The emphasis on selling books must now be on the experience of reading, the craftsmanship of writing and the relationships formed over conversations about books, blogs, writers and readers.

Three interesting things happened as a result of this presentation that may shock you.

I had to build a whole new network of friends, colleagues, collaborators and clients from scratch. Networking has turned out to be the biggest asset of my business and it was my biggest weakness starting out.

How did I build a network from scratch? I used a few simple techniques to build a network and market myself and you can too!