Did you know that there are more than 200,000 books written every year? Only a small fraction of them are ever published.
Did you know that there are millions of books in circulation? Yet, only less than 1 percent ever see bestseller stardom!
Did you know that the cost of publishing and marketing a successful book is nearly $20,000? Most books with budgets smaller
than that never see success!
Alas, these figures seem very depressing. What chances do a regular person have? EVERY chance! The small name with the
right publisher and with a lot of hard work can become a bestseller! Read further...
It is the dream of nearly every writer to be offered a $1 million advance from Random House, but for the vast majority,
that will never happen... at least, not for simply writing a good book. As the American dollar continues to lose value, getting
a publisher to invest in you becomes less a matter of book material. Rather, it becomes more an issue of the author's ability
to sell what they write. Yet, there are options and alternatives: independent publishers, small presses and even co-op and
subsidy houses.
We will explore them point by point. I want to hear from you as I reveal the inner workings of the average publisher,
and the problems that stop you from being published. This is the first of a 6 month series.
