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I went into the two ways to do this, either by traditional publishing, the be-all and end - all to getting your book in the hands of readers for over a century, or by yourself.

Not exact matches

In my quest to help authors promote their book I am going to make a list of places where you can submit your book for free to get it in the hands of readerIn my quest to help authors promote their book I am going to make a list of places where you can submit your book for free to get it in the hands of readerin the hands of readers.

Awesome Gang is a place for Kindle book authors to share their books and get them in the hands of readers.

Ingram's Director of Metadata, Margaret Harrison, lays out the role of metadata in book discovery and book sales and some best practices and actionable tips for getting your work into readers» hands.

Digital publishing made the speed - to - market incredibly fast, and just like other e-short platforms, Byliner was able to get quality non-fiction into the hands of busy readers with minimal delay, along with dedicated fiction works that were written expressly for snippet - like consumption from some of the top names in books.

«Offering books in the Windows Store is one of the highest potential sales channels to come to the market in several years; it will be a great opportunity for our publishers to get their books into more readers» hands across multiple devices.»

I have written extensively about this topic and have a white paper title The Four Paths to Publishing, that layouts out the different opportunities available today for authors to get their books in the hands of readers.

My tentative conclusions are these: 1) ebooks are «leveling» the playing field for female authors since, for the first time in publishing history, authors do not have to wait for the largesse or permission from publishers to get our books into the hands of readers, and traditional publishing has always favored males (to date).

By requesting the book and showing interest, you help create demand for the book, which can help get it in the hands of new readers.

However, about ten years ago, three innovative technologies were introduced at the same time that made it possible for an author to bypass the historical method for getting published and get a professionally produced book in the hands of readers quickly and affordably.

«A good ebook developer will know that the author has put their heart and soul into writing their book and he or she will be able to take that book in whatever format the author provides and then lovingly hand - craft an ebook version for them which will honour their work and get it to the devices of readers who will appreciate it too.»

With the growing rise in popularity and in respect for self - publishing, an increase in the myriad ways authors can get their books into the hands — or onto the screens — of readers has also arrived.

Simply put, many authors don't have a plan for getting from manuscripts to books in the hands of readers.

This not only gets your first book into the hands of readers, but you also grabbed their email address in exchange for that free book!

Offering a free eBook to everyone who enters the contest is a win - win for everyone involved: Your books get into the hands of more readers and it definitely encourages more readers to sign up... so you get more people on your mailing list who are genuinely interested in the fiction you write.

Seems to me the only reasons a person will «Self publish» is if she is in a great hurry to get a book «out there» in the hands of readers, or if the book is not worth reading (i.e., not good enough for traditional publishers).

How an author gets their book in the hands of new readers and grows their reader base — that's an individual path all the best sellers created for themselves.

In an earlier post for this site on content marketing, I talked about how powerful content marketing can be in getting your book into the hands of its ideal readerIn an earlier post for this site on content marketing, I talked about how powerful content marketing can be in getting your book into the hands of its ideal readerin getting your book into the hands of its ideal readers.

And then I remembered, I had an agent, a great agent, I wrote great books (so all the rejecting editors told me) and yes, you are right, self pub has given my stories a voice and an ear and the chance to be read, when they otherwise would have still been gathering dust on my hard drive, yet, on the other hand this is hard, REALLY HARD, it is SO hard to find your way to a readership as a SP, with limited funds (dwindling)... and the glimmer of trad pub — with their power to splash your name around established circles of readers, and their ability to secure a great number of reviews where, as a self pub, doors have been slammed in my face — becomes temptingly shiny again, (it's like childbirth, you forget all the painful stuff with time)... and it all gets very tempting... almost tempting enough to consider sacrificing one work JUST one artistic premise for the trade off of visibility... and then perhaps, just perhaps THEN, my SP efforts will finally sprout wings... but then I hear you and other say, it wasn't worth it, you'd never do it again, and I sigh... And then I wake up the next morning and think of packing it all in, and going to work for Walmart and steady shitty pay... lol And then along comes this blog post.

Book stores, specialty stores, department stores, and libraries all offer wonderful opportunities for you to get your book in the hands of readBook stores, specialty stores, department stores, and libraries all offer wonderful opportunities for you to get your book in the hands of readbook in the hands of readers.

I cover Blurb and other ways to get your color print book into the hands of readers in my how - to guide: The Self - Publishing Boot Camp Guide for Authors.

Anne Womack crystalized this sentiment: «We would love for the Big 5 publishers to recognize libraries as partners, as a means to get their books into the hands of hundreds of readers who may very well purchase more of the same book / author in the future.»

Fortunately for us, there are plenty of online resources to help get our books in the hands of readers and build a career.

He and other industry professionals of the old publishing paradigm are still holding onto that gate with both hands (and white knuckles)-- but readers like mine (who, granted, aren't into LIT - tra - chure, but just want to escape into a good read that gets them to think and maybe even changes their outlook on life) aren't particularly flooding to read the books that were deemed acceptable reading material by the old - fashioned gatekeepers who tend to be looking for this year's bestseller to put out in multiple re-iterations in 2 - 3 years.