Review: My Success Handbook- Highly Recommended
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 11, 2014
My name is Dawn. I'm the author of the novel A Tundra Tale. It's a young adult novel. Prior to writing and publishing my book, I found this book. Actually- my mother found the book and told me I should read it. I have a few family members and friend's who are experienced in the publishing world, but I myself was an ameatur with little to no information on the process of writing and publishing a book.Many people imagine a simple process. Think of a storyline, write the story, make the story into a hardcover copy and sell it worldwide. If only the process was actually that easy. The writing part I accomplished with easy. In a few months my book had been written, reviewed- rewritten, and ready to find a publisher. Prior to reading this book my mind was overloaded with information. I had no idea where to begin. Each person I talked to in the industry had a different opinion and a different way of doing things. One recommendation would be discounted by a different person's opinion. And the cycle was endless. I broke down from anxiety and that's when my mom said "Here, read this."I sat down and consumed every bit of information in this book within a month. I didn't start my publishing process again until I had read and then reread the entire book. The information was so valuable. Not only did it clarify all of the things I'd heard, it told me the specific details of each different publishing process. All of the vocabulary I'd heard and didn't quite understand was explained in simply terms in this book. It was literally an encyclopedia of valuable book publishing information. There are a lot of rumers and misinformation regarding a lot of the publishing process. This book took the time to discount wrong information and clarify correct information- which not only made me a more informed author, it also prepared me for the venture I was about to make into the world of publishing.Needless to say, even with the help of this book, publishing is no easy feat. But it definitely got easier with this book in my hands. I had a resource to go to that helped make my goals achievable. And within a year, success finally came. Not million-doller success. But publication never-the-less. I honestly don't think I could have made it this far without this book. I tried prior to reading it and failed time and time again. But after reviewing every peice of information in this awesome book, I made my way up the ladder to 'published author'. I definitely give a part of the credit for that kind of success to the information I accumulated by reading this book.