MENTORING  for  SELF-PUBLISHERS

Are you  considering SELF-PUBLISHING a book?

Barbara Florio Graham can provide advice, support, and guidance through the process.

Bobbi will also give you an honest opinion about whether your book is viable, or if you should consider taking the tradition route of finding an agent and a "trade" publisher.

BE SURE TO READ THE CHECKLIST BEFORE MAKING A DECISION, and also read the FREE information about Print-on-Demand, e-books, and Internet publishing.

I'm now offering extensive notes from the sold-out workshop I gave in April, 2008, called How to Promote Your Book or Your Business. These notes are available as an inexpensive add-on for purchasers of Five Fast Steps to Low-Cost Publicity. 

You may want to purchase this package first, so you will have the basics and can then spend your mentoring dollars asking specific questions.

A month of two of mentoring at the very beginning can keep you from making the most obvious mistakes. Understand your target audience before you begin; have a publicity strategy in place before you invest your time or your money.

Self-publishers will learn if their proposed book is marketable, how to ensure its success, how to cut costs, and how to generate sales in advance of publication.

 Mentoring is a deductible business expense. The cost is $60 per hour, payable in advance.  There is an initial $100 set-up fee, which allows me to familarize myself with your book project, open a file and set aside time for you.  I log each hour you use (based on the time it takes me to read and respond to your e-mail and any attachments you send), and I am very flexible about spreading mentoring over more than a month, if you start to act on my suggestions and need a few weeks to implement these before you return to me with further questions or direction.  

CONTACT BOBBI  to discuss whether this will work for you. Complete confidentiality is assured.

I serve as a Book Shepherd for ParaPublishing.com.

I am also an Affiliate with Trafford Publishing.
I selected Trafford because they have a good track record. Their books get reviewed; they have a good catalog; they treat authors well. Trafford participates in BookExpo and is now sending co-op ads to newspapers as well as broadening its distribution and publicity. Go to www.trafford.com/5915 for details.

JackFruit Press:  a new publisher I mentored in 2004   (nominated for a Silver Birch Award).  Books published to date in the Prime Ministers' "Warts and All" series:  Sir John A. Macdonald, William Lyon Mackenzie King,  John Diefenbaker,  Sir Charles Tupper,  Jean Chretien, Kim Campbell, Sir Wilfred Laurier, Pierre Elliott Trudeau.

Versailles Group Ltd:   one of my long-time corporate clients

Barbara Florio Graham's mentoring was crucial to my self-publishing venture. Her breadth of knowledge and comprehensive advice enabled me to avoid mistakes, frustration and wasted time. She answered all my questions, big and small, promptly and helpfully. I found her guidance to be extremely good value for the money. If you're a beginner to self-publishing, you can't afford *not* to have her help!
         Kathleen Hamilton - http://www.parfumnouveau.com,  http://www.ocanadacrosswords.com

A word of thanks for your timely insights, observations, and suggestions for the finishing touches on my book, Empowering College Women, Strategies for Campus relationships. The formatting and cover ideas were right on target. As a new author/publisher, exposure to your objectivity and editing acumen were very important. Your suggestions were to the point, well reasoned and had quite an impact on the final look and feel of the book. Nice work! ...  Your marketing ideas were priceless!  ...  Working with you is an easy, fruitful experience.
         Gratefully, Frederic E. Becker Jr.(Rick) - www.violinplay.com

Authors need not walk alone in their journey of self-publishing. Barbara Florio Graham will be there to guide and nurture you to success. She has proven to be one of the most valuable people during my first experience of self-publishing.   (Heather Resnick,   author of   Women Reworked:   Empowering Women in Employment Transition  www.womenreworked.com)

Bobbi Graham - with inspiration from Simon Teakettle - edited both non-fiction and fiction for me, dealing with the micro of sentence structure and the macro of book organization.  She also guided me in a self-publishing venture with publicity material and  press releases.  She did it all kindly, promptly, competently and at very reasonable cost.   (Dr. Cynthia Carver, Lanark, Ontario)

I imagine you have people all over the world who appreciate your mentoring. Your optimistic and encouraging attitude is a gift to me and I'm sure has been a gift to scores of other people throughout your life.   
           (Elizabeth Atherton-Reid,  psychologist and columnist)

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