Happy Tuesday to you all. I hope you had a wonderful weekend and you are already to eat until you drop on Thanksgiving. It’s a short week for most of us, so let’s get down to business.
I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately on the Writer’s Mailbag about which publishing option is the best, so that’s going to be our topic for today.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
George Bernard Shaw
THOUGHT OF THE DAY
So here’s my answer to the question which publishing method is the best…..whichever one you decide upon.
That may sound like a cop out, but hear me out.
Traditional publishing…print on demand….ebooks….all have the possibility for success, and all have downsides. You can drive yourself nutso trying to figure out which one to do, and I know some writers who suffer from the paralysis of analysis. Get over it and move on.
Do your diligent research, ask for opinions from others in the business, and then make a decision, because ultimately, your success, or lack thereof, will depend on the amount of marketing you do. You can write the best damn book ever written, but if you don’t market it like your life depends on it, it won’t matter how you publish it.
TIP OF THE DAY
Sharpen your marketing skills, and I’m not talking about Facebook posts. Instead of reading articles and books on how to write, you would be much better off reading articles and books about how to successfully market your books. Most, if not all of you reading this, already have the writing skills to be successful in writing. Writing is not what is holding you back…marketing, or the lack thereof, is.
SITE OF THE DAY
Writer’s Marketing is a site dedicated to, well, marketing for writers. J Check them out here.
BOOK OF THE DAY
303 Marketing Tips, available on Amazon here.
WRITER OF THE DAY
Let me introduce you to Smilealot, formerly ValleyPoet on HubPages. I greatly enjoy this man’s poetry and I think you will as well. You can find him here.
CONTEST OF THE DAY
The Meadow Novella Contest is taking submissions until February 1, 2015. Check them out (Brian, I’m talking to you) and maybe you’ll find something that interests you.
PROMPT OF THE DAY
A verbal prompt today, and that prompt is EVERGREEN.
MORE NEXT WEEK
I just don’t see myself doing another of these posts on this short week, so this will have to do for now. Have a marvelous Thanksgiving. I know I am very grateful for all of you. Your friendships are very important to me.
Bill
“Helping writers to spread their wings and fly.”
Billybuc
Artistry With Words 
Off to Emma’s school for her Harvest Feast, but just wanted to say hi and wish you a great day!! 😉
Well Happy Harvest Feast, Janine. Thanks for taking the time to visit.
Happy Thanksgiving – enjoy the break. Enjoy!
Thank you Sally. I will enjoy the day off…family, friends,and great food!
I’ll definitely check out Writers Marketing. It’s time to weed out the newsletters that no longer serve a purpose and bring in those that will.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, Bill. Hugs to you and Bev.
Thank you Sha, and Happy Thanksgiving to you and your fun.
As usual, Bill, great advice. I’m going to have a marvelous Thanksgiving with family. I hope you have a marvelous Thanksgiving too.
We will indeed, Marlene.Thank you so much, and Happy Thanksgiving to you and your husband.
Bill, where is the best place to go for nuts and bolts on e-publishing. I have several questions. Is it necessary to have an ISBN number and how does one get it? What about copyrighting? etc.
Denise, I don’t know if there is a best place. I learned most of what I know from Amazon….it isn’t necessary to have an ISBN number unless you are going to sell your books in a store, but really, for the cost, it is worth having one. Amazon has them available, as do print on demand companies like CreateSpace…you can also just buy the number from the sources….do a Google search for ISBN and it will take you to the place that issues those numbers. Copyrighting is automatic when you publish a book.
Happy Thanksgiving to you too, Bill, and thanks for the advice 🙂
Thank you, Melissa. I appreciate it.
Happy Thanksgiving my friend.
Thank you, Wayne! The same to you and yours.
Have a great Thanksgiving with your family Bill!
Thank you, Sis! I appreciate that…Happy Wednesday to you.
Picking up the turkey today and prepping all the trimmings for tomorrow. Have a beautiful Thanksgiving, Bill. We all have something to be thankful for.
Thank you Zulma! We did our grocery shopping yesterday and we are all ready to prepare the meal. Happy Thanksgiving to you, my friend.
I agree Bill…as a writer do you research and march forward cause there are so many options out there…difficult to just stand there as confused…marketing is very imp. And I suck at that!!
Only such moments when I wish I had a genie to do it…lol
Happy Thanksgiving, Bill
One reason for me to be thankful is having you as a writer in my circle 🙂
Cheers!
Ruchira, I think most of us suck at marketing, so you aren’t alone. And what a lovely thing for you to say. Thank you, and I am thankful for you as well.
Hello my friend. Change mind ! – definitely for better. ( This machine will disclose that I am late.) Nature is teaching us, if a seed doesn’t ‘change its mind’, we won’t see a growing miracle…
Wish you a blessed week…
Michael my friend, another beautiful comment from my favorite Michigan friend. Blessings today and always, Michael.