For Newly Contracted/Published Indie & Small Press Authors

I wrote this because I work with a lot of first-time authors and I needed an article to direct them to to help them deal with the extreme excitement (and the expectations) they usually have about their first book.

Over the years I’ve learned a lot about this business. The following has been gathered from my conversations with editors and from 9 years as a publisher and 18 years as an author. Here are 12 important things you need to know about being published and having a contract when you’re j...