Many first-time authors are not concerned about the advance or royalties, they want the notoriety. They get smarter on their second book and look for the money.
A manuscript not submitted is a book not published. - Dan Poynter
A manuscript not submitted is a book not published.
- Dan Poynter
Five Minute Marketing is entertaining and thought provoking marketing advice by a Canadian for Canadians. - Dan Poynter
Five Minute Marketing is entertaining and thought provoking marketing advice by a Canadian for Canadians.
Copyright? Copy RIGHT: Steal ideas, steal facts but do not steal words. - Dan Poynter
Copyright? Copy RIGHT: Steal ideas, steal facts but do not steal words.
Do not collaborate with someone you would not go camping with. - Dan Poynter
Do not collaborate with someone you would not go camping with.
Run a test. Give a 5-year-old a printed book and an iPad and see what happens. That 5-year-old is going to go right for the iPad. They're not intimid… - Dan Poynter
Run a test. Give a 5-year-old a printed book and an iPad and see what happens. That 5-year-old is going to go right for the iPad. They're not intimid…
If the big publishers are doing so well, why do they require writers to send return postage with their manuscripts? - Dan Poynter
If the big publishers are doing so well, why do they require writers to send return postage with their manuscripts?
If you wait for inspiration to write you're not a writer, you're a waiter. - Dan Poynter
If you wait for inspiration to write you're not a writer, you're a waiter.
Fiction writers can’t be trusted. They make things up. - Dan Poynter
Fiction writers can’t be trusted. They make things up.
Book writing is not a get-rich-quick scheme. Anyone who decides to write a book must expect to invest a lot of time and effort without any guarantee … - Dan Poynter
Book writing is not a get-rich-quick scheme. Anyone who decides to write a book must expect to invest a lot of time and effort without any guarantee …
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