More Good News
My further good news is that I have been commissioned by Matador to write a non-fiction text book for authors, Seriously Useful Publicity and Marketing Advice For Authors (working title).
This is a project I have been working on for a while, and born out of my diverse and useful experiences in marketing both The Crowded Bed and The Sixpenny Debt and Other Oxford Stories. I have already posted some initial articles on the website of the brilliant author, Caro Fraser (The Caper Court series and much more). http://www.caro-fraser.co.uk/and click on blog. Caro is currently looking for a talented children's illustrator.
Seriously Useful is intended to 'do what it says on the tin': to be of serious use to anyone who is published, especially self-published, and needs to know what to do to get the book sold. So many books on the subject are not written by someone who has actually pounded the pavements, and pursued every opening available, to 'get the book noticed'. Yes - there have been stone walls and failures - but it's all been worth a try. To date TCB has sold over 2000 copies, which, although modest, is a success story for 'the likes of me' - a first timer given no budget for publicty. Did you know that only 5% of published authors sell over 3000 copies? It's only the big hitters who make the headlines with large sales figures, and they, of course, are professionally marketed with large budgets behind them. 'Large Publishing Houses spend 90% of their publicity purse on 10% of their authors'.
My deadline is November, for a publication date in February, and I am trying to collect anecdotal additions from other authors, to back up each category I highlight. If you are a published author, reading this post, and you would like to contact me with your own success story, I would love to hear from you, (50 words max). Can you contact me on marycavanagh@btinternet.com marking the title Seriously Useful, as I get so much Spam.
Also, if anyone subscribes to Matador's tri-annual publication, The Self Publisher, I will be contributing a series of articles, talking about my experiences of both mainstream, and self publishing. www.troubador.co.uk/selfpublishingmagazine
All is going very smoothly towards the publication of A Man Like Any Other, and all news as it happens.
Mary
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