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The Story of Getting a Book Published

What do you know about the book publishing process? What needs to happen to get a book published and for it to find success? Who is involved? I love finding out what surprises other writers encounter in the publishing process, and I think through their eyes we can begin to see the story of getting a book published.

“Everything has been a learning experience,” says Brian Broome, author of . “I really had no idea that so much went into it. In the beginning, I actually thought that you write a certain number of that happened. It’s a much longer and more detailed process than I’d ever imagined.”

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