Every author that has a book to publish likely has a large number of questions about the procedures involved. If you are a new or unpublished author, you will find that these questions are particularly troubling. For your convenience, below are the questions that are most frequently asked by those trying to break into the publishing world. As an effort to help you if you are in the same boat as those unpublished authors, the following questions have been included below.
Question: Is it easy to get a book published?
Most writers receive rejection letter after rejection letter and it is of course possible that you may still be able to be published, but only after a good deal of rejection first. But really good authors know that letting rejection letters discourage you from continuing to try is silly. Most authors receive these rejections, which means your favorite and most well-known authors succeeded only after being handed pile after pile of rejection letters. Missteps and a whole lot of time are essential ingredients in getting the right publisher who will fit your needs and the needs of your book.
Question: How much money can I make?
As for determining how much money you can make when getting your book published, you will find that it honestly all depends. The deal you make with your publisher, along with the length and genre of your book will make a big difference on how much you are paid. To give you a good idea of what this means, books which are valuable generally tend to be the longer ones, and those books will usually be the ones that turn a larger profit for the writer.
Question: Do I need to have a literary agent?
Many people in the internet community will definitely tell you that you should get a literary agent if you are serious about your publishing endeavors. You will encounter some publishers who will not work with authors without an agent but this is not universally true, however. Make getting your book published on your own first a priority, then worry about getting a literary agent.
Question: How do I find book publishers?
One of the easiest approaches to take is with the purchase of the Writer's Market guide or another similar resource. This will be helpful because it will give you specifics in what each publisher is looking for plus it will also outline different publishers by genre. Some other websites give this information, but it is always better to go straight to the source. Many times, these websites will also give outlines of detailed information that is useful to writers and would typically be in a writer's guide.
Question: What are my chances of being published?
Many things can influence the degree of difficulty in getting your book published. First, it is important to look at how many publishers you are approaching and the more publishers you approach, the better your chances are. The Writer's Market also puts out a helpful tool that will assist you because it details how many average books a publisher puts out each year. This can also help to give you a good idea as to what your chances of being published are. For a quick recap, always remember that research is essential in picking a great publisher and you are never guaranteed any amount of money.
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Ok, back to collecting your website visitors contact information.
I know, I know you're probably saying... "I'm an author. I want to write my book, sell my book and become a recognized expert. WHY do I need to get their contact information?"
The simplest answer is: Because you will NOT become wealthy from the sale of your book. You will become wealthy and achieve celebrity status through the ongoing relationship you build with your readers.
If you don't know who they are, how can you continue to keep in touch with them ? and they with you.
If you're an expert on the subject and they already have your book, don't you think they'll want MORE information and MORE books from you?
ABSOLUTELY!
Your book makes you an expert on the subject, your interactions and relationships will propel you to a recognized expert and position you for long-term success ? not just a one-hit wonder.
The service you need to collect email and contact information and automatically respond to the person is called an Autoresponder.
There are paid autoresponders and free autoresponders. Normally the free autoresponders paste their own marketing message at the bottom of the emails you send out.
Not the best scenario, obviously, but if you want to do this will limited or no upfront investment then a free autoresponder service will work just fine until you start to see profits coming from your book.
The service I use is a paid service called Aweber. It is located at www.aweber.com
Do your own research and find a company that meets your needs. I recommend this service because it's been around for a long time and many of my high quality marketing friends recommend this to their clients and wouldn't continue to do so if it was a shoddy service.
What should you do with your autoresponder service when you get it?
1) You should place at least 1 or 2 "sign up" boxes on your book's sales page. You can offer an ongoing "newsletter" or "ezine" (as it's called online). Or you can create a "special report" related to the subject of your book and offer it free to anyone who signs up.
The purpose of this sign up is to capture "visitor" information. This way even if the visitor doesn't order your book, you still have their contact information and can keep in touch to promote your book and yourself to them on an ongoing basis.
Maybe they won't buy your book, but because of your newsletter or special report, they might recommend your book to family and friends.
2) After PayPal.com and before your download page.
When looking at PayPal.com, we saw that after they took the person's payment for your book, they would send them back to your website.
The first page the person ? now a client ? should see is a "register" page. This page can simply ask for their name and email or you can have optional fields like address, phone number etc. Obviously the more information they are willing to provide the better for future contact with them.
This is a different list than those in #1. #1 is a list of people who visited your book's website who may or may not have purchased your book. These people are registered buyers.
History proves that it's far easier to get current clients to order more from you than trying to get someone who hasn't already ordered. Both lists are valuable ? but this one is the most valuable to you for ongoing success.
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