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You remember some of the shows where the gopher and mailroom clerk work their way up to CEO. This is the same concept with your book. If you want the book career and have your book right there, this is your entry level job. It doesn't matter who published it. It now comes down to what you do.

So if you thought the heartbreaking rejection l

Now that your book is in your hands, yipee, wowee. Congratulations. Many compete but few get to publication these days.

Some authors are quite naive when they are first published with the idea that the publishing company will take a leading role in their promotion, dumping buckets of money out on flashy advertisements in magazines. They will hire you a book promoter and pay for a six day book tour around the country. It's the beginning of a dream fulfilled. Sure, that might happen sometimes. With a book tour costing an average of between 1,000 and 10,000 dollars a day, it would be unlikely the would spend the money on you. Instead, the publishing company is most likely going to watch you instead.

The book publishing company cannot sell books without the author. So they wait to see what the sales are like before they think about investing in advertising.

So if novel A is published and it's from a first-time author without a track record, they simply ignore it and wait. They have books they've published from more established authors and still those authors are probably expected to make their own wind. Often, they do not even put out press releases. In fact, how many books can your remember reading an online press release about? Few, if any.

No track record, no money. Nothing is thrown at you to make your life easier.

So what do you do if you want a career?

You remember some of the shows where the gopher and mailroom clerk work their way up to CEO. This is the same concept with your book. If you want the book career and have your book right there, this is your entry level job. It doesn't matter who published it. It now comes down to what you do.

So if you thought the heartbreaking rejection le

re you a book promoter and pay for a six day book tour around the country. It's the beginning of a dream fulfilled. Sure, that might happen sometimes. With a book tour costing an average of between 1,000 and 10,000 dollars a day, it would be unlikely the would spend the money on you. Instead, the publishing company is most likely going to watch you instead.

The book publishing company cannot sell books without the author. So they wait to see what the sales are like before they think about investing in advertising.

So if novel A is published and it's from a first-time author without a track record, they simply ignore it and wait. They have books they've published from more established authors and still those authors are probably expected to make their own wind. Often, they do not even put out press releases. In fact, how many books can your remember reading an online press release about? Few, if any.

No track record, no money. Nothing is thrown at you to make your life easier.

So what do you do if you want a career?

You remember some of the shows where the gopher and mailroom clerk work their way up to CEO. This is the same concept with your book. If you want the book career and have your book right there, this is your entry level job. It doesn't matter who published it. It now comes down to what you do.

So if you thought the heartbreaking rejection l

nstead.

The book publishing company cannot sell books without the author. So they wait to see what the sales are like before they think about investing in advertising.

So if novel A is published and it's from a first-time author without a track record, they simply ignore it and wait. They have books they've published from more established authors and still those authors are probably expected to make their own wind. Often, they do not even put out press releases. In fact, how many books can your remember reading an online press release about? Few, if any.

No track record, no money. Nothing is thrown at you to make your life easier.

So what do you do if you want a career?

You remember some of the shows where the gopher and mailroom clerk work their way up to CEO. This is the same concept with your book. If you want the book career and have your book right there, this is your entry level job. It doesn't matter who published it. It now comes down to what you do.

So if you thought the heartbreaking rejection l

authors and still those authors are probably expected to make their own wind. Often, they do not even put out press releases. In fact, how many books can your remember reading an online press release about? Few, if any.

No track record, no money. Nothing is thrown at you to make your life easier.

So what do you do if you want a career?

You remember some of the shows where the gopher and mailroom clerk work their way up to CEO. This is the same concept with your book. If you want the book career and have your book right there, this is your entry level job. It doesn't matter who published it. It now comes down to what you do.

So if you thought the heartbreaking rejection l

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You remember some of the shows where the gopher and mailroom clerk work their way up to CEO. This is the same concept with your book. If you want the book career and have your book right there, this is your entry level job. It doesn't matter who published it. It now comes down to what you do.

So if you thought the heartbreaking rejection letters were the worst, you just wait.

Now you have a sales job of getting book signings at bookstores. Even if your book company distributes themselves or doesn't have a distributor, bookstores can still host you. So if someone says 'no', then you need to find out why.

For media coverage, you're not going to get it without first setting up an event so chicken before the egg or egg before the chicken. Nobody is going to pick your story up unless you're somewhere visible.

So be somewhere visible. If bookstores aren't immediately interested, it is probably due to your approach.

Are you faxing them? Yeah, people hate that. Don't fax them unless you want to tag along on an event they are promoting. Really, don't fax. And what about email? Sure, give it a try. You might email 150 places and find two get back to you. But that might be worth it to you. But by faxing ahead of emailing, you may be consumed with the fact that you are rejected which isn't the truth.

Yes, you're a new writer and a published author. Now, it's time to realize you've just entered your job in sales.

Sales people don't get their answering machine messages returned as a general rule and if they are identified as a sales person, they don't even get to talk to the real decision maker.

If you want to set up book signings at bookstores, make a point to call eight or more bookstores a d