Comments on: 8 Mistakes Self-Publishers Make And How to Avoid Them! Guest Article by Peter Bowerman http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/05/8-mistakes-self-publishers-make-and-how-to-avoid-them-guest-article-by-peter-bowerman/ Helping freelance writers make more money with their writing by Anne Wayman Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:48:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: jorgekafkazar http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/05/8-mistakes-self-publishers-make-and-how-to-avoid-them-guest-article-by-peter-bowerman/comment-page-1/#comment-20592 jorgekafkazar Thu, 20 Jan 2011 06:23:04 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=3395#comment-20592 I'll put it on my list. I'm still early in the process, but I can give a snapshot idea of where the project is and where I think it will go, then update you later on. I’ll put it on my list. I’m still early in the process, but I can give a snapshot idea of where the project is and where I think it will go, then update you later on.

]]> By: annew http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/05/8-mistakes-self-publishers-make-and-how-to-avoid-them-guest-article-by-peter-bowerman/comment-page-1/#comment-20528 annew Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:12:55 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=3395#comment-20528 Jorge, the coop idea sounds like a good one... and if there isn't a coop in a genre one could be formed. You could write for me about coops too. ;) Jorge, the coop idea sounds like a good one… and if there isn’t a coop in a genre one could be formed. You could write for me about coops too. ;)

]]> By: jorgekafkazar http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/05/8-mistakes-self-publishers-make-and-how-to-avoid-them-guest-article-by-peter-bowerman/comment-page-1/#comment-20477 jorgekafkazar Fri, 14 Jan 2011 18:56:44 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=3395#comment-20477 My thought is that the one-author website won't hack it unless you're already famous. For my next book, I'm going with a local coop publisher that has a dozen good authors and does actual publicity in their genre. I've already done a short private run via Lulu to get a few pre-publication comment copies out into the target audience, as well as to have some fun with cover design, and so forth. My thought is that the one-author website won’t hack it unless you’re already famous. For my next book, I’m going with a local coop publisher that has a dozen good authors and does actual publicity in their genre. I’ve already done a short private run via Lulu to get a few pre-publication comment copies out into the target audience, as well as to have some fun with cover design, and so forth.
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]]> By: Anne http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/05/8-mistakes-self-publishers-make-and-how-to-avoid-them-guest-article-by-peter-bowerman/comment-page-1/#comment-9427 Anne Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:57:32 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=3395#comment-9427 lol lol

]]> By: Elizabeth West http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/05/8-mistakes-self-publishers-make-and-how-to-avoid-them-guest-article-by-peter-bowerman/comment-page-1/#comment-9367 Elizabeth West Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:10:46 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=3395#comment-9367 I looked it up too...I thought, "Well, I must be skilled then, because I have the most HUGE self-doubts!" LOL! Elizabeth West http://aelizabethwest.wordpress.com/ I looked it up too…I thought, “Well, I must be skilled then, because I have the most HUGE self-doubts!”
LOL!

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]]> By: Lori http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/05/8-mistakes-self-publishers-make-and-how-to-avoid-them-guest-article-by-peter-bowerman/comment-page-1/#comment-4118 Lori Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:53:05 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=3395#comment-4118 Thanks for the wiki link, Anne. I had to look it up, too. :) How hilarious! I know a handful of former clients just like that. LOL <abbr><em>Lori’s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WordsOnThePage/~3/IYqg4avNhVU/where-is-love.html" rel="nofollow">Where is the Love?</a></em></abbr> Thanks for the wiki link, Anne. I had to look it up, too. :) How hilarious! I know a handful of former clients just like that. LOL

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]]> By: Anne http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/05/8-mistakes-self-publishers-make-and-how-to-avoid-them-guest-article-by-peter-bowerman/comment-page-1/#comment-4046 Anne Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:37:42 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=3395#comment-4046 lol, sometimes you just can't help people! had to look up the DK effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning-Kruger_effect lol, sometimes you just can’t help people!

had to look up the DK effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning-Kruger_effect

]]> By: Mark Adams http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/05/8-mistakes-self-publishers-make-and-how-to-avoid-them-guest-article-by-peter-bowerman/comment-page-1/#comment-4026 Mark Adams Sun, 31 May 2009 21:44:47 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=3395#comment-4026 I had helped an author find a designer and the cover wasn't bad. He went to the book store recently though, and claimed that all of the books in his genre were plain white with a horrible font, because that's what he has revised his cover to look like based on his own research. This is the "new style", and the previous one was "outdated", according to him. I have to say that these are all great tips. However, unfortunately many self-publishers suffer from the Dunning-Kruger effect. <abbr><em>Mark Adams’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.myblog.org/2009/05/31/asking-for-id-for-credit-card-purchases/" rel="nofollow">Asking for ID for credit card purchases</a></em></abbr> I had helped an author find a designer and the cover wasn’t bad. He went to the book store recently though, and claimed that all of the books in his genre were plain white with a horrible font, because that’s what he has revised his cover to look like based on his own research. This is the “new style”, and the previous one was “outdated”, according to him.

I have to say that these are all great tips. However, unfortunately many self-publishers suffer from the Dunning-Kruger effect.

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]]> By: Anne http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/05/8-mistakes-self-publishers-make-and-how-to-avoid-them-guest-article-by-peter-bowerman/comment-page-1/#comment-3988 Anne Fri, 29 May 2009 15:24:19 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=3395#comment-3988 the real challenge in the future I think will be sorting out the dreck from the good stuff... not sure how that's going to happen... book reviewers may become really necessary or some sort of intermediary to help people find decent books. Wonder if libraries might not fit into this roll? So sorry about your friend... had something similar happen and it isn't pretty. the real challenge in the future I think will be sorting out the dreck from the good stuff… not sure how that’s going to happen… book reviewers may become really necessary or some sort of intermediary to help people find decent books. Wonder if libraries might not fit into this roll?

So sorry about your friend… had something similar happen and it isn’t pretty.

]]> By: Lori http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/05/8-mistakes-self-publishers-make-and-how-to-avoid-them-guest-article-by-peter-bowerman/comment-page-1/#comment-3983 Lori Fri, 29 May 2009 12:04:28 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=3395#comment-3983 Oh my lord. Peter, I swear you're in my head. This is exactly the list I'd make after reading one self-published book. Every point but the first one fits the author's dilemma to a tee. The title is lame. The cover is just, well, embarrassing. Last night as I was reading it (out of friendship), I stumbled upon 11 or 12 errors that a proofreader could have picked up on. I read maybe 25 pages. That's just unacceptable. Let's not even go there with the lack of promotion. I think others' mistakes do serve as a very good lesson for the rest of us. Take care in what you write (research the devil out of the market), be ultra-picky (don't go ga-ga because it's your first sale), and work your tail off to find new ways to promote (toot your own horn more effectively). I love your point to oversee the production process. Anything that has the writer's name on it deserves the same care and attention as it had in its creation stages. <abbr><em>Lori’s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WordsOnThePage/~3/GDLxYneKMfI/vendor-client-relationship-real-world.html" rel="nofollow">The Vendor-Client Relationship: Real World Style</a></em></abbr> Oh my lord. Peter, I swear you’re in my head. This is exactly the list I’d make after reading one self-published book. Every point but the first one fits the author’s dilemma to a tee. The title is lame. The cover is just, well, embarrassing. Last night as I was reading it (out of friendship), I stumbled upon 11 or 12 errors that a proofreader could have picked up on. I read maybe 25 pages. That’s just unacceptable. Let’s not even go there with the lack of promotion.

I think others’ mistakes do serve as a very good lesson for the rest of us. Take care in what you write (research the devil out of the market), be ultra-picky (don’t go ga-ga because it’s your first sale), and work your tail off to find new ways to promote (toot your own horn more effectively). I love your point to oversee the production process. Anything that has the writer’s name on it deserves the same care and attention as it had in its creation stages.

Lori’s last blog post..The Vendor-Client Relationship: Real World Style

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