It's not in the works right now but I would love to come ... probably the best way to make it happen is to have your local bookstore ask to host an event. I hope to get up there!
Tommy: I have pre-ordered. Questions: How do publishers determine books they wish to see published? Not authors submitting their work but prior to/outside of that. Do they have focus groups and suggest topics/titles to see what would be popular? Do they have topics/formats and they think will sell adequately and they want to see addressed? "Get me something like Dannielle Steele" kind of thing? Or Is it the same as decades prior with known or not so known authors submitting over the transom or through agents?
I don't know quite enough about this to answer definitively, but here's my best understanding: It's far more authors submitting books than books being assigned, so to speak. There's a lot of filtering as author submissions come in because the publishers know what's been popular in the past ... one of the things authors generally do in a book proposal is give "comps"--books similar to theirs that sold well. (It's like a movie producer saying "This film is THE GODFATHER crossed with SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE!") It's easier to sell a book if the publisher knows that other books like it have already sold. But they're also looking for singular voices that can become the Next Big Thing. The truth is, as William Goldman said about the movie business, nobody knows anything. By and large, they can't predict what is going to be a hit. So they throw a lot of darts and hope one sticks.
Please tell me a DC area stop is in the works
It's not in the works right now but I would love to come ... probably the best way to make it happen is to have your local bookstore ask to host an event. I hope to get up there!
So excited for you, Tommy! Looking forward to getting our copy!
Tommy: I have pre-ordered. Questions: How do publishers determine books they wish to see published? Not authors submitting their work but prior to/outside of that. Do they have focus groups and suggest topics/titles to see what would be popular? Do they have topics/formats and they think will sell adequately and they want to see addressed? "Get me something like Dannielle Steele" kind of thing? Or Is it the same as decades prior with known or not so known authors submitting over the transom or through agents?
I don't know quite enough about this to answer definitively, but here's my best understanding: It's far more authors submitting books than books being assigned, so to speak. There's a lot of filtering as author submissions come in because the publishers know what's been popular in the past ... one of the things authors generally do in a book proposal is give "comps"--books similar to theirs that sold well. (It's like a movie producer saying "This film is THE GODFATHER crossed with SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE!") It's easier to sell a book if the publisher knows that other books like it have already sold. But they're also looking for singular voices that can become the Next Big Thing. The truth is, as William Goldman said about the movie business, nobody knows anything. By and large, they can't predict what is going to be a hit. So they throw a lot of darts and hope one sticks.
Carry on, our wayward soldier of prose!🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀👑🐝
Come to Cincinnati on your tour!
Kay, I would love to ... it's not on the schedule right now but maybe if the book does really well we'll make the tour a little bigger. I love Cincy!