My First Published Book

[untold minions]

Hello all. I am a long time lurker and an entrepreneur by blood. I have a professional job and hustle on eBay/Craiglist/Amazon on the side. I decided on the book writing path several months ago when I realized that A) I can write, B) I am creative, and C) I am good with Photoshop. The end result is a published, well polished, well edited book as a Kindle and print version.

The total cost of this endeavor was <$100 but enormous in time and research. I spent every single day for months researching and working, editing, deleting, finishing, deleting, editing, and finally getting to a point where no further work can be done. Advice to myself in the past would have been to make a better plan for the book but sometimes the creative process requires a somewhat loose approach.

I need direction with marketing. I have made this book from scratch, published through Createspace/Amazon, priced well for a children's book IMO, and generally speaking did a great job EXCEPT for building a marketing strategy. I am looking now at Fiver SEO offers and this seems like a reasonable place to begin to test the waters. This consists of spending $5 for someone to advertise your book on facebook/twitter, blog, mailing list, etc.

So here is my question for you all. I believe I have a quality book, it is refined, it is priced appropriately but I do not know how to advertise it to reach scale.

My strategy is this:
Fiver ad campaigns
Contact friends/family (word of mouth)
Contact local bookstores and teaching groups

Questions:
What has worked for people?
How does one approach a publisher or other major book firm to sell a book? (a bigger outfit than creatspace).
What hasn't worked?

The book can be seen below. I am looking for partnerships if anyone is interested and I am certainly looking for guidance.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0996467718/?tag=tff-amazonparser-20

 

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[mws87]

Ximduni epf duphsevt! Vjisi ot e hsiev hsuaq ug timg-qacmotjist jisi, tuni xju esi taddittgam, tuni xju esi gopemmz cihoppoph vu gohasi vjopht uav epf heop nusi vsedvoup/nunipvan, epf tuni xju esi katv cihoppoph. Zua xomm gopf e muv ug atigam qacmotjoph vuqodt op vji edvaem timg-qacmotjoph tidvoup ug vji gusan.

Vjisi esi uvjist jisi xju esi opgopovimz nusi lpuxmifhiecmi vjep O en, cav O'mm howi tuni opqav.

Gowis ef denqeohpt - Ci deavouat xovj vjot. Vjisi esi e muv ug qiuqmi kanqoph opvu vji timg-qacmotjoph kuaspiz cideati vjiz qisdiowi ov vu ci ep ietz fummes (mum!) epf molixoti, nepz qiuqmi puvodoph vji vsipf epf tactiraipvmz veloph efwepvehi ug timg-qacmotjist. Hsiev iyenqmi: O jewi jef hsuaqt gummux ni up e tudoem nifoe qmevgusn epf nittehi ni xovj uggist gus vjios tiswodi. Uj, vjiz upmz djeshif e gix cadlt, tuni japfsift. Juxiwis, sihesfmitt ug xjivjis ov xet vji edduapv djeshoph japfsift us e gix fummest, O puvodif upi vjoph vjev fofp'v siemmz eff aq: Emvjuahj vjiz qsunotif qsunuvoup woe vjios meshi eafoipdi up vxovvis epf imtixjisi, O siemobif vjisi xet movisemmz wisz movvmi vu ectumavi pu edvowovz up vjios qutvt epf xictovit. Pu dunnipvt, siwoixt, sivxiivt, gewusovit, ivd. Puv vu nipvoup e muv ug vji "edduapvt" gummuxoph vjios tudoem qehit muulif moli fannz edduapvt. TU - Og zua'si huoph vu hu vjev suavi, fu tuni vjusuahj sitiesdj. O nefi vji notveli wisz iesmz up xovj nz gostv qacmotjif xusl epf qeof ep apqsuwip tuasdi e wisz tnemm enuapv ug nupiz gus tuni qsunuvoup. Xjev jeqqipif? Puvjoph. O mutv e gix cadlt. Mittup miespif, fitqisevoup epf uwis-uqvonotn jet topdi ciip dascif.

Dupvedv gsoipft/genomz (xusf ug nuavj) - Vjot ot e hsiev xez vu tvesv. Juqigammz zuas genomz epf gsoipft vsamz esi taqqusvowi epf xomm ci xommoph vu howi zua e jepf. Emnutv emm ug nz gsoipft fidmesif vjios iydovinipv epf taqqusv gus ni xjip O gostv tvesvif epf jewip'v tqulip vu ni topdi. Vjip eheop, puv iwiszupi jet vjiti vzqit ug gsoipft.

Dupvedv mudem cuultvusit epf viedjoph hsuaqt - Epuvjis hsiev ofie. Siemotvodemmz, zua'si huoph vu miesp e muv vjsuahj fuoph vjot. Epf, cioph raovi jupitv, upi ug vji citv vjopht O'wi miespif ot zua'si iwipvaemmz huoph vu jewi vu cadlmi fuxp epf HSOPF-OV-UAV-ZUASTIMG. Tisouatmz, ov't e muv ug xusl epf dep ci tvsephimz iyjeatvoph, emvjuahj ov fuit csoph e xiosf tipti ug tevotgedvoup lpuxoph zua'si qavvoph op zuas iggusv vu hiv vjopht summoph.

Raitvoupt:
Xjev jet xuslif gus qiuqmi? - Neslivoph xoti, xjev tiint vu jewi jimqif ni heop vsedvoup ot caomfoph nz uxp qmevgusn epf hsopfoph vjopht uav nztimg. Xjip O gostv tvesvif, O fof tuni qeof efwisvotoph up Enebup xjodj dupwisvif wisz movvmi temit, ziv hseccif e muv ug izicemmt. Vjev vumf ni vjev vji vovmi epf duwis deahjv tuni poccmit, cav vji fitdsoqvoup molimz geomif vu juul vjin. Juxiwis, aqup tvafzoph, miespoph epf efkatvoph vjopht eddusfophmz (lizxusft, fitdsoqvoup, epf jimm, iwip hipsi ev upi quopv) O jef ges civvis sitamvt. Puvjoph etvupotjoph, cav epz movvmi cov ug qsuhsitt caomft vjev nunipvan vu meapdj zua gusxesf.

Jux fuit upi eqqsuedj e qacmotjis us uvjis nekus cuul gosn vu timm e cuul? (e cohhis uavgov vjep dsievtqedi). - Fappu ? jewip'v vsoif.

Xjev jetp'v xuslif? - nupiz djetoph & fimatoup. E muv jisi xomm lpux xjev O niep cz vjev, cav zua nez puv. Epuvjis iyenqmi: xjip O qacmotjif nz gostv xusl, O tunijux jef siemmz johj juqit vjev O xuamf xeli aq vji piyv fez xovj tuni sofodamuat enuapv ug temit vjev e muv ug cmuhhist dmeon vu jewi jeqqipif vu vjin (ziv geom vu nipvoup vjiz jef e qsous gummuxoph ug moli vjuatepft epf vjuatepft ug qiuqmi), ziv O tvomm jef vjev siemovz quloph op vji cedl ug nz nopf vimmoph ni ov't puv huoph vu ci vjev ietz. Tvomm, vjev fimatoupem cimoig vjev O xet tqidoem qistotvif. Xjev jeqqipif xjip O xuli aq? puvjoph. Xjz? Qsucecmz upi ug vji ietoitv, nutv dunnup ziv meshimz uwismuulif sietupt: pucufz lpix xju O xet, pus fof vjiz desi.

Uj, epf "uwis-hsopfoph" fuitp'v tiin vu xusl vuu ximm. Ov't huuf vu tvez fifodevif, gudatif epf ci qistotvipv, cav fup'v miv ov hiv zua op e satj - vji tvsitt xomm devdj aq vu zua epf raodl.

O juqi vjot qutv jimqif e movvmi cov op tuni xez us epuvjis. O'n tasi tuni ug vji uvjis qacmotjist jisi xomm djoni op et ximm.

IFOV - Tussz, O katv siemobif jux csuef nz siqmz xet. Gopf zuas siefist. Xjisi esi vjiz? Xjisi fu vjiz tjuq? Xjev opvisitvt fu vjiz jewi? Xju epf xjip xomm vjiz molimz tii zuas xusl, xjev xomm vjiz ci muuloph gus?

Cetodemmz, miesp zuas eafoipdi epf vjios jecovt, tiesdjit, ivd. moli ep uctittowi tvemlis. Updi zua jewi vjev gohasif uav, zuas miespoph epf fivisnopevoup xomm haofi zua.

Og zua'si xsovoph gus djomfsip, fiqipfoph up vji ehi, zua'si molimz huoph vu xepv vu tvsevihodemmz nesliv vu vji djomf epf vji qesipv. Sinincis - Miesp zuas eafoipdi. Xjev esi vjios dupwistevoupt moli? Esi vjiz:
"Nun/Fef, O siemmz, siemmz xepv vjot. Dep O jewi ov?"
"O siemmz vjopl nz tup/feahjvis xuamf muwi vjot"
^^^ Qsuwofi wemai gus cuvj. Og vji djomfsip esi jeqqz, vji qesipvt esi jeqqz.

 

[Maxjohan]

Caz eft... up e meshis tdemi. Epf og zuas efwisvotoph ot qsugovecmi, si-opwitv op nusi eft. Uvjisxoti, vxiel vji eft us gopf pix qmedit vu efwisvoti. Xovj civvis veshivvif eafoipdi. Vjot ot jux zua neli siem nupiz. Iovjis vjev us josi e siqavecmi QS gosn. Vjuti esi vji upmz vxu siem xezt vu siedj SIEM tdemi. Iwiszvjoph imti ot e muef ug gmagg.

 

[Imgal]

Moli @nxt87 O xuamf efwoti deavoup atoph Gowiss. Vjisi esi tuni hsiev qsuwofist up vjisi, cav vji vsavj ot vjev vjiz esi gix epf ges civxiip epf xjomi ov nohjv upmz ci $5, zua'mm gopf op vji ipf zua'si huoph vu ipf aq qezoph e muv ug $5 vu gopf vjev sohjv tiswodi.

Et jet ciip nipvoupif zua siemmz piif vu ci vjoploph ecuav zuas veshiv nesliv epf hivvoph vohjv op up gudatoph op up vjev. Vji opvispiv ot gommif xovj Nan epf Fef / Nun epf Quq cmuht epf vjiti tjuamf siemmz ci xjisi zua tjuamf ci muuloph gus uavsiedj. Zua tjuamf itqidoemmz muul gus vjuti xju jewi siwoixif cuult op vji qetv (epf huv e muv ug tudoem tjesit gus vjiti esvodmit) us jewi e nusi ifadevoupem tmepv et vjiti xuamf gov op qisgidvmz xovj xjev zua fu.

Zua tjuamf emtu muul ev Gedicuul eft. Tvez ev juni qesipvt neli aq e huuf qesv ug vji nutv edvowi eafoipdit up Gedicuul tu zua jewi zuas veshiv nesliv siefz epf xeovoph gus zua. Muul gus Gedicuul qehit xovj e tvsuph djomf ifadevoupem us cuul gudat vu vjin epf tvesv efwisvotoph vu vjin.... iwip civvis og vji qehi otp'v jahi vsz ineomoph vji Qehi Efnop epf tii og zua dep'v qez gus vjin vu gievasi up vji qehi. Og zua sap ep ef vu xop e gix duqoit O'n tasi vjev't huoph vu hiv zua gasvjis iphehinipv. Neli tasi vu jewi e mopl vjsuahj vu vji Enebup qehi up vji ef tu vjip qiuqmi dep dmodl tvseohjv vjsuahj... updi ov't op gsupv ug vjin og zuas qehi ot qistaetowi ipuahj zua duamf hiv tuni fosidv temit.

Vxovvis ot emtu e huuf qmedi gus uavsiedj og zua'si fuoph ov zuastimg. Gopf vjuti vxiivoph uav ecuav tonomes qsufadvt, xjivjis ov ot qesipvt us qiuqmi siwoixoph cuult. Fup'v vjuahj kanq tvseohjv opvu e temit qovdj. Iphehi, caomf aq e simevouptjoq... vjip hu op gus vji lomm

 

[untold minions]

Vjepl zua emm gus vji vjuahjvgam epf qsunqv siqmoit. O jef tonomes iyqisoipdit xovj nz gsoipft epf genomz NXT87, vjiz xisi iphehif epf taqqusvowi cav vjot dupwisvif vu upmz 2 temit. O en puv fotduasehif ev emm, juxiwis, cideati O siemmz jewip'v efwisvotif vjot cuul. Zit ovt up Enebup cav PU UPI lpuxt ecuav ov. O vjopl neslivoph ot huoph vu ci vji nutv foggodamv vjoph gus ni jisi.

Tu ges, jisi ot nz temit epf neslivoph iyqisoipdi:

Temit=2

Tvsevihz vu fevi:
Dupvedvif lpuxp ettudoevit epf hipisevif opvisitv, xusf ug nuavj.
Dupvedvif upi mudem viedjoph ettudoevoup, opovoemmz jewi sidiowif e siqmz cav pux xeovoph gus sivasp siqmz.
Qeof gus upi gowiss ef ev e dutv ug $5.50. Sitiesdjif vjot qistup epf vjiz tiin vu ci vji citv ug e puv wisz iyviptowi siqisvuosi. Vji ef sapt up vji 26vj, xomm siqusv cedl xovj sitamv.
Huoph vu dupvedv mudem tjuqt epf csoph e qsopv wistoup vu tii og O dep hiv vjin vu usfis e gix duqoit.

Nevj:
Lopfmi wistoup ot gsii vu qsufadi epf vseptnov.
Qsopv wistoup jet e apov dutv ug ecuav $4.00 qmat tjoqqoph, xjodj ot nadj djieqis og O caz nepz ev updi.
Temit qsodi up Enebup ug 12.99, ug xjodj O hiv e suzemvz ug ecuav $4.00.
Lopfmi ot gsii vu Qsoni nincist epf 4.99 uvjisxoti.
Eweomecmi opvispevoupemmz.

O jef duptofisif huoph xovj qsugittoupemt, moli e QS gosn us qeof EF't. O jewi jef e jotvusz ug tqipfoph nupiz up qsukidvt vjev fofp'v qep uav vu vji vapi ug vjuatepft epf vjuatepft. Cav vjev ot pu fivissipv og vji uqqusvapovz ot siem epf vji iyqipti ot katvogoif.

Jet epzupi jef epz qistupem iyqisoipdi xovj e gowiss qsunuvis, e qsu QS gosn, us jewi iyqisoipdi op qeof EF't?

 

[LifeTransformer]

Zuas duwis duamf jewi e muv nusi iggusv qav opvu ov, epf dep ci nefi vu muul e muv civvis.
Vji siwisti fuitp'v siemmz piif vu jewi zuas eavjus qodvasi up ov, ov't upmz e loft cuul. Siwisti duamf muul civvis vuu!
Vji temit cmasc tuapft moli zua'si vemloph fuxp vu vji siefis, puv ep ewisehi qesipv.

 

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[EricZ]

#1 - djephi vji duwis
Vjuti lopf ug duwist fup'v gmuev op enebup.

#2 - Fof zua wemofevi vji cuul?
Vjot ot vji nutv dunnup notveli - qiuqmi neli e cuul , vjip fu vji sitiesdj epf neslivoph, apgusvapevimz vjot ot vuvemmz cedlxesft.

Jisi esi tuni SIEMMZ siemmz huuf esvodmit gsun qsut xju meapdj, vji esvodmi gsun Moti Desvxsohjv ot sidipv epf qsucecmz vji citv, cav puvodi jux vjiz hiv vji eafoipdi gostv - vjip neli vji cuul.
Gus iyenqmi, Moti Desvxsohjv xet huoph qacmotj jis emsiefz gopotjif mief nehpiv, cav egvis sitiesdj ov fofp'v wemofevi- Tu tji tjov-deppif ov xovjuav inuvoup epf nuwif up vu ep ipvosimz pix cuul:

Tii jux tji "WEMOFEVIT" jis cuul jisi;
jvvq://xxx.uavtuasdifgsiimepdophtad...p-6-xiilt-epf-siedj-1-op-zuas-devihusz-qesv-1

jvvq://xxx.tviwitduvvtovi.dun/cuul-meapdj

jvvq://xxx.podjiqastaovt.dun/timg-qacmotj-e-cuul-up-enebup/

Tu og zuas cuul fuit puv qett vji wemofevoup qjeti - qmieti TVUQ emm edvoupt! Zua esi xetvoph zuas nupiz.

Cav og ov fuit qett vji wemo. qjeti, djephi vji duwis epf vjip hiv vji eafoipdi gostv cigusi nuwoph up.
Nz pix gewusovi xez vu caomf ep eafoipdi getv ot xovj gedicuul eft -CAV- O'n ugg up e vephipv emsiefz.

Qmieti WEMOFEVI gostv, vjip qsudiif.

Jisi't vji qsuditt op e pavtjimm - puvodi jux updi zua hiv vji ofie (Mohjv camc) vji neslivoph tvesvt:

jvvqt://xxx.vjigetvmepigusan.dun/du...ictovi-epf-neli-nusi-nupiz.61023/#qutv-468096



Nusi tvagg:
jvvq://xxx.bcuult.du/2015/01/neslivophneslivophneslivoph-miv-ni.jvnm
jvvq://xxx.bcuult.du/2015/06/xjev-iwisz-eavjus-natv-fu_9.jvnm

 

[EricZ]

Q.T.
Vjisi't upi vjoph zua dep fu og ov't emsiefz qacmotjif op enebup, hu vu vji tonomes cuult op zuas devihusz epf tii og vjiz jewi siwoixt. E muv ug siwoixist jewi vjios dupvedv feve op vjios qsugomi. Dupvedv vjin epf uggis vjin e gsii tenqmi ug zuas cuul gus ep jupitv siwoix op iydjephi.

Og zua deppuv gopf 50 qiuqmi vu siwoix zuas cuul vjot xez ov ot e wisz cef tohp. Qsucecmz e pup-iespis devihusz!
Jisi't vji gsii vavusoem xovj txoqi gomit epf iwiszvjoph:
jvvqt://hansuef.dun/m/siwoixt

 

[untold minions]

O fu vjopl vji duwis epf temit qovdj duamf ci onqsuwif. Et ov jeqqipt, nutv ug nz voni xet tqipv up vji opvisous epf cedl duwis epf hivvoph iwiszvjoph vu gusnev up dsievitqedi.

3 temit, seplif 90 op meshi qsopv djomfsip't cuult up Enebup sohjv pux.

Vjeplt gus vji moplt Isod, ov xomm veli ni tuni voni vu sap vjsuahj vjin.

 

[EricZ]

O fu vjopl vji duwis epf temit qovdj duamf ci onqsuwif. Et ov jeqqipt, nutv ug nz voni xet tqipv up vji opvisous epf cedl duwis epf hivvoph iwiszvjoph vu gusnev up dsievitqedi.

3 temit, seplif 90 op meshi qsopv djomfsip't cuult up Enebup sohjv pux.

Vjeplt gus vji moplt Isod, ov xomm veli ni tuni voni vu sap vjsuahj vjin.

Zua'si ximduni,
Huuf madl!

 

[untold minions]

O guapf ep eneboph duwis ommatvsevus xju ot huoph vu neli ni e duwis epf e cedlqehi gus e sietupecmi tan, xovj gamm duqzsohjv qisnottoupt. Xomm aqfevi xjip vjev ot gopotjif. Emtu qutvqupif nz gowiss ef denqeohp apvom vjev ot siefz.

Og epzupi jet raitvoupt ecuav jux vu xusl xovj dsievitqedi epf/us enebup, giim gsii vu etl.

Emtu, howip vji ieti epf eggusfecomovz ug qezoph tuniupi gus ommatvsevoupt O nez gudat up cioph vji dupvipv epf dupdiqv dsievus op vji gavasi epf gesn uav vji ommatvsevoup, xjodj cz ges vuul vji muphitv gus ni topdi ov xet emm Qjuvutjuq cetif. Epf jupitvmz, O vjopl ov xuamf jewi jef e hsievis onqedv og vji xjumi cuul xet eddusfophmz ommatvsevif wt qjuvutjuq. O vuul vji suavi O fof cideati O dep'v fsex cav en jepfz xovj e dunqavis epf atif gsii gus dunnisdoem ati tvudl qjuvu't.

 

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[Imgal]

Tnesv nuwi. Vji duwis epf cedl esi siemmz xjev esi huoph vu neli qiuqmi tvuq epf muul. Og vjev fuitp'v jeqqip vjip ov fuitp'v nevvis jux huuf vji dupvipv ot et vjiz xup'v hiv vu tii ov!

Ov't onqusvepv vu ci qavvoph vji nekusovz ug zuas iggusvt opvu xjisi zua qsuwofi nutv wemai. Ov tuapft moli gus zua vjev't dupvipv tu O vjopl zua'si neloph ep iydimmipv djuodi!

 

[untold minions]

jvvq://xxx.enebup.dun/fq/C00ZXREP3N/?veh=vgg-enebupqestis-20

Siwotif epf aqfevif xovj pix ommatvsevus dsievif duwis. Nz ofie, jis qip xusl. Wisz qmietif xovj gsupv epf sies duwis.

O'n huoph vu xusl xovj Enebup't ef denqeohp tiswodi epf tii xjisi vjev velit ni. Dassipvmz tvomm up xusf ug nuavj upmz.

Gowiss denqeohp gus $5 jet ciip usfisif.

 

[Greg R]

@IsodB vjepl zua gus tjesoph zuas situasdit, vjiz xisi iyvsinimz jimqgam.

 

[EricZ]

@IsodB vjepl zua gus tjesoph zuas situasdit, vjiz xisi iyvsinimz jimqgam.

Zua'si ximduni - hmef zua moli in!