User talk:BDPetersonAuthor

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Speedy deletion nomination of Dragon's Flight


A tag has been placed on Dragon's Flight, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator.  GILO  A& E&uArr;  11:36, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Dragon's flight


A tag has been placed on Dragon's flight, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator.  GILO  A& E&uArr;  18:44, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Your article
I'm afraid that a combination of things led me to delete your article as being promotional. The language used was not of itself promotional, but as you appear to be the author, and the book being self-published, and the publication date being less than a month ago, the intent had to be promotion. It's an unfortunate thing that most self-published books (but also more than a few regularly published ones too) don't achieve notability. In the case of self-published books, this is largely due to the lack of marketing by the 'publisher' - in your case CreateSpace. You write the book, they make the book, you sell the book. Sounds easy, but it isn't. With a regular publisher, you get the advantages of pre-publication editing (sometimes not regarded by an author as an advantage...), and considerable efforts by the publisher to market the book and get it on the shelves of the book shops and in the reviews in the press. The self-published author has to do all this alone. We get quite a few through here - and I can only remember one that I've seen that has survived, and that was down to the book being taken up by a regular publisher and achieving the necessary coverage to pass WP:GNG. I do wish you luck, and would advise you to keep on trying the regular houses. The profit margin is lower, but a smaller profit per copy on a large sale is better than a larger profit on a tiny sale. It can take some effort - the Harry Potter series was rejected by quite a few publishers (and the same applies to Tubular Bells and The Beatles...). Do all you can to push your book - but not here. We don't allow advertising or promotion. If you CAN show that the book IS notable (by our standards - see WP:NBOOK and WP:RS) then please let me know. Anyway, good luck. Keep on writing and trying at the publishers. Peridon (talk) 21:05, 18 October 2015 (UTC)