This is an Amazon Short, an essay that can be purchased from Amazon for 49 cents.

Description:

What does it take to be successful selling your writing? Naturally, good writing is essential, but good writing alone is not sufficient. By all means, improve your writing, but also read this article and learn to avoid the most common mistakes that will block your manuscript from every being considered, regardless of its intrinsic merit.

Review by Kamal Wickramanayake

A great piece of writing with lots of ideas put together. As the description says, this is not about how to write a good book (though there are some hints), but about how you effectively take the books to the hands of the readers (through the editors and agent of cause). I like his view: "Professional writing is a business and businesses are looking for non-commodity products.". There are enough guidelines on how to distinguish your piece of work and effectively bringing the book to the market.