Common Mistakes Indie Authors Makes - WritersLife.org

Common Mistakes Indie Authors Makes - WritersLife.org Grab your free writer's toolkit by going to http://www.writerslife.org/toolkit Where to follow and listen to WritersLife.org: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/writerslifeorg/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/writerslife.org/ Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/writerslifeorg Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/writerslifeorg/ Google +: http://www.WritersLife.org/googleplus Website: http://www.WritersLife.org Products: http://www.WritersLife.org/shop Podcast: http://writerslife.org/podcast Join Our Team: http://writerslife.org/contribute/ Advertise your book and.or writing https://www.facebook.com/WritersLifeAdvertisingPlatform/?ref=br_rs Thank you for listening Please Share it. We LOVE to read comments so please leave a comment and subscribe to Our channel: https://www.youtube.com/writerslifeorg Grab your free writer's toolkit by going to http://www.writerslife.org/finish-your-book ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi I'm Jody from writer'sLife.org and say we'll be talking about indie authors and the mistakes not to make being an independent author takes courage and determination and the rise of indie author has been truly spectacular by putting the power back in the writers hands where before you had to be a Headey combination of exceptional and lucky to get published now good old-fashioned hard work just might do it if you are willing to put in the time and work and give your all to your book publishing project you may just get the results you've been dreaming up however let's face it most of us are pretty new to the whole publishing world and are pretty clueless when it comes to the do's and don'ts of taking control of our work it's fair to say that most independent authors when they first start out on their self-publishing journey do you'll end up making a fair few mistakes this isn't necessarily a bad thing mistakes are just lessons learned and the more you make the more you'll understand about the whole process however being that there are lots of things to consider here are some rules and values that are a good idea to set for yourself in order to keep you on the straight path let's take a look at some of them forgetting to research your reader and your genre self-publishing has given authors a fantastic opportunity to get their work out there into the world for all to see there are so many rules around the way one should write the restrictions of the genres rewriting and the expectations of our readers it is good to understand them as much as possible for example if you have written a romance novel research your audience find out what they want and what they expect from you that's not to say you shouldn't give them any credit however we are sometimes led to believe that if we dare think outside the box in terms of genre or try breaking some of the rules our readers will run screaming into the night believe it or not sometimes change is embraced and celebrated if you truly believe in your story and changing it will feel like you are selling out then don't do it be true to yourself and that's the most important thing thinking you could do it all by yourself if you don't get a professional editor and designer to help you chances are your book is going to look pretty shabby against the competition you wouldn't buy a dress with a hole in it so why should you reader buy your book if it is full of glaring mistakes and inconsistencies if you care about your book and to build up a fanbase then get the cover designed by someone who knows what they're doing and get an editor to at the very least weed out any spe...