I'm Trying to Get a Book Published! discussion

Any suggestions? Any ideas for topics? :)

we can look at poeple profiles and see if there is a person who works for a publishing company and maybe he/she can read our books

yeah, if you're friends w/any goodreads authors, you should invite them. :)

done, lol

yay! :D

*joins in the yay-ness*

YAY!

DEE

Ditto!! Get Dee here!! :D

I would also suggest that if anyone has friends who are aspiring writers, they should be invited to join this group as well.

I did that!!!

Brigid, you've asked for topics. And I think marketing is an important topic.

Well, I've heard it said that marketing is in the hands of the author these days. You can't depend on the publisher to do it for you. So many first time authors aren't known and so nobody buys their books and the books are pulled from the shelves after two months. The book is never printed again and no publisher wants to take a risk with a failed author.

And today, publishers are often looking for authors who are willing to reach out to their audience. I read a book called, "Get Known Before the Book Deal." It wasn't that useful except to make me realize just how important it is to market yourself as an author.

So marketing would be a good topic.

Okay, thanks! I will start a topic on marketing. :)

Brigid,

I've gone ahead and posted some information on your marketing thread. I hope you guys find it helpful.

Hi everyone, Thanks for the invitation to be here.

I produced a short audio reading of someones story a while ago. It was sent electronically along with a submission to a publisher. A few weeks later I received a thank you email, as the author said the audio helped land a contract. It might not always happen that way, but if it happened once then it can happen again, right.

If anyone here would like one made then please get in touch with me. To hear a few readings please click the link in my name below.

JE$$IE

oooohh cool

Jessie,

You have a wonderful voice. As soon as I heard you speak the first line of the poem I listened to I was impressed. I will defintely get in touch with you about reading one of my books.

Kevis wrote: "Brigid,

I've gone ahead and posted some information on your marketing thread. I hope you guys find it helpful."

thanks! :)

Thank you Kevis! I'm wondering which poem you listened to now? My favourite one is "The Ole in the Ark" by Marriott Edgar as I enjoyed doing the accent for it. Have a listen to some of the others to hear a few different UK accents. Yes, yes..ha ha.. they are different - maybe a bit hard to detect this side of the world..ha.

Enjoy! Oh yeah, the first one I made was "My Wodan Day" - a short story I wrote for fun.

JE$$IE



Kevis wrote: "Jessie,

You have a wonderful voice. As soon as I heard you speak the first line of the poem I listened to I was impressed. I will defintely get in touch with you about reading one of my books."

Jessie,

I really enjoyed listening to "Get up and go" and "The Dog's Party." I also sampled a few of the other readings such as "Inner Strength" and "What Heaven Means to Me". They were all terrifically read, especially with the different accents.

Incidentally, I started listening to the audio CD for Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince a few days ago and your style of reading reminds me of Jim Dale's narration. I always enjoy listening to people who can make words sing. I would love to hear what my book sounds like if you read it.

hey peoples XD

Thank you Kevis. I am glad you enjoyed them.

When you are ready you will hear a sample of your own book read by yours truly! If you want it all read by me then let me know.

Not bragging but I think my reading voice(s) is better than Jim Dale's...tee hee.

JE$$IE

Kevis wrote: "Jessie,I really enjoyed listening to "Get up and go" and "The Dog's Party." I also sampled a few of the other readings such as "Inner Strength" and "What Heaven Means to Me". They were all terrifically read, especially with the different accents..."

Jessie,

I'll be sure to get in touch with you soon about reading my book. Should be a lot of fun!

Hi Kevis, yup it will be lots of fun! I've had authors phone me if some of the words they wanted me to read were foreign or unusual, to make sure I pronounced them correctly...ha. Thats a laugh and a half...for both parties..ha.

Click here for JE$$IE's economical book and poetry readings

Kevis wrote: "Jessie,

I'll be sure to get in touch with you soon about reading my book. Should be a lot of fun!"

Brigid,

I have a question. I'm trying to figure out whether or not it is a technical glitch, but whenever I go to the writer's folder I cannot see all of the writers in the group. Earlier, I was trying to find Kirilee's thread and couldn't do so until she bumped it up to the top of the folder with a post. Now I am trying to find Annie's thread and cannot do so. At this point I can only see a maximum of 15 threads, but there are more than that. Are you or anyone else having this problem?

Hmm ... Yes, this happens to me too when I go to the Writers folder. Thank you for pointing out the problem. I guess I'll have to create multiple folders ...

Thanks, Brigid. It will help us all out a lot.

No problem :)

Wow, I'm gone for 10 days and the group explodes! Good work, Brigid! :)

lol

No, seriously, it's insane. The group is huge.

Yeahh ... haha I've been gone for a week so I have lots to catch up on O_o

LOLZ

XD

Can we change the picture? I like the picture but I don't think it repesents what this group is all about. Maybe something that is writing related?

like, a, uh, maybe a pad of paper and a pen?

well the group is more about publishing than writing ... plus i feel like all the writing groups have that paper-and-pen picture. but idk, i'll look and see if i can find anything better.

Hi guys, thanks for the invitation Brigid. I took a long break (as in I had a blood infection for a few months) but I'm back and would love to share what I've learned over the past three years about marketing, publishing and the whole process--with the given that it is unique to me and everyone will have their own journey and personal, preferred approach.

Long story short, I'll have my own biases, but they're based on thousands of hours of research, trial and error, and replicatable results. Whew. That was a long sentence.

P.S. I said hello here since the Welcome thread got a leedle outa hand. :D

Hey Karey! I'm sorry you were sick :( But it's great that you're back! And I'm sure everyone would love your advice! :D