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Reason #06: Your Target Audience Is Too Small
An Editorial Team reason for rejection Now, if you’ve just finished reading Reason #5, you may be looking at Reason #6 above and saying to yourself, “Mike, you big hypocrite! You just told me to target ‘the one’ for my audience, and now you’re telling me I need to target a bigger audience. What’s up […]
How is it that greatness is measured in service?
Scripture: Matthew 20:20–28 As it’s recorded in Matthew 20:26, Jesus told his disciples, “Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant.” So how is greatness measured in service? Since the true nature of greatness in service is something of a mystery, I’m going to speculate a little bit here. After looking […]
Reason #22: You Didn’t Give Me Enough Writing Samples
An Editorial Team reason for rejection When I’m shooting for a sale of your book in my publishing board, I’ve really only got three bullets in my gun: 1) your marketing platform, 2) your sales history/potential, and 3) the strength of your writing. If you are a newer author, you will be inherently weak on […]
Reason #50: My Marketing Team Tried To Promote A Similar Book In The Past, And It Failed
A Marketing Team reason for rejection One of the hard facts of life is that past experience influences present expectations. That means you are often judged by the failure of people who came before you, regardless of whether or not that judgment is fair. Robert Cialdini, professor of psychology and marketing at Arizona State University, […]
Reason #77: Bottom Line–Not Enough Profit Potential
A Sales Team reason for rejection People who write books are word folks—that’s what empowers us to capture ideas and express them well on the printed page. People who publish books are numbers folks—that’s what empowers us all to actually make money from writing. If you’re a word persona and all you want to be […]
Reason #59: Women Just Aren’t That Into You
A Sales Team reason for rejection A few years ago, I attended a writer’s conference in Colorado. During the day, I had conversations with several men who whined about their lack of success breaking into the publishing business. They seemed truly mystified that companies out there were giving their books a steady stream of rejection […]
