Posts Tagged ‘book rights’


Does Self-Publishing a Novel Hurt Selling Rights?

John Kremer, Book Marketing Consultant

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Question: Would self-publishing a novel as an eBook affect the likelihood of it getting published in print by a publisher? John’s Answer: Self-publishing a novel will not turn off publishers – if you sell a lot of books via great book promotion. Of course, if you don’t sell any copies of your novel, then no [...]

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Story Contests: What Are Your Rights?

Question: I plan to submit a very short and revised portion of my still unpublished book to a contest. The rules say the sponsor retains “one-time publication rights” to the material if it is the grand prize or first place winner. Could you please tell me what that means? Would it preclude me from publishing [...]

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Selling Rights: What’s a Good Price?

Question: John, I wrote a book on Hearts published by Author House. I have 100% rights. I wrote the book several years ago, but I have been unable to market it and am facing some real hardships now. I don’t have a clue how to go about marketing for this and simply don’t have time [...]

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Kindle Ebooks: Doing Them Yourself

Question: My novel, Philly Style and Philly Profile, is not an ebook or on Kindle. My publisher seems indifferent to getting the book into one of these formats. Is there a way I can do it myself? John’s Answer: Yes, you can easily put your book on the Kindle platform via Amazon as long as [...]

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