All authors, potential authors, editors, and publishers MUST READ THIS! Seriously, you MUST. I can’t emphasize it enough. It’s just two pages, will probably take you about 5 minutes, and will give you a helpful perspective on publishing, especially those authors of you who expect your books to fly off the shelves.
Ten Awful Truths About Book Publishing by Steve Piersanti 6-09 Update.
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Doesn’t bode well my own efforts (perhaps a bit better for Michelle’s, which has an actual audience that might theoretically make reading the book mandatory, as noted in item #6)…
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