Part Three: The Plan
When I determined that I wanted to make it easy for my book, "Genesis of a Genre: The Birth of Christian Rock" to get into Libraries, my plan started to take shape.
It then became a matter of backward engineering. What does it take to make that happen?
Copyright, ISBN and Barcode for each published version, Library of Congress Control Number, graphics - it all needed to be gathered. Since Ingram doesn't work directly with authors, that meant I had to form an LLC with a Registered Agent.
I suddenly felt legit.
After considering all the options available to publish/distribute the books, it seemed that wide-distribution through Kindle Direct, IngramSpark and Draft 2 Digital would cover all the bases and allow the best royalties.
Convinced that the best use of budget dollars would be to position the book before release, rather than post-release advertising, I sought "public/social validation" for the work.
Submitting for 10 Book Festival awards, securing 5 Editorial Reviews, launching dozens of ARCs on NetGalley and BookSprouts, six months were given to pre-launch promotions.
NEXT-Part Four: The Goodreads Experience.
It then became a matter of backward engineering. What does it take to make that happen?
Copyright, ISBN and Barcode for each published version, Library of Congress Control Number, graphics - it all needed to be gathered. Since Ingram doesn't work directly with authors, that meant I had to form an LLC with a Registered Agent.
I suddenly felt legit.
After considering all the options available to publish/distribute the books, it seemed that wide-distribution through Kindle Direct, IngramSpark and Draft 2 Digital would cover all the bases and allow the best royalties.
Convinced that the best use of budget dollars would be to position the book before release, rather than post-release advertising, I sought "public/social validation" for the work.
Submitting for 10 Book Festival awards, securing 5 Editorial Reviews, launching dozens of ARCs on NetGalley and BookSprouts, six months were given to pre-launch promotions.
NEXT-Part Four: The Goodreads Experience.
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