Camper's Guide to Book Publishing in 2006

I've seen you in the coffeehouse, rat-a-tat-tapping on your shiny laptop, brow furrowed, looking oh so serious. You, my friend, are working on an unpublished masterpiece. That's terrific! I can almost see it in hardcover, beckoning from the bookstore shelves.

You know that you're going about it all wrong, don't you?

The main difference between book writers and published authors is that writers write and authors sell. Writing well is nice and good, but it's the least important part of book publishing these days.

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