Jim Kukral - Latest Comments in How To Write & Market A Successful Book?

Re: How To Write & Market A Successful Book?

John Ettorre — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:35:15 -0000

If only we lived in a world where quality was a given... But I hear you. Thanks.

Re: How To Write & Market A Successful Book?

Jim Kukral — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:15:21 -0000

Ok, fair enough. I did lead her to the marketing though, as I do all my guests. I believe that quality is a given in this scenario of writing a book.

Re: How To Write & Market A Successful Book?

John Ettorre — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:26:07 -0000

Yes, I did listen to the entire podcast. And you asked a series of very good questions. The only problem is this guest doesn't seem to know a whole bunch about book publishing or writing generally, and again, I didn't hear her address a single comment--not a word, even--to quality, just the marketing side and the best channels for selling books and the best way to find a niche. Nothing about the quality of the idea or the quality of the execution.

Re: How To Write & Market A Successful Book?

Jim Kukral — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:21:36 -0000

John, did you listen to the podcast or not?

Re: How To Write & Market A Successful Book?

John Ettorre — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:17:34 -0000

I see little or no mention in any of this of whether the persons in question have anything very important to share with readers in a book. think I can pretty well guarantee that a book written primarily with the intention of increasing your fame or getting more business is going to be a book that no one will really need to or perhaps even want to read. That seems like a recipe for failure.

Re: How To Write & Market A Successful Book?

Susan Daffron — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:41:40 -0000

For those wondering why I'm standing next to a giant cat...that's Frank the Feral, the mascot for Alley Cat Allies. Two of my books are on caring for pets adopted from animal shelters and I'm the founder of the National Association of Pet Rescue Professionals, so I was at the Taking Action for Animals Conference in D.C. last month.

Frank was wandering around, and let's face it...if you're exhibiting at a conference and a guy walks by in a giant cat suit, you just HAVE to get a picture ;-)

- Susan Daffron

Re: How To Write & Market A Successful Book?

Jim Kukral — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:02:12 -0000

fixed!

Re: How To Write & Market A Successful Book?

loxly — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:30:21 -0000

Jim, you need to fix the link to Idea Weaver Software, it needs the www or you get a Bad Host Request error. Well, I did at least :) You can delete this comment after you fix the link :)