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How Much Work It Takes | The Tyler Wagner Show ShortClip - Roberta Matuson

Name: How Much Work It Takes | The Tyler Wagner Show ShortClip - Roberta Matuson
Uploaded: 2021-12-29T14:48:49+00:00
Duration: 48 s
Channel: Tyler Wagner
Description: Roberta Matuson breaks down what publishers actually do (editing, printing, distribution) versus what they don't (promotion, logistics). Self-publishing…

29 Dec 2021 · 1 min

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Roberta Matuson breaks down what publishers actually do (editing, printing, distribution) versus what they don't (promotion, logistics). Self-publishing requires serious money, patience, and marketing work. Without an existing audience, even a great book dies after selling to friends.

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You know, and now that I know how much work it takes to get these books out there, like with your publisher, and I know what they do for you. I also know what they don't do for you. So I'm not under this illusion that, you know, once it's written, they're going to do all these things to help promote it. I'm, I'm very clear. I know what's going to happen and what's not. But it is a lot of work to get these books out. And my hat's off to anyone who has the wherewithal and the patience and the money to self-publish, because it does take money. Yeah. And, and then you get it out there, and after you've, you know, sold copies to 100 of your friends, that's it if you don't have that platform.