Should I Give Up on Traditional Publishing?
On Good Authority: Publishing the Book that Will Build Your Business
English - December 09, 2020 08:00 - 11 minutes - 15.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 227 ratingsCareers Business Entrepreneurship career entrepreneur author bestsellingbook booklaunch launch marketing Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Today I'm going to dispel some publishing myths and maybe discourage you a little bit, all in the name of showing you how you can launch a book that will build your brand and your business. But first we have to dispel myths. And so today I am answering a question that came to me from a listener, @michaelcringering is his Instagram handle.
Here's the question: “I started submitting to agents in March because I'm hoping to secure someone interested in my novel. I submitted to 153 agents in my genre but heard back from less than 25 percent. With that said and the pandemic raging, should I continue to wait or go ahead and self publish?”
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
The Caveat: I'm Biased Against Traditional Publishing How Much Does It Matter to You? You Can Publish Your Book Yourself The Rules with Novels Are Different I Couldn't Make a Living Until I Could Answer the Question: What Do I Want This Book to do For Me? You Have to Get Realistic You Don't Need Them If Your Goal is to Have a Writing Career...FOR SHOW NOTES, WHICH INCLUDE A TRANSCRIPT, GO TO www.launchpadpub.com/blog/publishing