Like everything else, book publishing has its seasons. There are times when people are more anxious to purchase books and times when they are less eager.Aligning your hard release date to when readers normally spend their hard-earned cash can significantly increase your chances of accomplishing your sales goals.The book-buying season when readers are most anxious to [...]
blog by Bill WorthI’ve been editing book manuscripts for Tom Bird since July of 2015; my latest count shows I have completed almost 200 of them over that time. I got the job partly because I attended one of Tom’s workshops in Atlanta in 2009, and one of his appearances at the annual conference for [...]
“I don’t have time to write!” It’s one of the more prevalent excuses I hear from Authors addicted to excuse-making. What they might not realize is how irrelevant this response really is. Heck, as my retreats have proven you don’t need much time at all to write a book; usually 12 to 14 hours is all it [...]
1) Do you have a trend?Let’s face it, Fifty Shades of Grey was a poorly written book. But it served a purpose of satisfying people’s (at least unfulfilled housewives’) literary desires. If you have a fresh concept, not a regurgitated one, then you have the potential of creating a trend that can skyrocket your book sales.2) Have [...]
