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Writing books has been something that I have adopted as a way to create a content system for myself. As MJ says, your work is timeless and will continue to produce revenue regardless of when it is after you've written it. My journey through finding my fastlane path has been narrowed down to a few things and most of my time has been committed to writing my first full length novel.
In helping my fastlane writing career, a state-wide publisher of a genre called "Pulp Fiction" came to our highschool about three months ago and talked to us about the entire process of the world of an author after the book has been written and published. His second visit at our school came today, and after the end of the meeting, he told us that int he three day eight hour period he has been teaching us knowledge of the market and finding audiences, and the different tips we know about finding and pitching publishers, he assured us that we knew more about the book publishing business than most of the writers in America do.
I'd like to share some of that information with you to help any of you in your journeys to finding success as a writer, and I hope to make a progress thread soon to share my story as an aspiring writer of 17 years old. First things first, lets get to the generalization of the market.
US BOOK MARKET IS CHANGING! Why, you ask? It is simple. Back in the days of old (well beyond my time) the book writing process was one of absolute slowlane potential. Write a book. Send it in. Write for newspapers. Write a book. Send it in. Write for Magazines. Write a book. Send it in. All the while hoping that one day one of the "Big Whig" publishing companies will be willing to take your book under their wing so that you can share in the glory of profits. Fortunately, for us as writers, that process has nearly become obsolete to all except a select few.
With the up and coming technology of the internet, the leverage offered to book writers has become more powerful than ever. Millions of people can be influenced by your literature with a push of a button, without the need of sending it in to big publishing companies and without the need to pay big bucks to get your books out to the world. Now first let me say this: PUBLISHING THROUGH A COMPANY IS NOT BAD. Depending on what type of company it is (we'll get to that in a minute) certain publishing companies can actually help you form your fan base so you can delve into self-publishing easier. What I am saying is with the technology we have now, putting money into an editor and investing in a marketing agency to sell our self-published books can now be a way to become fastlane with a book or novel that will stand the test of time and will have the potential to impact millions of people (which means big $$$).
The first step is always writing the book. If you haven't written the book, there is nothing more for you to do then set up ways to channel your fans to your up and coming book early. This can be done via blogs, forums, advertisements, personal websites, social media, posters, ect. The cool thing about being a self-published author, is that you control where your sales go and you control how your audience portrays you. Touring the south east coast can lead to a rise in sales just from visiting the locaL Starbucks' in the area of setting up meet and greets at book stores. The SCALE of your product is left in your hands instead of in the 40% less royalty stealing hands of publishers.
Our publisher who gave us the workshop suggested Three different things that I can go into detail at a later post if someone would like to know the details:
Remember that the key in the first couple of your books are meant to create publicity and get you noticed. Unfortunately, for most of us, we can't get a best selling book like MJ and impact that many people when we first come out of a cave screaming "I am the greatest writer ever" to the world. The markets don't work like that. You have to establish yourself as a writer that takes a certain niche (aka genre, book writing has niches just like any industry) and then becomes popular to that niche. This is where publishing companies come in. Engaging interest with publishing companies who already have the resources and the networks to get your work exposure will help you create a fan base a lot faster than if you were to walk door to door with your next great self-published novel. BUT there is a problem that our publisher told us about.
DO NOT EVER PAY TO BE PUBLISHED This is something that our publishing speaker emphasized over and over. This isn't a completely accurate quote from him, but it is the general idea,
"Any publisher who is good and has a good reputation will take on your book as an investment. You should not have to pay for editing, you should not have to pay for marketing, you should not have to pay any front up fees or any after publishing fees. Any publishing company that expects you to pay for them to publish you will not take your book as something they expect to perform well in the market."
This is as true as it gets. The publisher that talked to us suggested either being self-published or finding a legitimate publishing company, local or national, to publish your books. Once again, DO NOT EVER EVER EVER PAY TO BE PUBLISHED. He gave us a story of how crooked the publishing market has gotten in America. The company by the name of Publish America is a crooked "publishing company" that takes people's books, promises absolute free publishing process, makes them sign a contract *hint hint* and then they do everything needed to get the book ready for production. Of course, right before publication, the company asks for a fee to do this that or blah blah. Their contract includes a section that includes "a fee outside of the listed price for publication" and now the author is in a bind. He can choose to give them $1000, or take them to court over his rights to the work, which, by the way, they have the right to do anything with his work until the author gets the rights back.
The world is crooked by people who are money driven instead of people who are purpose driven to succeed through solving problems. But its something that can be avoided. DON'T EVER PAY TO BE PUBLISHED. READ YOUR CONTRACTS.
This is all I'm going to include from the publishing gurus advice on being an author, but feel free to ask any questions and leave any comments to help make this post better. Self-publishing IS possible and me as well as the people on here will soon be the proof to the revolutionary change that we are making in the book market. Check out this post on my website blog at Neotericwriting.webs.com!
Greyson F.
In helping my fastlane writing career, a state-wide publisher of a genre called "Pulp Fiction" came to our highschool about three months ago and talked to us about the entire process of the world of an author after the book has been written and published. His second visit at our school came today, and after the end of the meeting, he told us that int he three day eight hour period he has been teaching us knowledge of the market and finding audiences, and the different tips we know about finding and pitching publishers, he assured us that we knew more about the book publishing business than most of the writers in America do.
I'd like to share some of that information with you to help any of you in your journeys to finding success as a writer, and I hope to make a progress thread soon to share my story as an aspiring writer of 17 years old. First things first, lets get to the generalization of the market.
US BOOK MARKET IS CHANGING! Why, you ask? It is simple. Back in the days of old (well beyond my time) the book writing process was one of absolute slowlane potential. Write a book. Send it in. Write for newspapers. Write a book. Send it in. Write for Magazines. Write a book. Send it in. All the while hoping that one day one of the "Big Whig" publishing companies will be willing to take your book under their wing so that you can share in the glory of profits. Fortunately, for us as writers, that process has nearly become obsolete to all except a select few.
With the up and coming technology of the internet, the leverage offered to book writers has become more powerful than ever. Millions of people can be influenced by your literature with a push of a button, without the need of sending it in to big publishing companies and without the need to pay big bucks to get your books out to the world. Now first let me say this: PUBLISHING THROUGH A COMPANY IS NOT BAD. Depending on what type of company it is (we'll get to that in a minute) certain publishing companies can actually help you form your fan base so you can delve into self-publishing easier. What I am saying is with the technology we have now, putting money into an editor and investing in a marketing agency to sell our self-published books can now be a way to become fastlane with a book or novel that will stand the test of time and will have the potential to impact millions of people (which means big $$$).
The first step is always writing the book. If you haven't written the book, there is nothing more for you to do then set up ways to channel your fans to your up and coming book early. This can be done via blogs, forums, advertisements, personal websites, social media, posters, ect. The cool thing about being a self-published author, is that you control where your sales go and you control how your audience portrays you. Touring the south east coast can lead to a rise in sales just from visiting the locaL Starbucks' in the area of setting up meet and greets at book stores. The SCALE of your product is left in your hands instead of in the 40% less royalty stealing hands of publishers.
Our publisher who gave us the workshop suggested Three different things that I can go into detail at a later post if someone would like to know the details:
- You need a biography of yourself that is no more than five sentences that describes you as a person, as an author (genre) and gives them a taste for what makes you different
- For every book you write, you need a five part "pitch" that will self-market customers to your book. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT
- Research in your market and in your audience is VERY crucial, because if you write the latest and greatest Fifty Shades of Porn and market it to a group of celibate nuns, your sales are going to be zilch and your reputation as a writer is going to go stagnant.
Remember that the key in the first couple of your books are meant to create publicity and get you noticed. Unfortunately, for most of us, we can't get a best selling book like MJ and impact that many people when we first come out of a cave screaming "I am the greatest writer ever" to the world. The markets don't work like that. You have to establish yourself as a writer that takes a certain niche (aka genre, book writing has niches just like any industry) and then becomes popular to that niche. This is where publishing companies come in. Engaging interest with publishing companies who already have the resources and the networks to get your work exposure will help you create a fan base a lot faster than if you were to walk door to door with your next great self-published novel. BUT there is a problem that our publisher told us about.
DO NOT EVER PAY TO BE PUBLISHED This is something that our publishing speaker emphasized over and over. This isn't a completely accurate quote from him, but it is the general idea,
"Any publisher who is good and has a good reputation will take on your book as an investment. You should not have to pay for editing, you should not have to pay for marketing, you should not have to pay any front up fees or any after publishing fees. Any publishing company that expects you to pay for them to publish you will not take your book as something they expect to perform well in the market."
This is as true as it gets. The publisher that talked to us suggested either being self-published or finding a legitimate publishing company, local or national, to publish your books. Once again, DO NOT EVER EVER EVER PAY TO BE PUBLISHED. He gave us a story of how crooked the publishing market has gotten in America. The company by the name of Publish America is a crooked "publishing company" that takes people's books, promises absolute free publishing process, makes them sign a contract *hint hint* and then they do everything needed to get the book ready for production. Of course, right before publication, the company asks for a fee to do this that or blah blah. Their contract includes a section that includes "a fee outside of the listed price for publication" and now the author is in a bind. He can choose to give them $1000, or take them to court over his rights to the work, which, by the way, they have the right to do anything with his work until the author gets the rights back.
The world is crooked by people who are money driven instead of people who are purpose driven to succeed through solving problems. But its something that can be avoided. DON'T EVER PAY TO BE PUBLISHED. READ YOUR CONTRACTS.
This is all I'm going to include from the publishing gurus advice on being an author, but feel free to ask any questions and leave any comments to help make this post better. Self-publishing IS possible and me as well as the people on here will soon be the proof to the revolutionary change that we are making in the book market. Check out this post on my website blog at Neotericwriting.webs.com!
Greyson F.
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