Dan Poynter fell into publishing. He spent eight years researching a labor of love. Realizing that no publisher would be interested in a technical treatise on the parachute, he went directly to a printer. The orders poured in, and the author was suddenly a publisher.
In 1973, he became interested in a new aviation sport but couldn’t find a book on the subject, so the skydiver and pilot sat down and wrote one. So far, Hang Gliding has sold over 130,000 copies—a best seller!
Continuing to write, Dan has produced over 80 books and revisions, some of which have been translated into Spanish, Japanese, British English, Russian and German. His books are loaded with facts and figures and detailed inside information. They are always up to date because he revises them before going back to press. Dan thinks out of the box. He published a circular book on Frisbee play, a gift book for writers, the first book on hang gliding, the first book on word processors and most of the books on parachutes and skydiving.
Dan is an early adopter. He believes in buying machinery and has always been on the leading edge of technology. He published the first laser-typeset book in 1981. He was the first to send a galley to Publishers Weekly electronically in 1983. He embraced the fax in the mid-80s and pioneered fax-on-demand to sell reports. He has been selling downloadable reports from his Web site since 1996.
His seminars have been featured on CNN, his books have been pictured in The Wall Street Journal, and his story has been told in US News & World Report. The media comes to Dan because he is the leading authority on book marketing. Often described as "Mr. Publishing," Dan Poynter shows publishers how to sell more books using some surprisingly simple marketing concepts.
Dan is a frequent speaker, successful publisher and renowned book publishing consultant, who has a unique, pioneering approach to marketing books—which he so generously shares. No one gives away more help, advice and expertise than Dan Poynter. He is a caring, sharing publisher who is dedicated to putting more than just something back into the system.
He has always accurately predicted the future of publishing. Now the required technologies he describes have converged. Dan is spreading the word on the New "Book" Model. Now you can break into print faster, easier and for less money. Dan was prompted to write this book because so many authors and publishers wanted to know his secrets to writing and selling books.
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