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The Road to Publishing: Choose Your Path: Self, Hybrid, or Traditional Publishing
Have you always wanted to be a published author? It's within your grasp! There are more options these days than ever before.
Overwhelmed by the terms and business once the book is written? Learn the lingo and answer the questions to decide which path is the right one for your story.
No idea where to start? You're in the right place! Written in a conversational style, allow me to break down the mystery of book publishing into manageable pieces.
In The Road to Publishing, you'll
· Different publishing options
· Key terms of the trade
· How to determine your audience
· Why an editor is important
· What to consider when pricing your book
It's a long, twisting road to publishing-don't let anyone tell you differently. There's no one path, and results are as varied as the methods to get there.
The Road to Publishing describes options available to you including self-publishing, hybrid publishing, and traditional publishing, providing helpful hints along the way.
I have written and published numerous titles of my own and other authors, helping them realize their dreams. I speak at conferences, teach classes on publishing, and work with schools and Girl Scouts to encourage young writers.
Now I'd like to extend my reach and help you. I would never claim to know everything about publishing. It's growing and changing at such a rapid pace, I don't think anyone could ever make that claim. Before you make a decision affecting your life, you owe it to yourself to do some homework.
Grab your notebook and come up with a plan to publish. Let's start here.
Overwhelmed by the terms and business once the book is written? Learn the lingo and answer the questions to decide which path is the right one for your story.
No idea where to start? You're in the right place! Written in a conversational style, allow me to break down the mystery of book publishing into manageable pieces.
In The Road to Publishing, you'll
· Different publishing options
· Key terms of the trade
· How to determine your audience
· Why an editor is important
· What to consider when pricing your book
It's a long, twisting road to publishing-don't let anyone tell you differently. There's no one path, and results are as varied as the methods to get there.
The Road to Publishing describes options available to you including self-publishing, hybrid publishing, and traditional publishing, providing helpful hints along the way.
I have written and published numerous titles of my own and other authors, helping them realize their dreams. I speak at conferences, teach classes on publishing, and work with schools and Girl Scouts to encourage young writers.
Now I'd like to extend my reach and help you. I would never claim to know everything about publishing. It's growing and changing at such a rapid pace, I don't think anyone could ever make that claim. Before you make a decision affecting your life, you owe it to yourself to do some homework.
Grab your notebook and come up with a plan to publish. Let's start here.
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Published October 23, 2020
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About the author
Dawn Brotherton
27 books31 followersDawn Brotherton is an award-winning author and featured speaker at writing and publishing seminars. When it comes to exceptional writing, she draws on her experience as a colonel retired from the US Air Force as well as a softball coach. Her variety of interests has led to a variety of genres including mystery, romance, middle grade and nonfiction. Her next book will involve quilting, one of her most recent hobbies.
Dawn and her husband have wisely invested in their daughters’ college educations, hoping the girls will pick out a nice retirement home for them someday.
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Dawn and her husband have wisely invested in their daughters’ college educations, hoping the girls will pick out a nice retirement home for them someday.
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December 5, 2018
I had the pleasure of reading a book called The Road to Publishing by Dawn Brotherton. Let's get right down to it, the book was fantastic for someone starting out and wondering how the heck you go from notes on a page to published author. It has become my go to resource for those with entry level questions on writing a book and want to know the ins and outs of how to get started.
As always with my reviews, I will share the good, the bad, and the great!
The Good
Dawn focuses heavily on defining success in this book which I think is critical for new authors. I wrote my first book and expected royalty checks to fill my apartment. She is straightforward that your first book is to start to build your audience and to define your target market.
She also espouses on the idea of not rushing into it, and taking your time to work your craft in order to build a good final product. Dawn is well aware that if you put out a sub-par book you risk bad reviews and a tarnished author reputation early. Good stuff to remember for this author, and great stuff to ingrain early on for new folks.
The Bad
The only slight I have with this book is the mention that publishers have a big reach that is hard to match. This is true that publishers have big connections, but from all I've heard one must be careful depending too much on a publisher to do your marketing for you. Dawn does go on to later clarify this and say that authors must do a lot of their own marketing no matter what, but I've added it here as I am not sure where exactly she stands.
The battle of self publishing vs. waiting for a publishing gate-keeper to say yes to your pitch is a tough one to get into, and I don't think the point of this book is to do so. Thus, the book does not suffer in this way.
The Great
Let's get to the great shall we? What I loved about this book is hands down it's down to earth ideas (I jotted quite a few down that I want to try out), and the questions for reflection at the end of every chapter. I think it's best to keep asking yourself important questions about what you want out of your book and how you are going to get it.
Most importantly, Dawn tells authors that they should be readers! Reading is one of the best ways we can learn new ideas and tactics, but also keep our writing chops up. I've recently been reading more and more and can attest to this fact.
Overall, the book is extremely helpful for new authors that want a good foundation of knowledge on which they can propel themselves.
You can pick it up on Amazon.
Enjoy!
-Jordan
As always with my reviews, I will share the good, the bad, and the great!
The Good
Dawn focuses heavily on defining success in this book which I think is critical for new authors. I wrote my first book and expected royalty checks to fill my apartment. She is straightforward that your first book is to start to build your audience and to define your target market.
She also espouses on the idea of not rushing into it, and taking your time to work your craft in order to build a good final product. Dawn is well aware that if you put out a sub-par book you risk bad reviews and a tarnished author reputation early. Good stuff to remember for this author, and great stuff to ingrain early on for new folks.
The Bad
The only slight I have with this book is the mention that publishers have a big reach that is hard to match. This is true that publishers have big connections, but from all I've heard one must be careful depending too much on a publisher to do your marketing for you. Dawn does go on to later clarify this and say that authors must do a lot of their own marketing no matter what, but I've added it here as I am not sure where exactly she stands.
The battle of self publishing vs. waiting for a publishing gate-keeper to say yes to your pitch is a tough one to get into, and I don't think the point of this book is to do so. Thus, the book does not suffer in this way.
The Great
Let's get to the great shall we? What I loved about this book is hands down it's down to earth ideas (I jotted quite a few down that I want to try out), and the questions for reflection at the end of every chapter. I think it's best to keep asking yourself important questions about what you want out of your book and how you are going to get it.
Most importantly, Dawn tells authors that they should be readers! Reading is one of the best ways we can learn new ideas and tactics, but also keep our writing chops up. I've recently been reading more and more and can attest to this fact.
Overall, the book is extremely helpful for new authors that want a good foundation of knowledge on which they can propel themselves.
You can pick it up on Amazon.
Enjoy!
-Jordan
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March 24, 2020MWSA Review
A spare little tome, A Guide to Publishing is nonetheless a reliable and useful tool for authors first striking out down the road of trying to get a book published. It doesn't supply a step-by-step format or specific worksheets to either self-publishing or traditional publishing, but it is a helpful book to scour to understand the overall process and how one might decide on a path to follow. There are some valuable individual hints (such as how to search out agents that might be appropriate for you to pitch), and the book is written in a friendly, breezy style that is easy to digest. It is certainly packed with more than enough really good material to get an author started with the "What do I do next?" quandary once a book manuscript is completed. The author also points to some excellent specific resources and organizations that can be valuable to a novice author. If I were looking for this sort of guidance it is definitely a book I would want to read first.
Review by Phil Keith (March 2020)
A spare little tome, A Guide to Publishing is nonetheless a reliable and useful tool for authors first striking out down the road of trying to get a book published. It doesn't supply a step-by-step format or specific worksheets to either self-publishing or traditional publishing, but it is a helpful book to scour to understand the overall process and how one might decide on a path to follow. There are some valuable individual hints (such as how to search out agents that might be appropriate for you to pitch), and the book is written in a friendly, breezy style that is easy to digest. It is certainly packed with more than enough really good material to get an author started with the "What do I do next?" quandary once a book manuscript is completed. The author also points to some excellent specific resources and organizations that can be valuable to a novice author. If I were looking for this sort of guidance it is definitely a book I would want to read first.
Review by Phil Keith (March 2020)
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