How to Become a Published Writer

Wanna become a published author?

If you like to write and dream of being published one day, you will likely find this guide to be very valuable. Follow these steps and you will be on your way to become a published author.

First a word of caution. There are many vanity publishers who will charge you to get your book published and provide no marketing in return. You are basically paying for the cost of printing. We highly recommend to stay away from these. You really need to find a legitimate publisher that will adopt your book and take it to success.


That said, self publishing may make some sense in many scenarios. With the advent of digital books as well as the spectacular success of Amazon and other online book sellers, being self published may well translate in to the right step to take if you have some online marketing skills. The reason being that selling your own self published books is far more rewarding financially than getting royalties with a traditional book publisher.

A traditional publisher would typically pay the author 10-15% of all sales. In return, they assume all publishing and distribution costs. Being self published would result in 100% share from any digital downloads like ebooks and up to 75% with online book stores such as amazon. The downside however is that you must assume all costs of publishing and be in charge of all aspects of marketing. While this may represent an uphill task for all new publishers, it gets myuch easier for repeat publishers who have already enjoyed success and this have loyal readers and followers.


The cost to self publish a book may well run in the thousands of dollars. In return, you get a professionally made book that is ready for distribution and marketing. You would need to find a place to store the thousands of copies initially printed and a streamlined system to get the books distributed.

Once your book is printed, you'll need to spread the word and promote. You would need a website dedicated to this book. You would also need to create a afcaebook account and pussh the book through social networking. Your hope is that the book gets some buzz that would generate lots of word of mouth viral marketing.



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