Comments on: Authors, treat your work as an investment http://graysonagency.com/blog/business/authors-treat-your-work-as-an-investment/ Agents, Publishers, Business, and your book Tue, 24 May 2011 13:35:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cat Woods http://graysonagency.com/blog/business/authors-treat-your-work-as-an-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-3963 Cat Woods Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:00:36 +0000 http://graysonagency.com/blog/?p=111#comment-3963 This was a wonderful and insightful post. Thanks. This was a wonderful and insightful post. Thanks.

]]> By: DED http://graysonagency.com/blog/business/authors-treat-your-work-as-an-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-2681 DED Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:04:43 +0000 http://graysonagency.com/blog/?p=111#comment-2681 <i>The biggest external sign of overconfidence is self-publishing. Self-publishing is a valid tool, but it is best wielded by an experienced author to achieve a financial target, not as a way to get noticed.</i> So how does a new author get noticed? Does he just leave his manuscript on his hard drive forever? I don't ask these questions to be snarky. I'm frustrated and would like to know if I've missed something in my efforts to get published. The biggest external sign of overconfidence is self-publishing. Self-publishing is a valid tool, but it is best wielded by an experienced author to achieve a financial target, not as a way to get noticed.

So how does a new author get noticed? Does he just leave his manuscript on his hard drive forever? I don’t ask these questions to be snarky. I’m frustrated and would like to know if I’ve missed something in my efforts to get published.

]]> By: Subramanya http://graysonagency.com/blog/business/authors-treat-your-work-as-an-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-2613 Subramanya Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:31:20 +0000 http://graysonagency.com/blog/?p=111#comment-2613 Frank guidance, Authors are people with gray matter, publishers must do justice, not merely make money. Frank guidance, Authors are people with gray matter, publishers must do justice, not merely make money.

]]> By: Cathleen Ross http://graysonagency.com/blog/business/authors-treat-your-work-as-an-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-2514 Cathleen Ross Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:36:30 +0000 http://graysonagency.com/blog/?p=111#comment-2514 Thanks. Interesting and excellent advice. Best Cathleen Thanks. Interesting and excellent advice.
Best
Cathleen

]]> By: Lis'Anne Harris http://graysonagency.com/blog/business/authors-treat-your-work-as-an-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-2504 Lis'Anne Harris Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:24:41 +0000 http://graysonagency.com/blog/?p=111#comment-2504 Excellent advice! Thank you for taking the time to post this so all authors, pubbed or unpubbed, can make well-informed decisions. Excellent advice! Thank you for taking the time to post this so all authors, pubbed or unpubbed, can make well-informed decisions.

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