Radke's Ten Commandments of Book Publishing

I found these words of wisdom today in my stack of e-mail.  They're from my publisher, Linda Radke, over at Five Star Publications, Inc.  Linda knows publishing, and I second everything she is saying, although I must confess I've broken Commandment number 9.  Will have to work on that one.

RADKE'S TEN COMMANDMENTS OF BOOK PUBLISHING 

1. Thou shalt seek professional guidance before publishing and marketing a book.

2. Thou shalt not publish junk.

3. Thou shalt not have false expectations.

4. With any problems thou shalt talk to thy source and not by email. For emails will surely lead you to the road of confusion.

5. Thou shalt determine the market before publishing a book.

6. Thou shalt pitch your book to at least 3 resources each of 6 days a week and on the 7th day thou shall rest thy mind.

7. Thou shalt network.

8. Thou shalt co-op to get word out about thy book and by co-oping save money for future marketing opportunities.

9. Thou shalt always have a box of books in thy car - so when an opportunity arises books shall be there. Let there be books!

10. Whenever possible, thou shalt give a buck a book to a worthy cause on each book that has thy name on it.

© 2010, Linda F. Radke