Marketing tips: 5 Resources to Get You Started In Publishing
Career | September 1st, 2008
We’re often asked for pointers on marketing and publishing. Here goes:
- www.MediaBistro.com is one of the very few daily newsletters that we subscribe to (it’s free). We pay for the AvantGuild membership ($60 per year) – which grants full access to an online “How To Pitch” series giving qualified info on pitching to literary agents, magazine editors, and other media producers.
- Arielle Ford is a successful book publicist (Chicken Soup for the Soul, Deepak Chopra…) and a terrific source of knowledge about book publicity and publishing. She has a great tool kit for purchase, and her free newsletter and tele-seminars are typically full of useful tips and perspectives.
- Linda Siversten is a writer and a publishing consultant. Her services run the gamut from book proposal development to referrals to literary agents and image consultants. Her “Favorite Book Proposal Headings” is a great (and free to download) one-stop guide for crafting a book proposal.
- Dan Poynter is considered the self-publishing guru, but his knowledge extends far beyond just self-publishing.
- On finding a literary agent…we found our agent the old fashioned way: we went to the book store, found books that we liked and looked for mention of the agent in the author’s acknowledgment section. Rather than sending the typical two-page query letter, we created a small, elegant booklet that described our book concept and requested permission to submit an actual proposal.
It worked! Our book, Style Statement: Live by your own design was an Amazon bestseller the week it launched!
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September 1st, 2008 at 7:35 am
These are great tips! I just recently finished writing and publishing a career workbook; a business version is on its way!
One resource that you didn’t mention that I found to be incredibly valuable was to contact an actual published author. I was surprised to realize the number of colleagues and friends that have books on the market so it was easy to make contact but they shared that they are always willing to talk to others. Their experience was invaluable and really helped me make some crucial decisions before proceeding.
September 1st, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Contacting an actual author is a great tip, and they are usually flattered.