Self publishing simply means an author acts as his or her own publishing company to bring a book to market. Often, but not always, this means that the author wears all the hats: author, publisher, publicist, sales rep, distributor, and shipping clerk.
These can be extremely time-consuming tasks which is why many self publishing authors outsource some of these “jobs” to other organizations. They remain the legal owner of the book, but the tasks of selling and fulfilling orders, marketing and so forth are handled by others. This allows the author to focus on the task of writing books instead of tracking down shipments and dealing with collections.
Self publishing authors who publish with WWAOW do not have to worry about most of these activities because all aspects of the sales, printing, and fulfillment are handled by the WWAOW system. Authors simply write and market their work.
Learn more about self publishing at wwaow.com.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
How Much Am I Going To Make On My Book?
Many self-publishing authors ask this question, and unfortunately the answer is difficult to predict. The truth is that your success as an author depends to a large degree on the following factors:
The size of your market also plays an important role. Your niche may be the most exciting thing in the world to you, but you will sell more books if your niche happens to be “Mysteries” than if your niche happens to be “Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia.”
Thirdly, your sales and marketing capabilities will also play a role. If you master the techniques of book marketing, or you use your self-publishing experience to leverage a book deal with a major publishing house, then your book will do very well for you.
Keep in mind that you can use your books to make money in many more ways than simply selling them. Often, you can make more money by giving your books away than by selling them. Consultants often use this technique to attract consulting contracts. Professional authors also give away copies of their work to get writing gigs and columns in magazines, newspapers and websites.
The trick with self-publishing a book is to keep your eyes open to opportunities. Sometimes creativity in how you make your money is almost as important as the creativity you use to write your books!
Learn more about self-publishing at wwaow.com.
- The quality of your book
- The size of market for your book
- How well you are able to market and sell it
The size of your market also plays an important role. Your niche may be the most exciting thing in the world to you, but you will sell more books if your niche happens to be “Mysteries” than if your niche happens to be “Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia.”
Thirdly, your sales and marketing capabilities will also play a role. If you master the techniques of book marketing, or you use your self-publishing experience to leverage a book deal with a major publishing house, then your book will do very well for you.
Keep in mind that you can use your books to make money in many more ways than simply selling them. Often, you can make more money by giving your books away than by selling them. Consultants often use this technique to attract consulting contracts. Professional authors also give away copies of their work to get writing gigs and columns in magazines, newspapers and websites.
The trick with self-publishing a book is to keep your eyes open to opportunities. Sometimes creativity in how you make your money is almost as important as the creativity you use to write your books!
Learn more about self-publishing at wwaow.com.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Copyrights – What if my Book Gets Picked Up By A Big Publishing House?
One of the questions we have been asked about WWAOW a number of times is the issue of Copyrights. Specifically, what if an author gets a book deal?
With WWAOW, if you get a book deal with a big publishing company, then you just sign and publish your book with them. Each author on the WWAOW system is, legally speaking, their own publishing company. This means when you publish your book through WWAOW, you own the copyright, and can sell it to whomever you please.
There is no need to do any paperwork with WWAOW about your Copyright.
Learn more about self-publishing at wwaow.com.
With WWAOW, if you get a book deal with a big publishing company, then you just sign and publish your book with them. Each author on the WWAOW system is, legally speaking, their own publishing company. This means when you publish your book through WWAOW, you own the copyright, and can sell it to whomever you please.
There is no need to do any paperwork with WWAOW about your Copyright.
Learn more about self-publishing at wwaow.com.
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