The Real Numbers on Getting a Book Deal

Small Press publisher John Vonhof contributed the following comment from my recent post on my Get Known Now Blog, Scary Facts About Getting a Book Deal (If you want to know what you're up against for a major book deal, look here. It may help you decide if you want to self publish or not.)

"The number of books published in 2004 was 195,000. Many of those titles are Print-on-Demand (POD) which will never sell more than a few copies. The point is that authors need to study their market and have a marketing plan--after determining that, in fact, the world needs their book."

I'd second that. And that's why I slid into the work of helping people build platform. Because they really do need to let the world know what they're up to … before they launch the dream. And find out if their idea needs a major tweak .. before they fill the garage with cases of books.

Tags: Print On Demand publishing, getting a book deal, literaryagents