 Book Covers Talk Does Yours POP or Snooze?
95(8)
9 The Publishing Clock is Ticking Practical Timelines
103(16)
10 Pre-Publication Platforms Sell Before You Print
119(4)
11 Foreign Rights Where Your Mailbox Finds a Friend
123(6)
12 Rebounding When You Hit the Wall Everyone Gets Stuck Sometime
129(6)
13 You Think You Are Done You Are Not
135(6)
14 Mistakes to Avoid Or Saving Money 101
141(10)
15 Afterword
151(2)
16 Resources, Resources & More Resources
153(38)
Sneak Preview: Next in the Show Me About series ... 191(8)
About the Authors 199
Rick Frishman is founder of Planned Television Arts and coauthor of ""Guerilla Publicity, Networking Magic,"" and the Author 101 series.