August 1, 2008 Volume 4: Issue 13

"Self Published Authors" Bi-Monthly Newsletter
Helping self-published authors promote and market their books and share information and resources.

August 1, 2008 Volume 4: Issue 13
Dan Shaurette
editor@selfpublishedauthors.com
http://www.selfpublishedauthors.com

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IN THIS ISSUE
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1. Editor's Notebook
2. Newsletter Submission Guidelines
3. Feature Article by Judy Cullins
4. Resource Links
5. Publicity Article by Judy Azar LeBlanc
6. Free Products, Services, and Downloads
7. Guest Article by David Drake
8. Announcements/Requests
9. Commentary by Dan Poynter
10. Reciprocal Links
11. Subscribe/Unsubscribe Information

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1: EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK
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Welcome to the August 2008 newsletter for SelfPublishedAuthors.com. For those of you who are new to the website and newsletter, I hope you will enjoy this issue. Thank you for visiting the website and subscribing to the list.

To the regulars out there, I'm very glad to see you back for another issue. This month we have four wonderful articles as well as more great resource links.

If you have questions, comments, suggestions, or if you'd like to contribute, be interviewed, add an event or have a request, please reply to this email, or drop a line to me at: editor@selfpublishedauthors.com

Thanks for reading and enjoy the issue!

Dan Shaurette
editor@selfpublishedauthors.com
http://www.DanShaurette.com

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2: NEWSLETTER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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The newsletter for SelfPublishedAuthors.com is here to provide a resource for all authors. Obviously, I want to help you succeed in your writing, self-publishing efforts, and self-promotion. I have received a few requests from fellow authors asking what they can do to promote their books in the newsletter.

I am always happy to help promote an author and their works in the newsletter. That's what we're here for. That being said, the best I can do is one of the following.

If you are interested in writing an article about your experiences as a self-published author, I would be more than happy to consider it for publication. If I publish the article, I will give you space for a signature box that you could use to promote yourself and your book.

If you would like to send me an ARC copy of your book, eBook format preferred, I would be happy to review it and interview you. The interview would most likely be what gets published in the newsletter, but reviews of recommended books may also be published. Please note, I have already been presented with some works to read, so please query me first before sending your books. I'd rather return a book than form a slush pile.

If you have a book signing coming up, we do try to list those when they are timely. Remember our newsletter is published in February, April, June, August, October, and December. If you host a class or workshop, or have a website that promotes a writer's resource, please let us know about it. All links about such events are provided free of charge. Your name, location, dates, and contact info. will be presented.

If instead you are just interested in placing an advertisement in the newsletter for your book or website, I'll ask for some patience. I am reevaluating various plans for advertising in both the newsletter and the website.

Currently there are places for you to list your books, websites, and even join our banner ad exchange. You can also feel free to post in our forums and tell us about yourself and your books. As soon as I figure out a new model for classified ads in the newsletter, I will let you all know. Thank you for your patience.

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3: FEATURE ARTICLE by Judy Cullins
Want to Finish your Book Project This Year?
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Are you making your book your New Year's resolution? Maybe it's like "I'm going to lose weight this year"--a statement that doesn't show intention because it's vague. Talk is cheap. So are you still talking about your book, yet don't intend to finish because it's too much work, too much money, and has too many steps?

For some of you the reality is you won't finish. And the longer you "work" on your book, the more time gets between you and publishing time to make a difference in other people's lives. For 5% of you who has a strong intention and will do what it takes to get your book done, these reminders are for you.

1. Don't wait any longer to write your book. Now is the best time to get it out. When you ponder and linger, you lose interest and motivation. That's why I like the idea of the "Fast-Forward Writing Technique," in Chapter Two of "Write your Book Fast," that produces consistently well organized chapters that hook your reader and motivate in each paragraph so your readers finish and recommend your book to others.

2. Remember the benefits of writing a book. It gets your unique word out to help others to a better life. It brings solutions to your readers' challenges. It can "brand" your business-much stronger than a business card. It makes you known as the expert in your field. If writing fiction, it entertains and educates. Finally, like me it can make half of your monthly income that goes on for your lifetime.

3. Remember you can add marketing pizzazz to each and every chapter in its title, its introduction and its conclusion. Apply the "Essential Nine Hot-Selling Points" before you finish your book to bring out your best writing that is clear, easy to read and inspires your readers to finish. Then, your book will sell so much better when published.These techniques will bring thousands of buyers rather than hundreds.

To manifest your book dream this year, make sure you make it real.

1. visualize your book finished and a great success. See the checks and credit card orders coming in each day.

2. Save money in a special bank account so you'll have enough to get some coaching, take some teleclasses, and print a few hundred copies to sell at talks.(You don't need 1000 printed at first).

3. Know it will cost some money. If you book is so important, treat it so. Invest in it because when you do, the payoff comes in not only solid income for life but in being well known by your audience. The less you spend means the longer it will take to get it done.

4. Take action too. Honor High Level Activities (HLA) each day. Spend real writing time on your chapters, your book's introduction and your author web site. Aim for 1-2 hours each day or divide to suit your schedule.

5. Stop writing without feedback from peers or a qualified bookcoach. You don't realize that even if you are a professional, you don't know all that makes a chapter sizzle. Old writing habits such as using "is, was" or other passives mar your style, and make it long and unwieldy so your reader will yawn and turn away. Keep your reader engaged. on each page. That means answer the questions he has, not the lecture you planned to give.

6. Don't give up. Your project may take some time. I recommend writing a short book first so you can finish fast.
Then, momentum will take over-cash flow will increase and you'll be more active with your marketing.

7. Consider self-publishing because the traditional path takes far too long and even if you are chosen, you'll find the time and energy you put there will not pay off nearly as much as when you learn a few promotion tips to implement yourself. The sad truth is that the publishers won't give you much in promotion time.

8. Write your print and eBook at the same time. Service your online audience as well as the audience at your talks. They love and buy books. They want information on all kinds of topics. They have money to spend. Promoting to the online audience is far easier, cheaper and productive than other methods.

Finally, put your book project in the top four priorities of your life. Business, Family, Friends, Book! If you don't include it in these, it just won't happen.
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Copyright © 2008 Judy Cullins. Reprinted with permission.
Book and Internet Marketing Coach Judy Cullins helps businesses get all the clients and sell all the books they want. Author of 13 books including How to Write your Book Fast, The Fast and Cheap Way to Explode Targeted Web Traffic, Advanced Article Marketing - Nine Mistakes and How to Solve Them, and Advanced Article Three Book Program. Judy offers 256 articles and free eBook "Book Writing and Marketing Tips" with monthly ezine subscription at http://www.bookcoaching.com and http://www.advancedarticlemarketing.com
Email her at judycullins@cox.net or Phone: 619/466-0622

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4: RESOURCE LINKS
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BOOKTOUR.COM - Free directory of author events
In just a few minutes any author can create a page showcasing their biography, books, and upcoming engagements. Listing new events is as easy as answering a few questions. Publishers, booksellers, events managers, and even just well-informed readers can add tour dates by simply filling in a few blanks. Readers can search our database of author events for the best of what's nearby, or they can track their favorite authors on tour. Readers can also invite faraway authors to their town, or get in touch with authors already scheduled to appear locally to address additional groups, from company speaker series to book group meetings.
http://booktour.com

BEST SELF PUBLISHED DIRECTORY
It is important that self-published authors have a means to market their work. In an effort to help them the Best Self Published Directory was created. This directory is dedicated to serving and promoting self published authors and the work they produced. Authors can list the websites of their books for FREE.
http://bestselfpublished.com

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5: PUBLICITY ARTICLE by Judy Azar LeBlanc
How to Turn Your Book Signing into a Sell-Out!
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Everyone loves a successful book signing! When I had my very first book signing it was a total flop! Well, maybe not totally, the book store did order six books and I did sell two of them! But success comes after failure only if you try again.

So what went wrong? I asked myself. Several things went wrong. First, I didn't invite anyone to come to the book signing; I didn't have any promotional material with me; I barely spoke to the customers because I "foolishly" thought they would all run up to my table to see what the book and author were all about, and the worst thing I did, was to stay sitting behind that little table for the whole two hours! Wrong -- wrong -- wrong.

Today, because of that failure, I have not had a book signing anywhere that has not been a complete sell-out!

So, how did I go from being a complete flop to becoming a complete success? Here's how!

Where I live, all of the Barnes and Noble Bookstores are independently run, whereas Border's Bookstores are centralized. That means that each Barnes and Noble bookstore decides independently on who, what, when and where and if they will authorize book signings. In this case, it is important to get to know the "store" and the manager at each store. Establish a rapport with him or her, and give them a little background about yourself and your book. Don't be afraid to ask if you can have a book signing at their store, or to emphasize the fact that you are a local author.

Because Border's Bookstores are centralized, that means that the Regional Manager decides on all of the book signings for all of the stores. Here is where you really want to establish a rapport. I made it a point to do so with our Regional Manager and since then, she willingly books me at any of the Border's bookstores that I want. One consideration in choosing a store is demographics. Apparently, each bookstore sells a particular type of genre more than others. For example, where I live, the community is very family-oriented, so books on fantasy, child-rearing, and especially children's books are hot items. A few miles further south, there is a university town... and believe it or not, romance books are a hot item at that store!

Although The Regional Manager books all of the book signings for all the stores, each Border's Bookstore handles the mechanics of the book signing independently. Here again, it is important to get to know the store and the Store Manager because that means they give you a better location, more traffic gets directed to you, and more announcements are made about you over their loudspeaker.

Next, prepare... prepare... prepare. I can't say enough about this. We are published authors, which connotes "professionals"... Prepare for your book signing just as a professional would:

* Always check with the store before contacting any media. It has been my experience that they do a great job with the media and advertisements. If you want to send a press release to a local paper, ask them who to contact. They are very nice about giving you that information, or they will tell you that they are going to do it.

* Make invitations and give them to all of your friends, acquaintances, and family members, and e-mail everyone you know who would be interested. I also give them to my dentist, doctor, people I know at the local grocery store, and people I know at church.

* Have a framed 8x11 or 11x17 picture of your cover on an easel for display.

* Prepare flyers... not just black and white blurbs about your book, but jazz it up and make it look professional. Include a short "eye-catcher" blurb about your book, a list of one liner endorsements, a short bio about yourself and the availability of your book. Be sure to always include your web page on every piece of paper that you have for handouts.

* Always have bookmarks to give the customer with every book you sign.

* Have a candy dish at your table filled with candy. However, always ask the store manager if it is alright. This is important because some store managers don't like food in their store. I've never been turned down; however, I do always buy the individually wrapped mints.

* People love "freebies." Here is a list of what I take to every book signing:

1. Framed Book Cover on a stand. Not all bookstores have signs printed for your book signing.

2. A transparent bookstand to show off the books. They show off the book better as opposed to just having the books lying on the table.

3. Postcards to hand out -- with your book cover and a short blurb, availability and web page.

4. Flyers printed on colored stock so that they stand out. Ask the store manager if you can put a few up on their windows. I've never been turned down. After all, they want to sell books too.

5. Brochures. This is up to you. I have brochures with me, but I don't put them out because of the expense. However, every now and then I do run into a librarian or a school book buyer and I do give one to them.

6. Business Cards -- have them in a nice business card holder next to your book cover -- make sure your cards list your web page.

7. Pens with your book title and web page printed on them -- this tip I picked up at a book conference. When a customer buys my book, I sign it with one of my pens and then I give them the pen along with the book.

8. Bookmarks -- This is a must. Every book should include a bookmark. Have them made with a small picture of your book cover, a list of very short two or three word endorsements and your web page.

9. A table cloth -- It has been my experience that some book stores have already set the table with a table cloth and some don't.

I always carry one with me just in case.

This may seem like a lot, but believe me, when it is laid out on the table, it isn't much. Keep in mind we are professionals, so everything you do, think like a professional.

Last but certainly not least... never sit at your table. Don't be shy; greet the customers as they walk by, smile, introduce yourself, hand them a flyer, and tell them that you are a local author who is having a book signing today on behalf of (name of bookstore). Tell them a little about your book.

If you are like me, book signings are a lot of work, but they are also a lot of fun! You meet a lot of very interesting people, and even if they don't buy your book, they walk away with a flyer or a postcard and they will either read it or check your web page.

More importantly, when you are done, always thank the store manager and the staff who participated in your book signing. Never leave without a thank you and a hand shake.

Since I have practiced this... I have been invited back several times to most of the bookstores in my area, and now they order a minimum of about 25 books, and I always sell-out!

Good Luck and Happy Book Signing.
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Award Winning Author, Judy Azar LeBlanc was born in Raton, New Mexico, and was raised and educated in Albuquerque, and is an Honored Member of the Cambridge Who's Who, Toastmasters International, and the Arizona Author's Association. She is a graduate of San Jose University, in San Jose, California, where she did graduate work in Industrial Psychology. An award-winning author, her fourth and favorite title "Many Faces to Many Places" is preceded by "Things My Father Never Taught Me", "The Compromise," and "The Unveiling." LeBlanc is internationally published in the FONATUR Tourist Magazine, sponsored by the federal government of Mexico. Visit her website at http://www.manyfacestomanyplaces.com/.

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6: FREE PRODUCTS, SERVICES, and DOWNLOADS
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CELTX - Free media pre-production software
Celtx is the world's first all-in-one media pre-production software. It has everything you need to take your story from concept to production. Celtx replaces 'paper, pen & binder' pre-production with a digital approach that's more complete, simpler to work with, and easier to share. It is now out of beta and has released version 1.0. With it you can create plays for stage, audio, and screen, even comic books, as well as design storyboards, and adapt to different formats.
http://www.celtx.com

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7: GUEST ARTICLE by David Drake
Part Time Freelance Writing On Elance, Rentacoder, Guru
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There are many websites that publish freelance writing jobs on their sites. As a freelance writer, you can bid for the writing jobs that are available. If your bid is selected, you get the opportunity to complete the job. The payments are made through online virtual banks such as PayPal and e-Gold, wire transfer or checks. The market is huge and you can bid for writing jobs on more than one site.

Many outsourcing or freelancing websites operate the same way, with minor differences. In this article, we shall explore three prominent websites in the industry.

Elance

Elance has a very simple design which doesn't confuse the users. It is very easy to search jobs and obtain a comprehensive results’ page. The specialty in Elance is that they show the number of bidders by their name and relevant information, except for the amount bided for, unlike in some other freelance websites. The advantage in this method is that you can see who your competitors are, their reputation etc before determining the amount you want to bid for. At Elance, you can either browser or search for freelance writing jobs. But in order to bid for a project, you will need to have a registered account at Elance. Registration with Elance can be chosen over two packages. One is a free package with restrictive advantages while the other is subscription with more services and facilities. For part-time freelance writers, the basic package is recommended. Once the account is created, you can create your profile. Unlike other websites, Elance has an admission test to be passed before submitting bids.

RentACoder

RentACoder has a professional interface and is quite straight forward compared to many other websites. It offer jobs in many categories and is one of the safest sites when it comes to payment transactions as payments for every project goes in to escrow before the start off of the project. RentACoder also, has a special team of facilitators who act as arbitrators in any case of dispute that may arise between the coder and the buyer. So all in all, it is a very professional site which works according to strict rules and regulations. If you choose to become a part time freelance writer on RentAcoder, it is vital that you read through their FAQ and other related articles on how everything works around the site. RentAcoder is a global community in its true sense because wherever in the world you are, you can work and get paid on time.

Guru

With a clear cut interface, Guru provides a high usability for freelances to navigate and find jobs. Just as any other website, you will need to create an account and a profile before you can start. In order to find a suitable project you could either browse through writing categories such as Writing/Editing/Translations or simply search with a keyword such as ‘proofreading’. As with all other websites, make sure you evaluate the deadlines and allow yourself sufficient space. Also, make sure that you place a worthy bid amount because the website will deduct a percentage from what you earn as a service fee.
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Get the real insider secrets to make money writing online. David Drake is the author of the ebook 6 Figure Freelancer.It reveals powerful strategies and a step by step blueprint to lay out a 6 Figure action plan with online freelance writing. Visit at http://6Figurefreelancer.com.

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8: ANNOUNCEMENTS/REQUESTS
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QUEENS BOOK FAIR
August 30, 2008 12:00 PM-7:00 PM
At The Jamaica Market's Harvest Room
90-40 160th Street
Jamaica, New York 11434
http://www.queensbookfair.com

Your favorite authors, your favorite books, your favorite people gathered together in the Village of Jamaica Queens. Starting in just three years after its launch, C&B Books Distribution has developed a well anticipated event in its Annual Book Fair. This year they proudly present the Fourth Annual Book & Health Fair which promises to be better than ever.

The Queens Book Fair has been building momentum as one of the most sought after events to attend by authors, writers, publishers and dedicated book fans. Inspired by the legendary success of major book fairs throughout New York City (namely, Harlem, Brooklyn, Long Island), C&B Books is humbled to have successfully established an event-equal in caliber - worthy of the Majesty that is called the "Borough of Queens."

For more information please call 718.591.4525 (9:00 AM-10:00 PM Daily) or reply at queensbookfair@ aol.com. Visit http://www.queensbookfair.com/ official web site of Queens Book Fair.

Vendors may register today at http://www.queensbookfair.com/
Free Consumer Admission!

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9: COMMENTARY by Dan Poynter
No one Faces Rejection More Often than an Author
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Why do so many books get their start being published by the author? Rejection! The explanation is simple and let us not blame the publisher for failing to recognize good writing.

Publishers cannot be experts in every type of fiction and nonfiction. Let's face it, publishers specialize or, at least, they have a record of accomplishment with certain types of books. When your manuscript is rejected by a publisher, that is not a bad grade for your work. It simply means that the publisher does not get it! If a publisher specializes in travel books and you send a manuscript on vegetarian eating or parenting, that publisher will not know whether your work is good and will not know where to sell it. You do not want that publisher anyway. To find the right publisher for your work, do your homework and match your manuscript to the publisher.

Alternatively, to make more money, get to press sooner and keep control of your work, publish yourself. Self-publishing is legitimate, an early-American tradition. In the early days of the New World, the person with the printing press was often the author, publisher, printer and bookshop. Some people think that most of those who self-publish do so because several publishers have turned them down. That is occasionally true. However, most people today weigh the advantages and disadvantages of selling out to a publisher and make an educated decision to publish themselves. The big New York publishers (there are only five left due to consolidation) publish only 22% of the books. The rest come from the 55,000 small (mom & pop) publishers and single-title self-publishers.

Self-publishing should not be confused with "Vanity" publishing where an author pays (an exorbitant price to) a publisher to turn his or her manuscript into a book.

Here is a partial list of well-known self-published books. Some are still sold by the author, some authors have sold out and some books have started successful publishing companies.

* What Color is Your Parachute by Episcopal clergymen Richard Nelson Bolles. 22 editions, 5 million copies and 288 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Now published by Ten Speed Press.
* The Beanie Baby Handbook by Lee and Sue Fox sold three million copies in two years and made #2 on the New York Time Bestseller list.
* In Search of Excellence by Tom Peters. Over 25,000 copies were sold directly to consumers in its first year. Then it was sold to Warner and the publisher sold 10 million more.
* Real Peace -- Richard Nixon in 1983. He did not want to wait 18 months for a publisher to get his vital message into the stores so he went directly to a printer.
* The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield. His manuscript made the rounds of the mainstream houses and then he decided to publish himself. He started by selling copies out of the trunk of his Honda -- over 100,000 of them. He subsequently sold out to Warner Books for $800,000. The number-one bestseller in 1996, it spent 165 weeks on The New York Times Bestseller list. Over 5.5 million copies have been sold.
* The One-Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson sold over 20,000 copies locally before they sold out to William Morrow. It has now sold over 12-million copies since 1982 and is in 25 languages.
* Fifty Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth spent seven months on the New York Times bestseller list and sold 4.5 million copies in its original and premium editions.
* The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. (and his student E. B. White) as originally self-published for his classes at Cornell University in 1918.
* A Time to Kill by John Grisham. He sold his first work out of the trunk of his car.
* The Joy of Cooking by Irma Rombauer was self-published in 1931 as a project of the First Unitarian Women's Alliance in St. Louis. Today Scribners sells more than 100,000 copies each year.
* How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive by John Muir sold over 2 million copies and led to the establishment of a publishing company.
* Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun by Wess Roberts sold 486,000 copies before selling out to Warner Books.
* Embraced by the Light by Betty J. Eadie spent 76 weeks on the New York Times Hardcover Bestseller List, 123 weeks on the Paperback List and was sold to Bantam Books for $1.5-million. The audio rights brought in another $100,000. Then she established Onjinjinkta Publishing to publisher her future projects.
* Sugar Busters! by four Louisiana doctors and a former CEO sold 165,000 copies regionally in just a year and a half. Then they sold out to Ballantine Books.
* The Wealthy Barber by David Chilton has sold over a million copies in Canada (second only to the Bible in Canada) and two million in the US.
* When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple has been through the press 42 times for 1.5 million in print. It allowed Sandra Haldeman Martz to build Paper Mâché Press.
* Mary Ellen's Best of Helpful Hints by Mary Ellen Pinkham became a bestseller and then she sold out to Warner Books.
* The Macintosh Bible by Arthur Naiman has become the best-selling book on Apple products with over 900,000 sold.
* Dianetics by L. Ron Hubbard has been in print more than 45 years, 20 million copies are in print and it has been translated into 22 languages. The book started a movement and later a church.
* Mutant Message Down Under by Marlo Morgan sold 370,000 copies before it was sold to HarperCollins for $1.7 million. It was sold to two book clubs and the foreign rights were sold to 14 countries.
* Feed Me, I'm Yours by Vicky Lansky sold 300,000 copies. She sold out to Bantam and they sold 8 million more.
* The Encyclopedia of Associations by Frederick Ruffner led to the establishment of Gale Research Company with 500 employees. * The Lazy Man's Way to Riches. Joe Karbo never sold out and never courted bookstores. He sold millions of his books via full-page ads in newspapers and magazines.
* The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans. The 87-page book took him six weeks to write. He published it and promoted it himself. It did so well he sold out to Simon & Schuster for $4.2 million. It hit the top of the Publishers Weekly bestseller list and was translated into 13 Languages.
* Twelve Golden Threads by Aliske Webb was rejected by 150 publishers. After self-publishing and selling 25,000 copies, she signed a four-book contract with HarperCollins.
* Life's Little Instruction Book was initially self-published by H. Jackson Brown. Then it was purchased by Rutledge Hill Press. It made the top of the New York Times Bestseller List in hardcover and soft at the same time. Over 5 million copies were sold.
* The Jester Has Lost His Jingle by Barbara Salzman was turned down by eight publishers. The glossy hardcover book made it to The New York Times Bestsellers list.
* Let's Cook Microwave by Barbara Harris sold over 700,000 copies.
* Juggling for the Complete Klutz by John Cassidy has sold over two million copies and lead to the establishment of Klutz Press with over 50 award-winning books.
* Ben Dominitz published Travel Free and then founded Prima Publishing. Prima now has 1,500 titles, 140 employees and does $60-million a year.
* How to Flatten Your Stomach by Jim Everrode was self-published before he sold out to Price\Stern\Sloan. Since then, the book has sold over two million copies.
* Red Sky in Mourning by Tami Oldham Ashcraft and Susea McGearhart was self-published and then sold to Hyperion for an estimated $500,000.
* Stephen King self-published an eBook titled The Plant and sold it online for $1/chapter.
* The Guide to Getting it on was self-published by Paul Joannides after being turned down by a number of publishers as being too racy. After being adopted as a text by over 20 colleges and selling 150,000 copies, many of those same publishers approached him with offers.
* Diets Don't Work has sold over 600,000 copies since being self-published in 1982.
* Howe!, published in 1995 by Colleen & hockey great Gordie Howe has sold nearly 135,000 copies in hardcover and raised $1 million for charitable causes.
* Dry It! You'll Like It (the bible of food dehydrating, essentially) by Gen MacManiman is now in its 29th printing since 1973 with 280,000 sold.
* Life's Greatest Lessons: 20 things I want my kids to know by Hal Urban was published by Nelson in 1992. It sold 16,000 copies. Urban republished it himself and sold 60,000 copies. In 2001, he sold out to Simon & Schuster for low six-figures.
* The Self-Publishing Manual by Dan Poynter has 166,000 copies in print after fourteen revised editions since 1979. The publisher is Para Publishing (Dan Poynter). Because of this book, Poynter has been called "the godfather to thousands of books."

Other well-known self-publishers include: Deepok Chopra, Louise Hay, Mark Twain, Ken Keyes, Jr., Gertrude Stein, Zane Grey, Upton Sinclair, Carl Sandburg, James Joyce, D.H. Lawrence, Ezra Pound, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Stephen Crane, Mary Baker Eddy, George Bernard Shaw, Anais Nin, Thomas Paine, Virginia Wolff, e. e. Cummings, William Blake, Edgar Allen Poe, Rudyard Kipling, Henry David Thoreau, Benjamin Franklin, Walt Whitman, Alexandre Dumas, William E.B. DuBois, and Robert Ringer.

The news gets even better. Book writing, publishing and promoting recently became faster, easier and cheaper. Today we have ebooks and short-run POD and PQN printing. Most authors are electing to make more money, get to press sooner and keep control of their book by self-publishing. There is a way to combat (manuscript) rejection -- circumvent the publishers and publish yourself.
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Dan Poynter does not want you to die with a book still inside you. You have the ingredients and he has your recipe. Dan has written more than 100 books since 1969 including WRITING NONFICTION and THE SELF-PUBLISHING MANUAL. For more help on book writing, see http://ParaPub.com/.

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10: RECIPROCAL LINKS
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