Changes

Dee Blick: I see 3 people! There’s me, when I was writing my first book; keen to share my marketing tips with readers but clueless on the book production process and equally clueless about my publishing options. Then, there’s the person who wants to write a book but is struggling to plan it and they don’t know where to start. Finally, there’s the author that has written their book but, they don’t know how to market it effectively and as a consequence, their book is going nowhere fast.

DB: I wanted to write the book I would have welcomed with open arms when I started writing books - a no holds barred, warts and all book sharing mistakes, top tips and information that can only be shared by an experienced insider. And I wanted to share my marketing knowledge. I lose count of the number of authors I’ve spoken with that have been told they must spend thousands on producing their self published book and then a hefty sum on marketing it. I hope that before any author goes down this route they will read my book beforehand and hopefully arrive at the conclusion they can produce and market their book on a shoestring. Last week an author emailed me to say he had been advised to spend £8000 on producing his first novel! Outrageous.