Review: Excellent book for newbie authors.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 28, 2013
Let me start by commenting on the negative aspects of this book - The space occupied by the last 25 pages or so, which is basically an advertisement for the editor's (various) books, could have been lessened. Secondly, since different authors have written their view-points, some of them are contradictory. One author criticizes literary agents so much, but another says that a good literary agent makes all the difference. Which one do we believe? Last, much of the book covers aspects of print publishing, not indie-publishing.I liked the essays written by JA Konrath, MJ Rose, Scott & David J Montgomery. They were insightful and some of them offered solid advice. Unlike other books of this type, this book doesn't read like an advertisement (except for the last few pages) and that's a huge plus. New authors will definitely learn something valuable by reading this book and hence I strongly recommend others to read it. This book is a must for authors who want to (still) go through the traditional publishing route.I hope the editor will consider publishing a similar book, exclusively for indie-publishing. That will help many more authors. Thank you :)