Warning: These 6 Mistakes Will Destroy Your Publishing Strategy

Do you want to publish your book with a right strategy?

You imagine nothing but a beautiful world where the writer writes a book and publishers publish with no hassle.

If you see this as utopia, then you might be thinking that paying 80%-90% of your sales revenue to your publisher will be a great satisfaction, because your publisher is marketing your book well and has distributed it among all segments and is getting paid 90% payment of your sales revenue.

This is in fact not an utopia; it’s a disaster for you. You had better consider self-publishing, and for that, I have compiled six blunders you and I do when self-publishing our books.

The “Cause” of Your Writing Is Wrong

Most of the writers think that they can earn huge money if they write books. This is totally a wrong cause. You should have good cause for writing your book by keeping in mind a perspective that you have to help people by providing them the secrets or any kind of education. This is no doubt a good reason. This will help you get a good reputation.

When You Consider Yourself a Writer and Editor

One good example of a writer is that when he writes his book, and he thinks that there is no mistake in his book when he hires an editor, he finds 1500 mistakes. This means that sometimes we think we have done the work perfectly and crafted good things for our piece of work; inspection is very important. A good player is not a good coach. A good coach has his own job and expertise. So, you better hire an editor to check your work.

You Design Your Own Cover

You can't be a good designer if you are a good writer. Hire a graphic designer to do this job with a professional touch. A good cover will help you sell your book in great numbers.

You Ignore Building a Marketing Platform

You think marketing process comes after completing your book. A big NO to it. Establish your marketing platform first and get followers on your social media networks. Let the people know in advance about your upcoming masterpiece.

When You Prefer Word Processor Over Microsoft Word

MS Word is a beast; it has many functionalities that format your book in a decent manner as compared to the word processors. You can find word processor less expensive, but they don’t have the capability to form your paras and other things.

When You Have Only One Plan

Be flexible in your plans. You have only one plan in hand, and that is writing. But the truth is there are three plans. Plan A is to find a good publisher; plan B is self-publishing, and plan C is the implementation of Plan B to find a traditional publisher and proceed with the Plan A.