Like everything else when publishing and distributing material you can face many different issues. For those of you who would like to learn more about the publishing self publish, and distribution pro’s and con’s visit Joel Friedlander.
Joel Friedlander has an article that talks about the 10 worse self-publishing mistakes. In my opinion mistakes happened because there is a lack of research on the how to. Some people tend to take it in their own hands and publish their own material, which is fine, but research to make sure your decision to publish your own material is not a mistake.
According to Joel Friedlander listed below is the 10 Worse Mistakes a person can make when they decided to self publish and or publish a book period.
10. You thought you could re-use that ISBN you paid so much for since the novel you put it on last year isn’t selling anyway.
9. Everybody knows the words to the song, so it’s okay to quote lyrics from it throughout your book, right?
8. The photos looked fine on your screen, and that means they will look fine when they’re printed, it just makes sense.
7. I picked Arial for my book because the name reminded me of my middle school girlfriend.
6. I know they’re charging me $6,000 to publish my book, but I get 10 copies, absolutely free!
5. I thought it would sound more impressive if I wrote my memoir in the third person. All my sports heroes talk that way.
4. I really got the unit price down, but I had to print 10,000 copies. You have any room in your garage?
3. Sure, I included an invoice with all the books I sent to book reviewers. Hey, they don’t care, it’s just a big company paying the bill.
2. It was cheaper to print my novel as an 8-1/2″ x 11″ book because I got so many words on each page.
And the number 1 Worst Possible Self-Publishing Mistake:
1. What do you mean, I need a cover designer? Don’t books come with covers?”
Joel Friedlander provides lots and lots of information that will help prepare you for what to do and what not to do when publishing a book. Publishing a book can be lots of work and in order to be success and receive good book reviews and a good sales turn out you must make sure the steps you take are within in scope of the publishing laws and are Ethical. Take time out to learn more about Joel Friedlander he has a lot of advice to offer.
Reference:
Joel Friendlander. 10 Worse Possible Mistakes of Self Publishing. July 5 2010. http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2010/07/top-10-list-of-the-worst-possible-self-publishing-mistakes/ Retrieved August 20, 2011
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