The phrase
"hopeful authors" refers to individuals who have a strong desire and optimism about becoming successful writers in the future.
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That's why I
tell hopeful authors that, while they will certainly learn many things through the process of publishing a book, no two experiences are the same.
While traditional publishing continues to close the door on many
hopeful authors by admitting only a select few into their fold, self - publishing has been opening the door for motivated authors ready to take their success into their own hands.
A hole in the market place
for hopeful authors in a hurry, seems to have been filled by this method of publishing, however I believe, and perhaps antiquatedly so, that the most legitimate authors are still those who are not vanity published or self published.
Infinity Publishing will be
charging hopeful authors about $ 200 to self - publish their own titles, for sale through Kobo Books, and other digital libraries.
I would just add that some publishers use the word Christian to
draw hopefuls authors and one must be careful.
I agree that once you've had some success, a platform is probably an invaluable way of building on that success and giving subsequent work a head start, but with so many thousands
of hopeful authors out there, I reckon a lot of time and effort must be spent trying to build author platforms which bring nothing.
While traditional publishing continues to close the door on many
hopeful authors by admitting only a select few into their fold, self - publishing has been... Continue Reading
While the field of manuscript entries gets whittled down over the course of several months, it's important
for hopeful authors to remember the contest process.
These opinions are so strong, in fact, that
some hopeful authors have opted to not pursue book publishing because they don't want to blog or be a public speaker or deal with the insanity that is Twitter.
You've got so many insights that are invaluable to writers and
hopeful authors - to - be.
One of the best sci - fi novels I ever read was written by
a hopeful author, who to this day, has not sold more than a few dozen ebooks.
I've workedin a publishing house and seen the huge amount of promotional work that goes into it, like sending out a hundred books to different media outlets for reviews and
a hopeful author interview, and that's extremely difficult for self - published authors to do — many places will totally ignore a press release for a book that has the author name and no publisher (i.e. self - published).
After being introduced to the merchandiser,
the hopeful author can pitch his or her series to be part of a promotion.
But until
every hopeful author gets the message - if you're book is good, you won't have to pay to be published - the cockroach scam publishers will keep eating well.
Time spent on this sort of research separates
the hopeful authors from the successful authors.
I can personally relate to much of what she wrote, being
a hopeful author - entrepreneur one day myself.»