PROFESSIONAL AUTHOR'S ASSISTANT
SERVICES
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
- Inventory and Organize Source Documents
- Do Audience Research
- Fact check and research for the book
- Obtain permissions to use quotes and interviews
- Coordinate the peer and audience reviews/testimonials
- Research potential publishers
- Do a competitive analysis
- Prepare the manuscript to submit to a publisher
PUBLISHING
- Coordinate the self-publishing process
- Get the ISBN
- Get the LCCN
- Get the bar code for the back cover
- Create an account with the printer
- Review the printer’s proof
- Get the book listed in Books in Print
- Get the copyright registered
MARKETING
- Coordinate promotional activities
- Send out copies for early review
- Get book listed on Amazon.com
- Track book sales
- Enter a book in book awards competitions
- Create a virtual book launch and book tour
- Organize a live book event
- Launch an Amazon.com bestseller campaign
You can hear more about the services of an Author’s
Assistant by listening to Linda Horowitz who was interviewed recently
by Linda Dessau for her Idea
Generator blog.