Selling Your Book
THE BIG IDEA You’ve got it, have you? You’ve got that story idea that you’re sure WILL SELL. The story you want to tell trumps everything else that’s out there. You have a divine certainty that it’ll be a BESTSELLER. You’re so sure, you just wish people could experience the certainty you do. You’ll show them. You’ll show them all. Your book is going to be THE BIGGEST HIT EVER. Right? Well, as somebody who’s written for over forty years, and worked in publishing for nearly twenty years, I have one question I need you to answer: WHY? Because the story rocks, you’ll tell me. And? IT IS JUST THAT…
It’s Gonna Be a BESTSELLER!
People not in the know think producing a bestseller is as simple as coming up with a cool idea. That’s it. And plenty of people will think they have it. They’re the one person in the world – the only person in a population in excess of 8 billion – who’s stumbled upon THAT ONE IDEA that is going to trump everything else. In the time I’ve worked in the hybrid publishing space, it’s the number one thing I hear. An author will come in and say, “I’ve written a book – it’s going to be a bestseller.” Or, “I’m going to write a book – it’s going to be…