S40E7 – The Pre-Launch Mindset
There’s a lot more to publishing a book than writing it and slapping a cover on it. – Vince Flynn
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S25E7 – A Guide to Publishing
In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you. – Mortimer J. Adler
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S20 Bonus – Myth Ten: Self-Publishing is Free
At heart, self-publishing is kind of like a bake sale. The end product does not need to resemble the one that comes from a commercial bakery, but it must taste good. No one wants the lumpy, under-baked oatmeal cookies with spinach and alfalfa flavored chips. – D.C. Williams
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Learning to Break the Rules of Word Count
Word count is a fickle thing. Brandon Sanderson’s Oathbringer weighs in at a hefty 460,000 words. John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is barely 30,000. There are stories across all genres that span from a few hundred to several hundred-thousand words.
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S12E9 – Awards and Competitions
Start with short stories. After all, if you were to take up rock climbing, you wouldn’t start with Mount Everest. So if you’re starting fantasy, don’t start with a nine-book series. – George RR Martin
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S12E7 – Getting the Most Effective Reviews
Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that.- Anthony Volodkin
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Industry Spotlight – Lindsey Teske
Lindsey Teske, head editor and publisher at Of Ink and Pearls, joins us in this Industry Spotlight episode of Writing Roots. She and hosts Ley Esses and Leigh Hull discuss the job of an editor, what writers should know, and the publishing process. Of Ink and Pearls, started by Lindsey, is a boutique publisher much…
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S2E9 – Release and Launch
All readers come to fiction as willing accomplices to your lies. Such is the basic goodwill contract made the moment we pick up a work of fiction. – Steve Almond, WD
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S2E8 – Preparing the Metadata
I do not over-intellectualize the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story. – Tom Clancy
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S2E7 – Audiobooks
“We will speak for the books.”
“Like the Lorax?”
“The Lorax speaks for the trees.”
“Books are made out of paper.”
“Paper is made out of trees.”
“What about e-books?”
“We can speak for them too.”
“Audiobooks?”
“Audiobooks speak for themselves.”
― Paul Acampora