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What's Your Biggest Challenge with Your Book?
I'd be interested to learn what authors/publishers on this network think their biggest challenges are with their book. I wonder if there's any common, pervasive challenge we all face.
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Permalink Reply by albertasequeira on
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Hi Marlena,
I have almost 9,000 hits on my site. The important thing is if your book is moving from it. I sell it on my website and sold only 8 of them. So, a lot of hits doesn't mean that it sells books.
I advertise, do writer's workshops, book signings in state and out, and my royalty isn't showing great sales.
We do need help in the marketing department. I'll try Brent Sampson's book from Amazon.
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wow, Marlena, I'm not sure what I'm doing to get that many hits. I paid monthly for search engines for a year. After that, I stopped. Like I mentioned before, a lot of hits are great, but if I'm not getting my books sold or selling items from my site, I'm not gaining anything.
I really need to find someone to help me with a professional market plan.
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Permalink Reply by Jim McPartland on
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Right now, it's finding a literay agent in my genre- non fiction humor. I'm querying 3 per day and am waiting for responses from most.
I'm not sure how agressively to follow up. Everything I read says 'don't call'. E-mail? Advice please.
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Permalink Reply by Bill Frank on
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Hi, Jim. Good luck on your search for an agent in your genre. Your question causes me to think of two responses.
First, when it comes to follow-up, you don't want to be too aggressive. At the same time, you don't want to be too passive. Typically, allow six weeks to pass between the time you send the query letter to the agent and the time you follow-up. That gives time for two things. One, the agent has time to read and review your query letter if it interests him/her. Two, it allows time for the agent to send a rejection letter if she/he is not interested.
Second, are you targeting the right type of agents? You say you're querying three per day. That's a lot of queries.
Agents specialize, as you know. How did you find the agents you are currently querying? The two most common ways to identify appropriate agents are: one, go to Literary Marketplace (LMP, for short) and research agents. LMP categorizes agents by specialty. Two, identify books in your genre you like or books that are similar to yours. Go to the Acknowledgements page of the book. Typically, an author acknowledges his/her agent. Get the names of agents listed in books that are similar to yours and contact them.
Good luck with your search.
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Permalink Reply by carol stanley on
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These publishers take a long time to answer...so you have to be patient...good luck eh??? carol stanley www.spectacularlifeaftersixty.blogspot.com
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I just put up an ethical bribe..a free astro forecast and lucky number if they go to the surprise page...and leave e mail address. Hope this will start a following...also I do offer free download of several chapters on my site...thanks ...carol
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For anyone interested in the future of publishing and writing, this article from THE FUTURIST magazine will be interesting. It describes the changing landscape of writing and publishing through the Internet.
http://www.wfs.org/May-June%20files/Futwrite1.htm
Two factoids from the article I liked are: 1) Tim O'Reilly (creator of the moniker Web 2.0) quotes a statistic that 70% of literary agents urge their clients to blog over 5 hours per week. 2) It took a hundred years between the invention of the printing press (1468) and the great works of Shakespeare and Cervantes. We don't, yet, know how to make art with the Internet.
Enjoy.
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how interesting...Do you think five hours is enough? I spend at least two hours a day blogging, commenting and writing articles...I know there are other things to take advantage of on the web...Just learning..I think making a presence on the internet is great..I think it would also be very difficult to over expose with the number of sites and blogs there are...carol stanley author FOr Kids 59.99 and Over....
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Mine is finding a literay agent.
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Hi: Have you considered just going to the publisher...or self publishing???Getting a good agent is difficult as they have their clients who write on a continual basis. Look into options and look at other options...carol
www.spectacularlifeaftersixty.blogspot.com
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what are you doing to market your book??? There are many sources on and off line..It takes a lot of work!!!!Keep your spirit up..carol stanley "For Kids 59.99 and Over"
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Permalink Reply by Amanda Harrison on
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Hello, I am from the uk and my Disabled Husband Hugh, has his own childrens book out there. The Adventures of Rufus the red. priced at £4.99 and we went self publishing. Never again do we do this as we have lost a lot of money. Now trying to get other jobs. But nothing is selling out there . regards amandah
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