| It's an infopreneur's nightmare - '"What if my book | | | | You as an infopreneur know that turning words into |
| doesn't get published?" | | | | wealth implies someone is giving you money in |
| Gone are the days when having a finished book alone | | | | exchange for your words, helping you build wealth as |
| was fair qualification to have it published. Today, | | | | you provide them with value. Turning this value |
| authors with varying levels of skill, experience and | | | | proposition into a marketing message is the trick that |
| status are battling each other aggressively to make | | | | you should master to be very successful. |
| sure their manuscripts end up as one of the small pile | | | | Be Friends With Your Publisher |
| of published books. | | | | Friends like doing things for other friends. And the |
| It's not easy for publishers. There are many excellent | | | | best time to guarantee you will end up writing |
| books that are waiting to be published - but they are | | | | published books is either before writing them, or |
| too risky for publishers to take on because of a | | | | while you are writing them. |
| variety of reasons. | | | | Go to places and meetings where publishers hang |
| Let's take a look at some things to do so you can | | | | out. Get introductions into inner circles of the |
| make sure you write only published books, and not | | | | publishing network. And when you meet a publisher, |
| waste your precious time spinning wheels. | | | | be friendly. Not fawning, not flattering, by friendly. |
| Build Your Platform | | | | When you have established relationships with a |
| Ask any author who has published books and they | | | | publisher already, before you even have a manuscript |
| will tell you it's easy - when you have an audience. | | | | ready to submit, you are on the winning team - even |
| That's why best-selling authors have less trouble | | | | before the game starts! |
| getting future books published. The marketplace is | | | | Be Persistent |
| already aware of their name, has validated their | | | | It's easy to give up - and fail. You cannot afford to |
| writing, and will very likely buy the next time they | | | | give up. Even if it takes many years to find a |
| write a book. | | | | publisher, if you refuse to accept defeat, you will win |
| And that takes a load off the publisher's mind, | | | | through. And often, the reward is worth the wait - |
| because now he or she can print copies of the book | | | | and more. |
| knowing there is a good chance they will sell out, | | | | Decide when you write a book that it will end up as |
| earning the publishing house money instead of losing | | | | one of the published books that year - or the next. |
| it. | | | | Take action based on a plan to make sure you get |
| Learn Book Marketing | | | | on the list of published books. Do all you can to |
| Having published books is of no value to you unless | | | | ensure your book gets published. And then, use that |
| you can sell them to a large number of people. And | | | | experience, platform and network to get all the rest |
| so it is imperative that every author learns how to | | | | of your books published too. |
| market their writing. | | | | |