{"product_id":"9780983057253","title":"Stinkers! America's Worst Self-Published Books: Learn What Not to Do","description":"There is great satisfaction in seeing your name on the cover of a book, and it has become relatively easy to self-publish.\u003cp\u003eIt's also easy to make serious mistakes in writing, design and marketing that can limit the acceptability and sales of a self-published book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's both sad and funny that some of the worst self-published books (and the majority of the books reviewed in this book) are books that try to provide advice to writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Many \"experts\" give terrible advice and present it poorly.\u003cbr\u003e• Some even ignore their own advice.\u003cbr\u003e• Some self-publishing authors don't know-or choose to ignore-the established rules of publishing.\u003cbr\u003e• Some writers seem to be a few nuggets short of a Happy Meal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will help you avoid the worst mistakes of others so you can publish a book that you can be justifiably proud of. Maybe you'll enlighten, entertain and inform your readers. Maybe you'll even get good reviews. Maybe you'll even make some money.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael N. Marcus is a bestselling author, editor, publishing expert and nitpicker with over 40 years' experience. Michael specializes in making complex subjects understandable, and often humorous, and he has self-published over twenty books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is an anthology of reviews from Michael's Bad Book Week, published at www.BookMakingBlog.blogspot.com, plus new material.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Silver Sands Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034562543856,"sku":"9780983057253","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780983057253_p0.jpg?v=1763875835","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780983057253","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}