Remember the blog about the publisher that asked to see more of Silhouette of a Friendship… From the Inside Out (i.e., an earlier blog entry: It’s in Someone Else’s Hands)?
Well, they wrote back and sent an extensive questionnaire for us to complete. They called it a new author media questionnaire. They wanted to find out our ability in promoting our book: our contacts, our media affiliation, our publishing history, our connections with the media (TV, radio, special events, speaking engagements, book signings, etc.), our depth in online marketing and distribution, etc. Basically, they wanted to know what we’re able to do to promote and sell this book of ours… before they go out on a limb for us.
Well, we’ve tried our best to get noticed by publishers and celebrities alike, but it’s darn hard to get anyone interested in a book that hasn’t been published yet. We tried explaining this phenomenon to publishers, reassuring them that once we’re published, our focus will switch to launching and promoting the published book… with their help, of course.
So, although we are, hopefully— fingers-crossed — one step closer to becoming published, filling out this media questionnaire is pretty overwhelming for first-time authors who have never launched a book before. Add to that that this publisher is in the UK and we are in the US... and things can’t get any more complicated…well, I hope they can’t.
But we answered the questionnaire the best we could. I hope it was enough.
Please, keep your fingers crossed for us.
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