What Do I Have to Do to Get a Book Published! [Paperback]

Still collating

Everything you need to know to self-publish your book

An invaluable resource for any writer

The publishing industry has been teetering on the edge of change for the last 10 years - since the abolition of the NBA, the arrival of Amazon and mass-market sales by supermarkets. But despite external changes, the internal functioning of a publishing house looks the same...in fact, the same as it did a hundred years ago. When you peer inside the functioning of a publishing house, you will discover the dusty remnants of Victorian practices. Whilst it is easier than ever before to actually produce a book, it is just as difficult to get any kind of acceptance based on merit. During the 1990's, the photographic world suddenly realised that digital technology and image manipulation seriously threatened the management of copyright over images. It was a case of either change or die out. Image libraries got their act together and created online libraries where sale of copyrighted material is made easy. Today, photographers and artists earn more out of their image library material than they EVER did before. In the last five years, the music industry nearly collapsed under the demands and pressures from the public for the mega-giant music businesses to loosen their strangle-hold on the music business. They resisted and Napster fought bravely on, facing court cases and closure of their business but they ultimately changed the way the music industry works. And now, for the first time ever you will find new little indie bands at number 65 in the charts, sitting alongside Franz Ferdinand. A meritocracy now exists in music, rather than it being controlled on who spent the biggest promotional budget and who's pulling whose strings. The publishing industry has been fiercely resisting the changes that emerging technologies bring. Certainly, these changes bring new headaches and problems to solve - digital rights management, ease of using copyrighted material without permissions; not to mention the flood of new titles hitting the market. How does the quality material raise its head above the mass of material? These are definitely complex problems, but the drumbeat of advancing change is getting louder and louder - time marches on and waits for no man. The purpose of this book is to help the self-publishing author to successfully self-publish his book. It does this by advising on the essential tasks that have to be undertaken, it lifts the veil of some of the secrecy and myths that exist and it points you in the direction of services and organisations that can help and provide more indepth information that I have covered here. "What do I have to do to get published round here" seeks to present an honest and balanced view of the publishing industry. The main aim is to help people achieve as professional a finished product as possible that can compete effectively in the market. The one thing this book does not set out to do is to trot out the same tired old beliefs and accusations; nor hold up 'she who must not be named' as the perpetual example of every publishing slush pile faux pas and rags to riches story.

We have been helping authors to self-publish for ten years now, and Jo Anthony's book has captured everything the budding self-publisher needs to know. Read both the books and you will be a huge step ahead of the game, saving yourself time, effort and budget.

Coming from a background of marketing, I moved across into marketing self-published titles. Just in the two years I have been involved in the business, I can sense an enormous change in attitude towards self-published titles - particularly when they are self-published to an evidently high standard.
I have learned an awful lot in two short years, combining my knowledge of brand marketing with publishing, and I seek only to share this with other authors who vitally need this information.
Self-publishing is what you make it - and with knowledge, you can exploit the opportunities within. Good luck and I hope it works for you.

Self-publishing has arrived as a viable and credible route to market. There are some who are fiercely resisting it and many in the publishing and bookselling industry who denounce it, but they are gradually becoming small and lonely voices.

It has proved a successful route for many, and will continue to do so as independent authors produce better and better quality material. This is the key, and this book is designed to show you what that means and how you can go about achieving that.

Are you struggling to become a published writer?
Do you feel like you are wasting your time making endless submissions?
Are you thinking of self-publishing?
IF SO, THEN THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU
A comprehensive look at the current world of publishing in the UK in order to help authors self publish their books; including interviews with publishing houses and successfully self-published authors.
Packed with hints, tips and advice for authors either "going it alone" or partnership with a self-publishing services company.
This book helps you to understand the publishing process, dispelling myths and clarifying common confusions about self-publishing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: INDEPUBLISHING.COM

Jo Anthony comes from a background of marketing, and came sideways into publishing by way of self-publishing her first book "Career, kids and breast cancer". Not content with expounding her views on surviving breast cancer, she is now sharing her experience on surviving the publishing industry.