How to Publish a Book
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- I'm a 42 year old mom. My daughters are 13 and 11. I have been married for 15 years to Rick. I've wanted to be an author since I was 7 years old. Somehow I wound up being an HL7 analyst. My 13 year old is getting a kick out of my "secret ambition". I told her it's not a secret. I tell people about it. My job now is to show people by getting published.
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Julie
Regarding your question about self-publishing, I've been extremely happy with everything I've managed to accomplish with a self-published book.
To date, I've sold around 500 books total, done more than 100 bookstore and library events, now have an author-interview TV show, am currently putting together a mini-national workshop tour in conjunction with Lulu and Borders, and have a major publisher contracting me to lead workshops at colleges this fall. I have two audiobooks, know how books sell and are distributed, know how to design an online marketing campaign, know how to speak at writers conferences, etc.
None of this would have gotten going had I not originally self-published my books.
I do recommend trying extremely hard to find a traditional publisher first, but if that fails, don't do nothing with your book. Get it out there and learn as much as you can from the experience!
Stacey
P.S. To see my latest novel at Amazon, go here:
http://www.amazon.com/Colorado-Sequence-Stacey-Cochran/dp/0615146163
And to listen to the online audiobook version, go here:
http://podiobooks.com/title/the-colorado-sequence
Welcome to the forums!
Stacey