Forget the Publisher

Hi,

I hope that you enjoyed the Holidays and you have recovered and are ready to get back to work. Several people have asked me why I didn’t bother to even look at getting a publisher for my book and my response was “what do I need them for”?

All I have heard is horror stories about unknown writers trying to get a publisher and I at first thought that finding a Publisher would help me get my book out on the market. Wrong.

With the help of the Internet you don’t need one and if they come after you then you can decide if you want to have a joint venture with them or not. A joint venture is really what it is. They don’t just hand you a check, take your book and make you famous, you are still going to do all the work. That includes the marketing, books signings and supply chain.

Children’s books are a brutal market (so I wrote one) and unless you are already famous like Madonna then you have to have the vision to do it on your own.

Over the next few weeks we are going to talk about building a vision and then taking the steps to reach it. It will be somewhat painful and it doesn’t have to cost a fortune either. I put The Fire Station Buddies together, published my first book and got the marketing contracts I wanted for less than $4,000.

Stay tuned and let me know if you would like some help.
www.firestationbuddies.com

Thanks,
Karen