Self-Publishing Guru Dan Poynter explains and educates new writers on how to write publish and promote their first book.
Dan Poynter fell into publishing. He spent eight years researching a labor of love. Realizing no publisher would be interested in a technical treatise on the parachute, he went directly to a printer and “self- published.” The orders poured in and he suddenly found he was a publisher himself.
In 1973, he became interested in a new aviation sport, couldn’t find a book on the subject so he sat down and wrote one. After four months of writing and intense research that took him from coast to coast, he delivered the manuscript to the printer. So far, Hang Gliding has sold over 130,000 copies-a “best seller”!
Continuing to write, Dan has produced more than 76 books and revisions so far, of which some have been translated into Spanish, Japanese, Russian, British-English and German. Over the years, Dan has developed a system of writing that makes it all so easy and fun. His books are loaded with facts and figures and contain detailed inside information. They are always up-to-date because he revises them before going back to press. Dan has sold millions of his books, including several best sellers, for ten of millions of dollars in sales. Many of his books sell at the rate of 10-20,000 copies per year, every year.
For many years, Dan ran Para Publishing all by himself. In fact, he was often billed as the world’s largest one-person publishing company. As a one-man show, an author/publisher who handled all the writing, publishing and promotion, office management and shipping himself, Dan is in the best position to advise a first time self-publishing author who is on a limited budget. Today, Dan has staff, a number of products and services (books, reports, tapes, disks, seminars, etc.) and a large suite of offices with a 360 view of the mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
Dan has traveled to more than 40 counties and he has even skydived into the north pole. He has written several technical books on parachutes and popular books on skydiving. When you have your own business and control your own product, you can pursue your dreams.
Dan’s work for publishing was recognized by the Publishers Marketing Association when they gave him the Benjamin Franklin Award. He was given the Irwin Award for the best electronic promotion campaign by the Book Publicists of Southern California. He is a past vice-president of PMA.
Dan Poynter’s seminars have been featured on CNN, his books have been pictured in The Wall Street Journal, and his story has been told in U.S. News & World Report. The media comes to him because he is the leading authority on book marketing, promoting and distributing.
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December 20th, 2009 at 2:31 am
This guy is rich in …
This guy is rich in his knowledge. Now that I am a Coachwriter I alway come back to him.
December 20th, 2009 at 2:31 am
Wonderful, useful …
Wonderful, useful information. When I write my upcoming novel about the American small family, I will definitely use these great tips!
December 20th, 2009 at 2:31 am
great tips, and …
great tips, and also inspirational.
December 20th, 2009 at 2:31 am
If I were to …
If I were to publish a non-fiction book it would have to be on Physics or Astronomy, the only two subjects that hold my attention in the non-fictional world.
December 20th, 2009 at 2:31 am
my last name is …
my last name is poynter too.
December 20th, 2009 at 2:31 am
Can I send you a …
Can I send you a copy of my self published book “The Little Book of Thinking Errors” ?
December 20th, 2009 at 2:31 am
This is the book …
This is the book publishing guru. I first discovered his book on self-publishing at a public library years ago.
December 20th, 2009 at 2:31 am
dan is an amazingly …
dan is an amazingly generous soul. he was sharing things (mainly publishing secrets) via free faxback back when the internet was unheard of. i’m continuingly grateful to him.
December 20th, 2009 at 2:31 am
pretty cool points
pretty cool points
December 20th, 2009 at 2:31 am
thanks for the video
thanks for the video