A lot has transpired since my previous post. I will now be more disciplined in updating every friday as I am now in the beginning of the marketing stages of this process. I went through the book again, approving and disapproving of the editor's changes and resubmitted it for the last time. This is the cast off! Goodbye editorial department.
I am having an absolute blast with this new area of becoming an author. Despite the nature of the brunt of the work being introverted, I am really a people person and love both what I do and talking about it. I spent a while at my local bookstore, looking through and purchasing some books on marketing a print on demand book like mine and it is just one more example of questions answered that I didn't even know to ask. Reviews would be the center of those questions. As it turns out, reviews are the epicenter of book marketing. Because you can't judge a book by its cover, you have to trust the experts and their opinions. Being a novice author, I have to write queries and essentially show off while asking favors at the same time. Be sure to check out the shout-outs page for more names in the near future.
Aside from finding solid reviewers, I am also looking toward actual customers and environments to market myself as an author, my message as a writer, and of course the book itself. To do this I am traveling to public libraries first to find groups that meet there who have need of guest speakers. Turns out, the Manchester, NH, Public Library has monthly local author meetings. This gives a scheduled local author the opportunity to make a presentation, do a book signing, or run a workshop. In October I plan to make full use of this opportunity.
Given the current exciting pace of my work, there will be much more to report on in the coming weeks. So until next friday!
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