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How To Write A New York Times Bestseller In Ten Easy Steps (eBook Original) (2013)

by Jason Mulgrew(Favorite Author)

2.94 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Harper Perennial

review 1: I found the book very tongue and cheek about writing. I enjoyed his writing voice and humor. The title of book was about how to sell a New York Times Bestseller. I enjoyed how he poked fun at the industry but at the same time offered the best and most honest advice I have gotten on writing. Right in the middle of what I was reading, he switched to another story.I stopped reading there. I hated how it skipped to his other writings without finishing the title of the book.Beware of what you download for free.I gave him two stars because of how it started out.
review 2: This is a fun read. I love the author’s voice, which comes through strongly in both the article and the following preview of his next book.Including the four-letter words—which prompted three o... moref the four 1-star reviews from people who found them offensive.I’m an Australian, so my reaction is: WTF—who cares? Well…some people do. If you’re one of them, be warned.Despite the title, it won’t teach you how to write a New York Times bestseller. But it will give you some clues, and you’ll learn a few things. Here are two that were new to me:1. The first week’s sales of a print book—as counted by Bookscan and, therefore, the New York Times—include all PRE-orders of the book.The conventional wisdom is that you have about three months to promote a new print book (we’re not talking eBooks here) before the bookshops clear their shelves for the next bestseller hopeful.But if you can rack up enough pre-orders BEFORE the pub date, then you can kickstart your book onto the charts. Once it’s hit the NYT or other lists, then further weeks on those lists become a self-fulfilling prophecy.Of course, “enough” is quite a lot. The lesson: the more time you have it listed on Amazon et. al. BEFORE pub date, the better.2. Someone—Mulgrew or Harpers, I presume—came up with a great promotional idea: Take an article, add a big chunk of your next book, turn it into an eBook and give it away.FREE—that marketing favorite from time immemorial.Will I buy one of his other books? Maybe. But without the free intro via this eBook, the question wouldn’t exist for me at all. less

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