THE HOLY GRAIL OF BOOK LAUNCHING
Step-by-step guide, the Ultimate Launching Companion
Secrets from a bestselling author and her friends
Is dedicated to fellow writers
DISCLAIMER Following the guidelines and methods in this book cannot guarantee any kind of result. I am not responsible for anyone following any of the suggestions made in The Holy Grail of Book Launching and not receiving the results theyre after or the results that are described in here. Neither the author nor the publisher can be held responsible or liable for any kind of outcome.
Another Mosaic House publication.
The author can be contacted at www.mimiemmanuel.com
Po Box 25 Noosa, Qld 4567, Australia
All rights reserved 2016 myemmanuel. The content, formatting and design may not in any way be emulated, reproduced, duplicated or copied in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher.
Created in the Commonwealth of Australia
Printed and distributed in the United States of America
Cover design by Sunrise and Mimi
Formatting by SunnyEdesign
Foreword by Paul Brodie
Editing by Elaine Roughton
Dedication
Hi Team,
The Holy Grail of Book Launching has been prepared for Mimis Launch Team Members, and the readers who have contacted me with questions and comments and ideas for improvements.
I wish you happy writing and happy launching. This is one of the best journeys that I have ever embarked upon and I much enjoy the company of my travellers. I promise to share whatever I know to make our journeys, be they safaris, pilgrimages, or excursions, as easy and enjoyable as possible.
Now lets have some FUN!!
Mimi
Table of Contents
For Volume One
VOLUME ONE
Ten easy steps
THANK YOU
Thank you to all mentors, buddies, fellow classmates, editors, proof readers, formatters, cover designers, Amazon, CreateSpace, Beta readers, professionals in the Publishing Industry who are mentioned in The Holy Grail of Book Launching , and all those who contributed to make this a wonderful reference book for all Indie Authors, Self-Publishers, and Entrepreneurs.
A massive thank you to all those who went before me and paved the way to make it possible to self-publish successfully.
I am enormously grateful to my VA, buddies, Beta readers, and all those who helped shape this book into a better read.
Special mention to my editor, Elaine Roughton, for her support, patience, and diligence.
Thank you Jeff Bullas, youre a legend!
Ultimate thank you to my main support, my daughter Sunrise. Without your help, I would not be able to do any of this at all.
Foreword
I have had the pleasure to have known Mimi for the past year as we were both part of a great author group on Facebook. Through that group I have gotten to know Mimi as we have worked on several projects together. Over the past year I saw Mimi launch her first book on self-publishing called how-to Launch Your E-Book. I had the honor to write the foreword to that book and saw her book sky rocket to the top of the sales charts. Many current and future authors greatly benefited from Mimis strategy for book launching.
In July 2016, Mimi reached out to let me know that she was launching a new series of self-publishing books and asked if I would be willing to write another foreword. I immediately accepted the offer and am very excited to write this foreword on her behalf. There are a lot of books on self-publishing. The two books that I recommend to my clients are Book Publishing for Beginners that I published in January 2016 and Mimis how-to Launch Your E-Book. After reading The Holy Grail of Book Launching I will now recommend three books as it is one of the best guides I have ever read about book publishing.
As I covered in the last foreword that I wrote for Mimi, I am a big fan of naming names in the self-publishing industry. What that means is that I love to share all of my knowledge about book publishing from editing and designing the best book cover to fully disclosing case studies from book launches with what works and what can be improved.
Mimis new book is a great example of that as she covers the book publishing process and goes into great detail about her launch plan and social media strategies. When publishing your book, the launch plan can make or break your book. Having the right launch plan will help decide whether your book will be a bestseller on Amazon or if it will be just another published book.
By reading The Holy Grail of Book Launching you will have a great guide to a successful launch and also long-term strategies for your books. Mimi names many of her strategies and resources including the marketing of her book. She uses many of the marketing services that I have used to launch multiple bestsellers including James Mayfields social media promotion, Bknights promotion on Fiverr and my personal favorite, Buck Books. Those three marketing avenues alone should give you a great chance of having a successful launch.
I have found The Holy Grail of Book Launching to be very comprehensive and a great read. The information in the book provides a lot of value. As someone who has served as a coach for multiple bestselling authors who have launched their books, I will now strongly encourage my clients to read three books to prepare for their launch. The books are my fourth book, Book Publishing for Beginners , Mimis how-to Launch Your E-Book, and The Holy Grail of Book Launching. With those three books I am confident that many current and future authors will have the opportunity to achieve great success with their upcoming books. I hope that you enjoy reading The Holy Grail of Book Launching.
Sincerely,
Paul G. Brodie
Seven-time Amazon Bestselling Author
To support Mimis book, I am offering a free coaching call to help with writing and publishing your own book. Contact me at to set up your free call.
www.BrodieEDU.com/coaching/
Preface
Why did I write the
Holy Grail of Book Launching?
Why?
Why did I write The Holy Grail of Book Launching ? There are two reasons. The main reason is that I received a lot of feedback from readers after I wrote Mimis Book Launch Plan and I understood the need for a more detailed guide.
I also have been stressed out during launches and I do not want to stress anymore either. Once I discovered that many other authors experience the same feelings of being overwhelmed by the tasks to be done, I decided to list the minimum necessary to have a successful launch. This book, with all the templates, was written to prevent overwhelm. Be sure to read the How-To-Read-This-Book section.
If Ive learned one thing in life it is that if it is not fun, do not go there. Find something else to do.
How did this book come about?
How did The Holy Grail of Book Launching come about? Dan Miller, author o f 46 Days to the Work You Love , says that, If youre asked the same question three times, you better come up with a product.
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