AUTHORS SELF PUBLISHING MANUAL

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AUTHORS SELF-PUBLISHING MANUAL

embarrassingly stupid, they sometimes even correct punctuation, grammar and style. When your book comes out, you don't have to wait for your readers' reaction because you know the book is right. After all, it has been reviewed and accepted by the best. And, there is another valuable reason for peer review: You have more than two-dozen opinion molders telling everyone about your book-and how they helped you with it.

B. Manuscript evaluation Author/Publisher Gordon Burgett will read your manuscript and make recommendations on market targeting, manuscript re-work (if necessary), publishing and marketing. Gordon is an author who knows publishing from the inside, out. Contact him at Tel gordon@sops.com

Book Publishing is a great business Book publishing is a great business because book publishers are so helpful, friendly and supportive. The reason publishers are so nice is that no two books are alike. It is a rarity that two books on the same subject are published in the same year. Consequently, publishers do not feel threatened by other publishers. In fact, publishers often promote other books and each other. This is why when an author contacts a publisher and he or she determines the manuscript 35


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