You have written your book, selected the cover, font style, worked with our crackerjack production and editorial team—even received your first copies of the book. All of the sudden you’ve got that feeling in your stomach; you know the one where panic takes over, and you feel like you are dropping on a roller coaster? You realize you have to actually sell your book! At this point you are thinking, “The fun part was writing the book, now is the hard part,” or “I don’t know how to sell a book!” I hear this all the time in self-publishing. Relax!…
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As the Sales Manager at Xulon Press, I love talking to authors about their books and helping them learn how to become successful as Christian authors. It’s not easy to go from an unknown writer to an author who is gaining notice and sales. The most important word that I teach new authors when it comes to getting their book to sell is the word Recommendation. When we track the journey of any new book that has become a best-seller, we always find that the book is being heavily recommended. How many books have you bought or read because someone…
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The Sixth Annual National Indie Excellence Awards recognized Servant Hearts: The Legacy of the Dimmitt Automotive Group (Xulon Press, 2012) by Richard R. Dimmitt with Tom McQueen in the category of Business-Entrepreneurship & Small Business as a Finalist.
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Today’s Xulon Press Successful Author Spotlight highlights Andrew Ritchie, future missionary to Scotland. I was inspired by Andrew’s story of determination and resolve as he woke up one day, hungry for God, and he followed the path he was led to follow, leading to his calling to be a missionary to Scotland.