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What kind of sales are you targeting?
My book Secret Mothers Business (non-fiction) sold about 8 000 copies in Australia, also healthy, and has sold in five other countries and been translated into 3 languages.
The new book, being fiction has a print run of about 5000 copies. I guess anything around 4000 copies would make my publisher happy. The idea, of course, is to sell hundreds of thousands of copies. It's all in the marketing. Apart from a handful of truly magnificent books whose literary merit and genius is incontestable, I think writing success is 99% marketing. I have nothing against Bryce Courtney and Jodi Picoult, but there are many much more talented writers out there who don't have the same success as they do.
Jo
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Sounds as if Allen & Unwin have a fabulous idea here. Of course, Things Without A Name is on top of my list and I rather like the sound of One Foot Wrong by Sofie Laguna
"A brilliant first novel of profound depth, startling originality and breathtaking talent." Now that's the type of marketing blurb that gets me in. My eyes shall be peeled (or is it 'pealed'?) for the promotion.
Shall be wishing for big, big sales for you (and your daughter - haha)
Jayne