Publishing Myths No One Talks About with Terry Whalin

And so with over 60 books under your belt, do you favor certain ones or you've had different outcomes or do you feel that they're all in the same range in terms of downloads or readership?

Oh, no, it's a wide range of books.

As a matter of fact, I realized the other day, another one of my how-to writing books is called Jumpstart Your Publishing Dreams that I actually self-published.

I got Mark Victor Hansen to write the foreword for that book.

Because I self-published it, I know that I sold several thousand copies to that book.

But when I looked at the numbers... on Amazon for Jumpstart Your Publishing Dreams at the same time I looked at my Billy Graham book, it doesn't even move the needle because I'm not promoting it.

You know, it's my own fault.

So in other words, authors have to take their own responsibilities.

So if your book isn't selling today, that's You should know about that for one thing, but then you should also be doing something.

It's never too late.

It's never too late.

Nobody cares when your book was published, who published it, how you published it.

The reader doesn't really care about any of that stuff.

You have to take a look at the benefits of your book and then get out there and be telling people about the benefits of your book.

Do it over and over and over.

And so with over 60 books under your belt, do you favor certain ones or you've had different outcomes or do you feel that they're all in the same range in terms of downloads or readership?

Oh, no, it's a wide range of books.

As a matter of fact, I realized the other day, another one of my how-to writing books is called Jumpstart Your Publishing Dreams that I actually self-published.

I got Mark Victor Hansen to write the foreword for that book.

Because I self-published it, I know that I sold several thousand copies to that book.

But when I looked at the numbers... on Amazon for Jumpstart Your Publishing Dreams at the same time I looked at my Billy Graham book, it doesn't even move the needle because I'm not promoting it.

You know, it's my own fault.

So in other words, authors have to take their own responsibilities.

So if your book isn't selling today, that's You should know about that for one thing, but then you should also be doing something.

It's never too late.

It's never too late.

Nobody cares when your book was published, who published it, how you published it.

The reader doesn't really care about any of that stuff.

You have to take a look at the benefits of your book and then get out there and be telling people about the benefits of your book.

Do it over and over and over.