TESTIMONIALS
Folks have been saying nice things for a long time
(it just happens if you live long enough!) but, other than a few I clipped and
put on my fliers, I have just thanked them and that was that. With one
exception: I kept and shared a few that I received about my books.
Alas, my publishing and speaking colleagues have
regularly scolded me for not putting them on a webpage, in part to honor those people kind enough to e-mail their thoughts. So
that's what has provoked this page. (If I thought the writer was just buttering
me up with kindness for some other purpose, well-meaning or dastardly, their
words aren't here!) Incidentally, the words that are here are used with the
writer's permission.
¿ I looked you
up on the Internet, signed up for your newsletter, read your articles, and
said, “This guy is really giving out the goods!” For me it is
concrete information that I can run with, so I was glad to be able to get your Niche
Publishing book. Your presentation and material are concise,
Gordon, and I appreciate that.
Jan Ellis
¿ “I've been reading and profiting
from your stuff for decades. Your cover article in the April PMA Independent (about niche publishing) is
yet another example of your unmatched ability to present useful, practical
ideas in a concise and entertaining fashion.”
Bob Bly,
author of The Copyrighter’s Handbook
¿ ”People buy nonfiction books to learn something
or to solve a problem. In Niche Publishing,
you will discover how to help more readers and sell more books by focusing your
message.”
Dan Poynter,
author of The
Self-Publishing Manual
¿ “Read Niche Publishing
if you want to fill a niche with a best selling book.”
John Kremer, author, 1001 Ways to Market Your Books
¿ “If you’re planning to publish, STOP what
you are doing now—read this book first!’
Reece Franklin, author of Consultant’s Guide to Publicity
¿ “This book sets the table for those who want to feast on the
lucrative niche publishing market.”
Kent Sturgis, president (2004-6) of the
Independent Book Publisher’s Association
¿ “Savvy advice on a smart way to publish.”
Judith Appelbaum,
author of How to Get Happily Published
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¿ Wonderful framework for thinking about how and
what to publish. I am an
editor who works in professional publishing. Niche Publishing will show you, step by step, how to brainstorm, evaluate,
create and execute more successful single titles, series, and lists. This is
a terrific and useful book. |
Tim Bigby
¿ Well done! As a publishing professional involved in
publishing Jewish books, Niche Publishing
is a virtual tome of useful information. It is hard to believe this is a work of
just under 200 pages! Everything is well explained. (Gordon) helps you
understand what to look for in your market. Analyze who they are. And
ultimately, see how to create and market products geared specifically for them.
Rabbi Yisroel Bernath, Jewish World Publishing
¿ Here's the book that shows you
how to focus and concentrate all your efforts on (your niche market): how to
determine the needs, produce the goods and sell the product (at a profit). What
I personally enjoyed the most was the thorough case study at the end (it's over
40 pages long)--of the whole process done on one of the books he worked on.
Packed with practical information, Niche Publishing
is a book for that would-be author who's almost lost hope for his
"baby" to ever come to birth. The "labor" is hard, but the
result is well worth it. If you're in that niche that needs a book like this,
get it. It's packed with what you need to know.
Rod Harrington
¿ In Niche Publishing: Publish Profitably Every Time!
Gordon Burgett presents straight talk to writers about how to target a
specialty market for your book and how to sell to that market. This book is
valuable for saving promotional money and time. Gordon Burgett also
compares and contrasts the information in his book to that of other best-sellers
and he gives references for further research. He is an authority on writing and
publishing, having written 35 published books. He (also) owns two niche
publishing companies.
Kathy Noltze,
author of Flanders: Bits of Belgium
¿ We now live in the age of
desk top publishing and Print-on-Demand presses where anyone with a manuscript
and some cash can get published. But getting published profitably is quite
another matter. That takes planning, preparation, and
perseverance. It also takes a 'how to' manual like successful
author-turned-publisher Gordon Burgett's Niche Publishing:
Publish Profitably Every Time. (This
book) should be considered essential reading and a core addition to the
Writing/Publishing reference shelf of any author or novice publisher aspiring
to be published profitably and with a minimum of risk.
James A. Cox,
Library Bookwatch
Other
testimonials:
Thanks
for the tremendously enjoyable ("How to Sell
75% of Your Freelance Writing") four-hour seminar. You are very
thorough in your presentation, the information was more than I expected to
receive, and very helpful.
Melinda Hamm attended the
SFSU program
Gordon, thank you for the Travel Writer's
Guide.
I can't
even begin to tell you how much I learned from your text. So many of the ideas
you provide have assisted me well beyond travel writing. I've sold several
non-travel articles because of things I learned in your book.
Gregory A. Kompes.
Hello
Gordon! I recently
contacted you to request a copy of your booklet on How to
Plan a Great Second Life. Awesome work! And I have also recently
acquired your book by the same name. Thanks, Gordon! ... Your work is
… inspiring, a true gift to the world!
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