There are three easy steps to sink your book’s prospects

And there are many more. But let’s be charitable and assume your book is the bee’s knees. It’s beautifully written; readers are lapping up books covering your chosen theme, and you are bringing something new to the table. Publishers and agents will be delighted to hear from you.

If only. The truth is best faced sooner than later. Publishing is a cut-throat business, and one that is seldom as professional as you might imagine.

While surfing the net today I came across a report released by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in November 2007 which states that the typical 15 – 24 year old watches two hours of television a day while spending about seven minutes a day reading for leisure. Wow! With the advent of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, I am willing to bet that the time the average 15-24 year old spends reading has declined even further in 2010 and going into 2011. Another poll claims that 1 in 4 Americans read absolutely no books in 2006.

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