Joanna Penn recently wrote in her phantastic article: To be an independent author means taking your book project seriously. But most of us haven’t been in publishing for our whole careers it’s inevitable that we make mistakes along the way. Here is her list:
- Not spending enough time learning about you, your book and your audience
- Not getting a professional editor
- Not getting professional interior and cover design
- Doing a print run without having a distribution deal
- Paying way too much for services you can do yourself with a little education
- Doing no marketing at all, or getting shiny object syndrome
- Focusing everything into one book
Read how you can fall into these traps and how to get out – or avoid them all together.
http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2012/03/04/7-worst-mistakes-indie-authors/
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