It’s every author’s nightmare for their publishing deal to not meet their expectations, but many authors don’t even know what to look for when going into a contract. Here are three things that frequently happen when an author chooses the wrong publisher.
Remember the old cliché, “You can’t judge a book by its cover”? Well, that may be true, but when it comes to marketing your book, the cover is obviously an essential component. It is the lure that draws the reader to your book, and unless the consumer is attracted enough to pick the book up, they will never buy it.
Publishing companies offer all kinds of editing options, and it’s essential for authors to know what each option means so that they know what to expect.
The first thing that bookstores look at when deciding whether or not to accept your book is the formatting. Bookstores expect all the books they sell to adhere to publishing standards, and sometimes those standards differ between fiction and non-fiction books. For example, in fiction books, new chapters can start wherever they fall, but in non-fiction, new chapters must start on the right side of the book.
You want your book to be unique. You want your book to stand out from the crowd. But in order to be successful, sometimes you have to copy what everyone else is doing. There’s a standard format in both fiction and nonfiction books that all the most popular books follow.
There are over a million new books published every year in the United States alone, and millions more around the world. Seventy percent of books that are published are by first-time authors. Did you know that an average new author spends between five and $10,000 publishing their book?
How authors are perceived in the media is directly related to what the media demands in an interview source. Producers and editors want stories that relate to their audience base.
Your book may have a killer title, your subject may be topical and your funding may be in place for the moment, but without a proper PR strategy, you may be yesterday’s news. In today's market, no good idea can afford to wait in line.
You've finished writing your book. Now you’re wondering, what’s next? Here at Rebel Press, we highly encourage editing. There are three things that a great editor will do for you.
When authors forego vanity or print-on-demand publishing, optioning instead to professionally publish their book, some prestige and popularity may come their way as a result.
You want your book to be unique. You want your book to stand out from the crowd. But in order to be successful, sometimes you have to copy what everyone else is doing. There’s a standard format in both fiction and nonfiction books that all the most popular books follow.
Everyone has their own take on marketing, but the basic principles that produce a positive return for a client are consistent across the majority of the practice. How much value can you build your consumer and can you convince that consumer that their money is better spent on your product than something or someone else?
Digital marketing is all about leading people back to your hub. It’s like leaving breadcrumbs all over the internet. That means putting quality content on your social channels.
There's over a million new books published every year in the United States alone, and millions of books published every year around the world. Seventy percent of books that are published are by first-time authors.
Digital marketing is all about leading people back to your hub. It’s like leaving breadcrumbs all over the internet. One strategy for gaining an audience online is appearing on podcasts.
