About Jerry

When searching the Internet for information about publishing, marketing and selling books always check the background and experience of those in charge especially before you purchase products and services.  I’ll match my professional experience with anyone, anywhere, I‘m here to help you answer questions and make good sound decisions about your publishing future. Do your homework before you commit time and money and choose experience to help you get started on a path to success as an author.  

Jerry’s Bio

I am a book publishing guide for unpublished writers and small publishers looking for sales growth. My career in publishing began in 1976 as a Sales Representative for Random House. In 1979 I joined the book division at Warner Communications, where I spent more than twenty-three years in sales and management. During that time the company expanded to become The Time Warner Book Group (sold to Hachette Book Group in 2006). Our sales team distributed over a thousand titles a year from a number of large publishing houses and imprints including Little, Brown; Warner Books; Hyperion; Miramax Books; Bulfinch; Back Bay; Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; and Disney. I sold books to some of the largest independent booksellers and mass merchants in the country and my sales group generated hundreds of millions of dollars in book sales throughout the United States and Canada. I retired as Vice-President, Director Field Sales.

Over the years I was fortunate to have worked on books written by such bestselling authors as:

  • David Baldacci
  • Michael Connelly
  • John Feinstein
  • Robert Kiyosaki
  • Alice Sebold
  • Anita Shreve
  • Scott Turow
  • Jack Welch
  • Sandra Brown
  • Nelson DeMille
  • Malcolm Gladwell
  • James Patterson
  • David Sedaris
  • Nicholas Sparks
  • Robert James Waller
  • Tiger Woods

I was also fortunate to have worked on such multi-million copy bestselling titles as:

  • The Bridges of Madison County
  • Simple Abundance
  • The Lovely Bones
  • To Kill A Mockingbird
  • The Celestine Prophecy
  • Presumed Innocent
  • The Notebook
  • The Lion King
  • Rich Dad, Poor Dad
  • Scarlett
  • Megatrends
  • Catcher in the Rye
  • Along Came A Spider
  • Absolute Power
  • Kiss the Girls
  • The General’s Daughter

In 2005 I founded this web site, http://www.writersreaders.comwhich has become “THE” source for information about book publishing. My eNewsletter TIPS for WRITERS is read by writers around the world. In 2007 I founded the free online marketing platform http://www.nothingbinding.comwhich introduces writers and authors to a global audience. In 2009 I launched the INDI Publishing Group, providing writers with an imprint for their published work while creating opportunities for writers choosing to publish independently. 

My book, WHAT WRITERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PUBLISHING was published in 2005 and is described by the #1 New York Times Bestselling author Sandra Brown as “The good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of book publishing, told in a straight-from-the hip manner. New writers take note.” New York Times bestselling author Allison Brennan said, “The information was absolutely incredible! I would recommend your book to all aspiring and new authors.” David Morrell, creator of Rambo and New York Times Bestselling author says, “As the publishing world changes drastically and daily, this book brings all writers, beginning and established, up to speed on what editors and agents assume that authors know.”

Today I speak around the country and my articles have appeared in Writers Digest and across the Internet. I spend my time writing, teaching, and speaking with writers about the importance of understanding the marketplace and educating them about the business of publishing while sharing the secrets of the largest booksellers and publishers in the world.

My commitment is to provide essential information writers need for achieving success. My goal is to help writers become successfully published authors.

BOOK PUBLISHING GUIDE  

After years of writing, developing your skills, and dreams of becoming an author, you are finally ready to publish. The first important question: What next? Do you know the steps necessary to get your manuscript published? Do you realize your decisions will define you as an author and cost thousands of dollars and months of time? Eliminate the worry and wonder, make the right first step with a personal one-on-one session.

I have spent more than 35 years in publishing and can help you make the right decisions by offering you advice based on my experience and your goals. That is why I developed my very guide to book publishing service. You receive:

Being a successful author after years of writing is difficult, but you need information that you can trust to help in making decisions. You also need to ask yourself questions:

Your answers are important and they should be reflected in the decisions you make.
I can help you sift through the many details and costs associated with the publishing world. Let me help you decide what steps to take first. Invest in yourself and your book and you can be successful.

I am not an advocate for any specific type of publishing. I will guide you in the direction that seems best for you and your book and one that will give you the greatest opportunity to be successful, matched to your personal goals.  

You have to be realistic in your expectations, not dreams. You can dream big but it doesn’t happen overnight. The expectations for your book are important, but they must be realistic in today’s marketplace and fit with your goals as an author. The best way to discover that fact is spending time with me in a perosnal one-on-one session. It’s an investment which is a bargain compared to lost time and the cost of wrong career decisions.

Make the right first decision! You are only a first time author once, and you only launch a book one time! Mistakes can be deadly to your career opportunities! 

 

 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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