A Must-Read for Friends of New Authors!

This is a link that you're going to want to keep handy and send to people when your book is about to be published by a traditional publisher. (Traditional publisher means a publisher that pays you an advance, that puts print books into book stores, that is not self-publishing or some variation of it.)

Publishing has become more and more like movies, and that's not great news.  Bottom line, "opening weekend ticket sales" (or in the book world, pre-orders and the first two weeks your book is available for sale) can make or break you. 

Not All Sales Are Created Equal—What Your Writer Friends Wish You Knew But Are Too Polite to Tell You