J. Steve Miller's Comments

Steve, I hope more people will share what approaches result in lots of books being sold. I am looking at what brings sales results, part of intensive bookmarketing study on my own. I commend what you are doing.

Steve, I tried to accept and send message by B'berry last night. Maybe this is more effective. I can email but I do not keep passwords in B'berry. Thanks! Jean

Thanks Steve. I have so many more questions. As you mentioned, it would be a great idea to move this discussion in one of the forums. Let me know if we have to start a whole new forum or if we'll take it up on one of the existing ones. Sincerely, Carline

Hi Steve. My apologies for the late reply. I've been sick with the flu. Not fun at all! Thanks for the information on the GA Writers Association. I will look into it. I plan on writing additional books in the near future and wanted to explore all avenues with regard to publishing. What has your experience been like with your own publishing company? In terms of obstacles and benefits, what can you tell me about that. How easy or how hard is it to create your own publishing company and have you found it challenging to market your books to bookstores? I welcome any feedback and/or advice you might have to that respect. This is obviously all new to me. I look forward to your reply. Sincerely, Carline

Hi Steve,

Congratulations on your book, "Enjoy Your Money! How to Make It, Save It, Invest It and Give It." Love the title :) I just wanted to mention to you a website I built called AlreadyPublished.com. It's for authors to promote their book. You do so by posting your book's first chapter, giving readers a peek into your book. The site is free and the list of books is growing, so please check it out. :) BTW, good luck with your book!

p.s. You can also check out this blog post on the Already Published Ning Network, I explain how to post your book. You can also learn more about the website there.

Best,
John

There are definite advantages to going with a PR firm (i.e., hitting hi-traffic blogs and getting the reviews), but if you have a strong network and are not afraid to get out there and ask for guest spots, it's absolutely doable.

Hi Steve,

I've had two tours, one for each book. The first I conducted myself. The second tour I used Dorothy Thompson's Pump Up Your Books tour company for a month long tour.

It's a lot of work (I typed 27 pieces for it that included short stories, articles on specific topics, and answered interview questions.) But, she also arranged for several book reviews that were posted on high traffic blogs. Both tours exposed my writing to a host of new readers I wouldn't have been able to reach on my own and my sales did reflect a nice increase. By the way, Thompson uses my collective author's blog, MURDER BY 4 as one of her clients' stops. Keep in touch and let me know how it goes.

You have given me a great idea. We have Huntington University here, my niece works in the mailroom there. I could try to contact a professor there that may take the time to read one of my books. It's definately a start, the don't know me. And I really do want the truth.
Isn't that something about your manuscript? All those years later. They say everything happens for a reason, maybe it just wasn't the right time when you first sent it to them.
Thank you for the help, I will try my best.

Hi....
I have done more surfing on the subject. Found some that were interesting, and some that were ridiculous. The driving forse behind my thinking, (if there is any) is that I would love to have my work reviewed by someone, anyone. Be it good or bad, an opinion. In the area here, I have recieved wonderful reviews, but (a big but) is that I know most of these people. What are they going to say?? Of course, I don't ask them, they do volunteer the information. I seem to bounce back & forth with "well it doesn't really matter" and then "I want to know my work is good enough to continue", and finally "I believe in what I do". I highly doubt this behavior is normal. Life is a fun and challenging effort.

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Welcome, Steve! Glad to have you with us.

Ann B. Keller
Author of Crenellations and BRIGGEN