Green-Light Your Book: How Writers Can Succeed in the New Era of Publishing

Description

* Bowker reported that in 2013, 458,564 print and e-books were self-published, compared with 85,648 in 2008. * The publishing landscape is changing rapidly. Aspiring authors and author-publishers are eager for up-to-date information about the industry and how they can give their books a fighting chance. This is a true insider's guide. * Everyone loves to champion an underdog. This book is full of success stories from people who succeeded by believing in themselves, turning on its head the notion that traditional publishing necessarily holds the power to make authors' dreams come true.

Brooke Warner is the publisher of She Writes Press, president of Warner Coaching Inc., author of What's Your Book? and How to Sell Your Memoir, and co-author of Breaking Ground on Your Memoir. She is also a regular Huffington Post blogger and a master teacher of memoir who co-leads the popular course "Write Your Memoir in Six Months." Her expertise is in traditional and new publishing. She sits on the boards of the Independent Book Publishers Association, the National Association of Memoir Writers, and the Bay Area Book Festival. Her website has been named by The Write Life as one of the Top 100 Best Websites for Writers. Warner lives and works in Berkeley, California.

"In Green-Light Your Book, Brooke Warner makes an argument for indie authorship that helps legitimize the field. Her voice is an important one in the conversation about what matters when it comes to modern-day publishing." -Angela Bole, CEO and Executive Director of the Independent Book Publishing Association "Green-Light Your Book is a roadmap to what's really happening inside the publishing industry right now. This is an invaluable book for both aspiring and previously published authors who are brushing up against a changing industry and feeling upended. Brooke Warner is on a quest to level the playing field for authors everywhere-and this book is a first step toward rallying writers to make that happen." -Grant Faulkner, Executive Director of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) "For those of who have struggled with the myriad red light warnings that flare up here and there on the journey to publishing, this book will give you the courage to green-light your work. Green-Light Your Book is a veritable indie publishing workshop that can fit in the palm of your hand. Warner reveals realistic and viable alternatives to the elitism often practiced by traditional publishers. The grace note that makes this book truly sing is the author's insight that the key to indie success is not to wait to publish, but to fully embrace your spirit of independence and celebrate the creation of a book you will be proud to call your own." -Phil Cousineau, author of The Painted Word, Wordcatcher, and The Oldest Story in the World "Green-Light Your Book is an ideal resource for all aspiring authors, regardless of the path they're pursuing to getting published. Brooke Warner has the insight, passion, and commitment necessary to help authors grasp what it takes to be successful in today's publishing environment. Don't publish your next book before you read this one!" -Richard Nash, entrepreneur and publishing expert "Consider Green-Light Your Book a crash course on publishing for new authors. It's a perfectly balanced package of practical basics and kick-in-the pants encouragement to get any new author on their way to a published book." -Dan Blank, founder of WeGrowMedia "With experience in the worlds of traditional, hybrid, and indie publishing, Brooke Warner provides a refreshingly clear-eyed view of a writer's many options in this friendly guidebook that reads in parts like an insider confessional. She pulls no punches as she exposes the decisions, big and small, that happen behind the scenes to determine an author's success-or lack-and empowers writers to take control of their writing careers with eyes wide open." -Dana Beth Weinberg, PhD, professor of sociology, Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, and author of The Author-Publisher Relationship in a Changing Market