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How to bring a non - fiction paperback to market

  • 06-10-2015 10:35am
    #1
    5rtytry56
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    I have published my own non - fiction book (a 'how to' type), but looking over the threads in this forum, 'fiction' is peppered through out.
    So, what different steps would you advise me to take, as distinct from bringing a fiction book to market?:)

    EDIT: found this link, but it's more suitable for an American audience.

    http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2013/02/20/write-publish-non-fiction/


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  • #2
    Das Kitty
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    Where have you published it?

    Do you have a stack of them in your spare room or is it on Amazon or similar in ebook format?


  • #3
    5rtytry56
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭5rtytry56


    In a stack in "the spare room". On sale in 2 shops. I don't use amazon. E Book - do I need to notify publisher or can I just go ahead since it is all my own work


  • #4
    Das Kitty
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    A publisher will have little or no interest if you've already self-published.

    You can stick up your own e-book, get a few people to review it for you so it will appear on people's recommendation lists.

    As for real world marketing, try to think about who would benefit from your book. Who did you write it for? Target some of those people / groups and ask for feedback.

    Then there's social media. Go out there and whore yourself on twitter. Follow anyone who may be interested in what you have written.

    Doing your own marketing is an awful tough road, with very little to gain. Unless you have written some zeitgeist capturing work of genius, it's going to be a slow slow journey.


  • #5
    TheGlitchKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭TheGlitchKing


    Stick to online publishing. How to books are a dime a dozen, anyone with an opinion can write one.


  • #6
    TheGlitchKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭TheGlitchKing


    Das Kitty wrote: »
    A publisher will have little or no interest if you've already self-published.

    That logic is gone. Most best sellers in paper back today were already published first online.

    Anyone who still holds onto that idea is living in the past. Online publishing today is just another editorial process to weed out the chaff from the grain.


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  • #7
    Del.Monte
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    TheGlitchKing wrote: »
    That logic is gone. Most best sellers in paper back today were already published first online.

    Anyone who still holds onto that idea is living in the past. Online publishing today is just another editorial process to weed out the chaff from the grain.

    Where on earth did you hear that? Links? :confused:

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  • #8
    TheGlitchKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭TheGlitchKing


    Del.Monte wrote: »
    Where on earth did you hear that? Links? :confused:

    It's been happening left right and center. Authors are uploading their books and when agents/publishers start seeing successful books they fish them into their own library. The point is if your book is good, and especially if it's successful, no agent is going to turn you down just because you self published, Online self publishing today acts as a test runway for new novelists, far from it being a rival form of publishing.


    50 shades comes to mind


  • #9
    Das Kitty
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    TheGlitchKing wrote: »
    That logic is gone. Most best sellers in paper back today were already published first online.

    Anyone who still holds onto that idea is living in the past. Online publishing today is just another editorial process to weed out the chaff from the grain.

    Well, if you read the thread, the OP hasn't published online.

    The OP has published physical books.

    What you're saying above can be true, but it's still very much the exception. Something still needs to be ridiculously successful online for a publisher to take a punt on it like you're saying.

    I have a friend who got a book offer based on a column he had in an online newspaper. They still wanted all new content for the book.

    I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with online self-publishing, it's the ideal medium for many things. But I think, if your goal is to be picked up by a publisher, you're generally harming your chances by doing it.


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