Friday’s upcoming event for authors

For over 25 years, Jerry Simmons helped shepherd numerous “household name” books to best-selling success. Between 1977 and 2003, Jerry was a key executive at publishers such as Random House, Warner Communications, and Time Warner Book Group, selling thousands of titles a year through a national sales force.

Attend my exclusive Published & Profitable interview with Jerry on Friday, August 15, and learn how you can make your book proposal as attractive as possible to publishers.

During our call, we’ll be discussing Jerry’s experiences with authors like Robert Kyosaki, Tiger Woods, Malcolm Gladwell, David Sedaris, among others. We’ll be discussing how his experiences relate to Published & Profitable’s 4-step Plan, Write, Promote, and Profit cycle, and how authors can get profitably published.

We’ll get Jerry’s take on issues like

• Proposals that sell. What do publishers really want?
• Author platforms. Are they a myth or a reality?
• Reader satisfaction. Is there a “formula” to creating a winning series?
• Agents. Necessary, or necessary evil?

During the call, there will be an opportunity for you to ask Jerry questions about your own publishing project and challenges. Here’s an opportunity to talk to a publishing insider with 25 years of experience!

Jerry’s an author, too!
In addition to his WritersReaders online resource center, where he answers all types of questions about writing and publishing, Jerry is the author of What Writers Need to Know about Publishing, an insider’s guide to book publishing.

Former Writer’s Digest Editor Melanie Rigney says, Publishing just isn’t the glamorous business most writers think it is. Jerry Simmons’ book tells it the way it is–and shows writers how they can use that knowledge to benefit their careers.

Teleseminar details
The Published & Profitable teleseminar interview with Jerry Simmons takes place Friday, August 15, between 11:00 AM and 12:00 Noon, EST. The call is open to both Published & Profitable friends and members. After the call, the recording will be posted online here.

To attend:

Dial In to: 218-486-1616

Use PIN: 513391#

This call will be recorded. You may be asked to “press 1″ to accept this recording, if so, please do so quickly or you may be disconnected.