{"id":1467,"date":"2013-07-27T17:08:44","date_gmt":"2013-07-27T17:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodbookstoday.com\/bookclub\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2013-07-27T17:08:44","modified_gmt":"2013-07-27T17:08:44","slug":"traditional-publishing-or-self-publishing-being-picked-vs-picking-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodbookstoday.com\/bookclub\/traditional-publishing-or-self-publishing-being-picked-vs-picking-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditional Publishing Or Self Publishing. Being Picked Vs. Picking Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An unsolicited approach from a traditional publisher is probably what most non-fiction authors dream about. It rarely happens, and yet there it was in the form of a less than 40 character tweet. \u201cWhen are you going to write a book for me?\u201d<\/p>\n

I had self-published my first business book Make Your Idea Matter<\/a> on Kindle, and in print using Create Space just a month before. Even by traditional publishing standards (in terms of sales) it had done well. \u00a0And now here was an approach from a well respected U.S. publisher asking if I had another waiting in the wings\u2026..it just so happened that I did…Read More<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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