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Calling All Authors---How to Publish with Your Eyes Wide Open
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Nightengale Press

Category:  Publishing
Publisher: Nightengale Press

ISBN-10:  1933449438

Pages: 288

Copyright: 
March 2007
ISBN-13: 9781933449432


Revealing Publishing Myths, Misconceptions, and Realities for Published Authors and Writers Who Dream of Becoming Authors

Publishing a book is something like running a marathon with no water stops and no one cheering you on. The road is long, fraught with pitfalls and traps. This is not to say you are foolish to attempt literary immortality. Quite the contrary. There is always room in the marketplace for another good book.

Your book reveals your voice. Your book is filled with your own blood, sweat and tears. Your questions are many:


  • How can you find a publisher, or publish it yourself without losing control, input, or influence on how your work is presented to the world?
  • What are your responsibilities?
  • How much will or can it cost?
  • Who will you trust?
  • What is printing?
  • What is publishing?
  • Will you want a publicist?
  • Will you go for high tech digital printing or old-world offset printing? What is the difference?
  • What about designers? Editors? Proofreaders?
  • What about websites and internet marketing?
  • Will your book ever show up on the shelves in bookstores?
  • How will you get it there?

 

In these pages, you will find answers from publishers who appreciate their authors. From authors who followed their dream. From experts in publicity, the Internet, writing, editing and graphic design.

            Publisher Valerie Connelly’s radio program CALLING ALL AUTHORS on Global Talk Radio is the source for the bountiful information in this book. Her background as an educator presents this knowledge so you can learn and apply it. This is your publishing guide—the book no one has written until now.
 


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Excerpt from the INTRODUCTION:

CALLING ALL AUTHORS, is meant to separate fact from fiction. It is not altogether a “how-to” book. It is a book about dispelling misconceptions and revealing realities in publishing. It is about the business of writing, publishing and marketing a salable book. The un-initiated, would-be author and those who have tried and supposedly failed to produce the mega-hit of the century, will learn from this book what they have done or can do correctly and what they should avoid doing at all costs. It is based on my first-hand experience, and much of the information presented is drawn from the experience of other experts in publishing, publicity, marketing and writing, all of whom have appeared in 2006 on CALLING ALL AUTHORS, the weekly radio program, which I host on GlobalTalkRadio.com.

I intend to provide insight and commentary that provokes the hopeful author to take a step back, look at what becoming successfully published really entails, and then provide that author with the tools to step into the fray with knowledge to compliment his courage and out-and-out foolhardiness. Yes, it takes an undying belief in your book, money, persistence, and the willingness to keep pressing forward when sales sag more than an octogenarian’s jowls.


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Reviewed by Tina Evans 8/23/2009
Authors Access is a great book filled with tons of helpful advice from authors and publishers.

Inside I found heaps of useful articles on the different genres, editing, marketing, and using the Internet to promote and help sales.

I found many of the articles beneficial to me personally: “Five Tips on Writing Romance” by Sylvia Hubbard, “Publishing a Children’s Book? Better Get a Child’s Opinion First” by Tyler R. Tichelaar, and “Elements of a Quality Book Review” by Tyler R. Tichelaar were three of the most worthwhile for me.

Many of the authors were known to me, a few of them I had to look up. This was made easier by the inclusion of websites for the authors at the end of their articles. The addition of the bibliography at the end has led me to many more useful books that have found a place on my bookshelf.

Authors Access has shown me how to establish an effective MySpace page and in “Promoting your Book with Social Media and Web 2.0 there is a very good list of sites for book promotion.

I found Authors Access to be an immense source of help when it comes to knowledge about promotion, dealing with ‘writer’s block’, and publishing.
Reviewed by Amy Sellers 3/10/2007
This book is going to be incredible... after a brief email response I got from Valerie, she offered advice that's more enlightening then ALL the advice I've received in the past two years. THANKS, Valerie, for your time... I can't wait to order your book! Amy S
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