October 28th, 2009
I have to admit, most authors’ eyes glaze over when I ask them what their vision is for their book. My partner, Brian, is amazed by this. “People put all this time and effort into these books,” he says over and over, “and they do it without having any clue what to do once it’s done.”
I think he’s amazed because he’s not a writer. I know what it is to just have a story to tell, to have a burning need to put pen to paper. And that’s all it take to be a writer — to put pen to paper.
Getting published, especially self published, takes a plan.
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October 16th, 2009
Kat Reed, author of Begin Here: Helping Survivors Manage is Legacy Book Solutions’ newest success story. Just last spring, she was looking for a way to help survivors complete the many logistical and financial tasks that they face after a death. This week she received the first shipment of her beautiful book and is already filling orders.
Kat is passionate about helping people who have lost someone. When we first met, she had a spreadsheet and some notes, but was not sure what to do with them. She had not considered writing a book, and at first was a bit overwhelmed by the prospect. But the more we talked, and the more I assured her that she would not be alone in the process, the more excited she got. Over the next months, with help from the Legacy Book Solutions team, she worked hard to find a way to turn that passion into a book which will, in turn, turn a profit.
Let me highlight four basic things Kat did to make her book project a success:
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September 28th, 2009
Your first step in creating a vision for your self-published book is to answer this question: Am I creating this book to fulfill a burning passion or am I doing it to make a buck? Am I in it for the love or the money?
There is no right or wrong answer to this question. Or rather, you are the only one who knows what the right answer is for you. But once you know the answer, it guides you through a lot of other questions you’ll be asked (and you will need to ask yourself).
But wait! I can hear you saying, I want to do both. I love what I am writing about, and I want to make money too. Most authors, especially the ones who self publish, are motivated by a combination of love and money. As someone working them, I won’t have it any other way.
Let’s take a trip along the For Love or Money continuum.
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September 1st, 2009
“I always used to think that publishers had to be devilish intelligent fellows, loaded with the grey matter, but I’ve got their number now. All a publisher has to do is write cheques at intervals, while a lot of deserving and industrious chappies rally round and do the real work. I know because I have been one myself. I simply sat tight in the old flat with a fountain pen, and in due season a topping, shiny book came along.”
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