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Your Complete Publishing Guide

Traditional publishing is no easy road, but times are changing... actually times have changed.

In the "good old days" the way to get published was...

  • Search for and find an agent.
  • Your agent submits your book proposal (which may take you months to write) to a publisher (if the agent thinks it's viable).
  • You wait in anticipation to hear back from the agent.
  • It's not uncommon for your agent to come back to you with something like, "The publisher does not feel there is a market for this type of book."
  • If (and for an unknown author, that's a big if) your book is accepted, you would need to wait about 2 years before you see the finished product.
  • Your income from your book will be about 2-5% of the net profit.
  • You will need to spend time and money promoting your book, even though you're published by a traditional publisher.

The good news today...

is that the publishing world has changed - big time - and is still changing practically as I write this.

We learn of authors who have turned their back on traditional publishing, and now self-publish. Authors like Seth Godin, Joe Konrath, Danielle Steele, and now even JK Rowling.

"In mid-March, Barry Eisler, a best-selling novelist turned down a $500,000 advance from a traditional publisher and announced he planned to self-publish his new novel. He explained that it would take forever to earn-out his advance, but that he would receive 70-percent royalties from the get-go by launching the novel as an eBook - and would probably earn more than the advance fairly quickly."

There are a lot of people who want to write a book - some statistics say the figure is 82%.

If you have a book in you, get writing now!

You can have your book published!

Today you have a myriad of publishing options available to you.

  • Digital publishing - both ebooks and hard copy.
  • Kindle publishing
  • Self publishing

And you can have your book published without the approval of an agent, or some executives sitting in high towers.

Browse this site and discover all the publishing options available to you.

Write your book. Publish your book.

Enjoy the tremendous feeling of achievement when you hold your published book in your hands. Or when you read it on a Kindle, or other eReader.

Publishing has changed.

Publishing a book is now available to everyone.

"I find television to be very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go in the other room and read a book." Groucho Marx