We as Virtual Assistants already have many of the skill sets that are most often needed in working with authors. Many Virtual Assistants are already utilizing there word processing skills, using spreadsheets on Excel to track the process, doing Internet research, heavily involved in internet marketing for themselves and their clients, making phone calls, performing web maintenance duties and maintaining e-commerce a necessity for Authors. Virtual Assistants that receive special training on how to support a Authors can tackle all the Authors individual needs.
Such duties include:
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Coordinating the Self Publishing Process. Between getting the ISBN and LCCN – A trained author’s assistant frees up time for the Author to write there book and effectively market it
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Managing a Virtual Book Tour. Virtual Assistant already have blogging skills. A virtual book tour takes the author around the world speaking and interacting with readers, without leaving the comfort of his or her office
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Managing an Amazon Bestseller Campaign. Want to publish your own book? or become a best selling author? That dream is not so far as you might think with an Amazon.com bestseller campaign. A trained author’s assistant can co-ordinate listing on Amazon.com, the bonus gifts which are required to make it successful and tracking your Amazon rank all the way to #1
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Preparing the manuscript to send to the book designer (or printer or publisher). Delivering a manuscript in the right type font with the right margins and with the pieces in the right order is an essential skill of the trained author’s assistant
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Obtaining Permissions. The author may need to get specific permission to use quotes, interviews, lyrics, photographs that aren’t his or her original work
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Book reviews. The fastest way to book sales success and international acclaim is to get great book reviews in top newspapers, industry trade journals and on Amazon.com. A trained Virtual Assistant knows when to send the manuscript, how to do it .
Contact US
Yvonne Wu
Certified Author Assistant
The YP Publishing
info@theyppublishing.com
http://theyppublishing.com
T 905-359-0863
