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1.	Bookmarks: 6	Why Write A Non-Fiction Book? Contrary to what you may think, publishing a non-fiction book won't make you any money. So why should you write one? Learn truths about the book industry and the purpose of non-fiction books that may surprise you. A must-read for all business owners considering writing a book.
2.	Bookmarks: 3	Follow These Simple Steps to Book Publishing Success Even if your best friend owns a top publishing company, giving you an immediate "in," this does not guarantee publishing success.First, you have to write a quality book that has a clear target audience. And your book must answer a common problem or need that audience shares. Then you have to develop a marketing plan, and stick to it for at least two years.
3.	Bookmarks: 3	Ebooks are Alive and Well and Living...... Are you afraid that ebooks are no longer selling? Well don’t be! Read here to find out how you can begin to work at home!
4.	Bookmarks: 4	7 Step: How To Create And Publish Your Own E-Book Show you step-by-step how to create and publish your own e-book.
5.	Bookmarks: 0	Getting A Publisher & Getting What You Want In the basic scenario of book publishing, a writer finishes a book and then finds an agent who helps sell the book to a publisher. When someone asks, "How do I find a publisher?" they're often looking for the details of this scenario. But let's backtrack a little. The answer to this question has to do with what you as a writer want out of the publishing process as well as what the publisher wants. It's best to be as clear as possible on both counts. Here are a few things to c...
6.	Bookmarks: 8	How To Become A Bestselling Book Author What IS a best-selling author?You have to answer that in your own mind.Technically, it's any book that makes it into the Top 100 list at ANY online or offline bookstore.However, what does it mean to you?Is it someone who sells 300-500 books in a day through online bookstores like http://Amazon.com and makes the top 10?Is it only the person who makes it to #1?Is it the person who sells their book from their own website and makes $10,000 in a few months?...
7.	Bookmarks: 6	What To Expect At A Book Signing? One of the most thrilling moments for an author is when they are invited to participate in a book signing. This is often the stamp of approval many writers need, especially with their first book.Most bookstores see a book signing as a means of increasing foot traffic and promoting a sense of connectedness with the writing community. Most bookstore owners are open to the idea of providing time, space and promotion for a book signing.From a writers perspective this shou...
8.	Bookmarks: 5	What Do Bestselling Authors Have In Common? Nine Characteristics That May Surprise You.In writing "The Making of a Bestseller: Success Stories From Authors and the Editors, Agents and Behind Them," (Dearborn Trade, 2005), we wanted to find out what separates the publishing industry elite, the bestselling authors, from all the thousands and thousands of writers who aspire to someday make the bestseller lists. We interviewed 24 of today's most popular authors, some of whom have endured on the bestseller lists for dec...
9.	Bookmarks: 3	The Reality Of Publishing Your Book According to a recent survey, more than eighty percent of Americans want to write a book. This shocking statistic is somewhat puzzling because the National Endowment for the Arts estimates that only fifty-seven percent of Americans have read one book in the last twelve months! What is it that makes people -- even non-readers -- want to put pen to paper? Perhaps it's the desire for fame and fortune. Maybe it's the need to earn respect from others. Or maybe it's the hop...
10.	Bookmarks: 0	How To Get A Book Published - The Competition Is Tough In The Book Publishing Industry How to get a book published is a question every author asks themselves. How difficult is it to get a book published by a commercial book publisher? Well the odds are better gambling in Las Vegas. It has been estimated that 25 million people in the United States consider themselves writers and only 5% have been published anywhere. At any one time 5 to 6 million manuscripts are looking for a publishing home. Most major book publishing houses, and many small presses, w...
11.	Bookmarks: 4	The Book Writer's Guide To Self-Publishing Self-publishing has become common practice for many writers who want accolades of having a book published, no matter who publishes it. Writers choose self-publishing for various reasons. Many writers desire the freedom and business aspects of publishing work independently. A self-published writer is one who is in control of every aspect of their published work. The publishing industry defines self-publishing as authors publishing their own books or other media, instead of wit...
12.	Bookmarks: 6	Book Development: How To Create Tantalizing Titles And Sensational Content Years ago when Napoleon Hill's famous manuscript on building wealth was ready for publication, it had no title.His publisher called and said, "If you don't come up with a title by tomorrow morning, I'm going call it "USE YOUR NOODLE AND MAKE A BOODLE." Distraught, Napoleon Hill began playing with words and throughout the course of the night came up with the classic title, "THINK AND GROW RICH."Have you read Think and Grow Rich? [If not, you need to head to your local ...
13.	Bookmarks: 8	Should I Self-publish Or Pitch My Book To A Publisher? You've spent many nights working on your book. You've rewritten it, edited it, and you used a professional proofreader to proof it. Your book is done – finally -- and you're ready to send your precious manuscript off to a publisher, thinking that writing it was the hardest part.In reality, getting your blood, sweat and tears published may be the hardest part of the whole process. You'll need to decide if your book requires a publisher, or if you'd rather self-publish your...
14.	Bookmarks: 5	Seven Useful Tips To Ghostwrite Books For Clients As A Freelance Writer Serious freelance writers know their income may come from other sources, not just writing articles for magazines or clients. Ultimately, their freelance writing leads to writing books or e-books for themselves or as ghostwrites. If you decide to ghostwrite e-books and trade paperbacks for clients, consider the following:If a client hires you as a "work-for-hire" ghostwriter, then the client pays you for your work, and he owns all rights. Make sure: 1) You receive a 50% re...
15.	Bookmarks: 15	Scams, Schemes, And Shams: Who Can An Author Trust? Authors in their quest to get published can fall victim to scams. Here's a few tips to help you avoid the traps. Online Matching Services and Email Blast ProgramsThese services, for a fee, put your query letter, synopsis and first chapter online. Acquisition editors and literary agents then have the opportunity to peruse the offerings. You have to ask yourself if you truly believe that the average literary agent, who receives 1100 unsolicited queries a year, has th...
16.	Bookmarks: 5	Publishing Options For Freelance Book Authors It is difficult to break into the publishing industry as a new author, and even more difficult to get an acceptance letter from an editor at a large publishing house. As an author you will work hard to finish your book, and work even harder to find the right book publisher. The good news is you can tap into several types of publishers to publish your book. Here is a look at some common types of book publishing.GROUP PUBLISHING: Group publishing is the process by which a ...
17.	Bookmarks: 8	I'm Published, Now What? So you’re published! Congratulations! Now if you’re like most authors you may be asking yourself, now what? There are so many ways to market yourself, so many in fact it’s sometimes tough to know which one you should chose. Now without getting into all your choices, let’s look at some basic things you can do to surround yourself with enough education and experts so you never have to wonder: I’m published, now what? 1) Find some good books to bury yourself in. 2) Ther...
18.	Bookmarks: 3	How To Write, Promote And Publish A Childrens Book Writing and Publishing a Children's Book is a dream for many people. Unfortunately, it is often a difficult dream to realize since most talented writers do not know or understand which steps to take first to begin the process of becoming known and getting published.Do you need an agent, illustrator, assistant, consultant or book marketer? Do you know which Children's Publishing Houses should be the first ones to submit your work to for maximum profit & the highest probabi...
19.	Bookmarks: 5	How To Write A Better Book Before you begin writing your book, you must research your idea and see if it is in-demand with readers. Who is going to read it? To whom are you trying to appeal with your words? You must have a general idea of who your intended audience will be. Check out other books. Is there a book already published that resembles your book? What will make your book unique from theirs? If there are similar books already out there, what is going to make your book different and make people ...
20.	Bookmarks: 4	How To Write And Publish Your Own Book There are great rewards when writing a book for the first time. There is a great sense of accomplishment by the individual person once they have a complete manuscript in their hand.The other reward is obviously money; if you write a good book that is marketed correctly you will receive a reward.Depending on how well you market your book will depend on the size of the pay cheque.The first step to writing a good book is…Writing the book.Start on your computer or w...
21.	Bookmarks: 5	How To Self-Publish Your Poker Or Gaming Book Everyone thinks it is so easy to write a book. With so many people writing books these days, it is amazing there are enough people still buying books. In today's world, if you have any amazing life experience, suddenly publishers want you to write a book about it. If it sells, then your experience was interesting enough to stimulate interest from a large audience; and if not, no one really cared.This is why poker books fly off the shelves. Many people have life experience...
22.	Bookmarks: 8	How To Generate Repeat Sales With Your Self-Published Book The most valuable thing you can collect if you are selling your book from a website when a visitor comes to your book's sales site is not their money... it's their email address and/or other contact information.If you have no clue how to create a website, do not worry about feeling intimidated. It is actually a lot easier than you think. There is a simple site that teaches people all about creating websites for free at www.LissaExplains.comYou can also learn a lot by ...
23.	Bookmarks: 5	How to Create a Professional Ebook Design After a writer writes a book, he ends in a fix, in deciding how to get the manuscript formatted and compiled into an e-book. After trying to do it on your own, you decide to get professional help when the page you get turns out to be a printed page, but not actually what you had in mind! When you publish your e-book, you want it to stand out and look professional enough to command the best possible price. You want to look at your creation with pride as it brings increased sales.
24.	Bookmarks: 5	How To Choose A Money-Making Book Subject People never change. Nor do their basic desires. They've existed for thousands of years and will continue to exist for thousands more.Names of people will change. Technology will change. People's desires won't – their desires are hard-wired into our DNA.That's good for you – as an author. By knowing what people want, you can profit from their desires. And since their desires are predictable, your ability to make money from your book ideas just got a lot more profitabl...
25.	Bookmarks: 4	Eco-friendly Ways To Reuse And Recycle Books And Magazines As more and more old-growth trees are cut down, and we face the reality of having to wait close to 100 years or more to replace them, the need to recycle paper becomes increasingly important.Paper, of course, includes books and magazines. Although paper products are nearly 100% biodegradable, it is pointless to send these resources to the dump to rot in the landfill when we can recycle and reuse them.More than any other material we hope to recycle, books and magazines...
26.	Bookmarks: 3	Book Publishing From A Book Publisher's Point Of View Many writers aspire to write books. Writing a book is a long, involved, difficult process. Book publishing is harder. A writer may submit his book repeatedly only to be turned down. The writer may eventually succeed. Wouldn't it have been easier to get published the first time? Is that possible?You can improve your chances of a publisher accepting your book manuscript if you understand more about what happens at the publisher's desk. Book publishers are busy people with s...
27.	Bookmarks: 3	Book Publishing - What Is The Secret To Getting Your Book Published? As a three-time published author and creative writing teacher I get asked a lot: "What is the secret to getting your book published?" Many of the interrogators are disappointed, some even disbelieving, when I tell them there is no secret. Getting published is about three key elements and none of them are a secret but all three play an important role. Book publishing requires a combination of luck, timing, and talent.I know too much about the publishing game (and it is a g...
28.	Bookmarks: 3	Book Publishing - How I Got Into Book Publishing As a published author and creative writing teacher I often get asked how writers can get published. One of the simplest ways to answer that question is tell the story of my publishing contracts with two different publishers.Like many other writers, I have always wanted to write a book and started scribbling stories as a child. I have also always been an avid reader. When I started my first book I did not know what I was doing. It was a learning experience and I was not su...
29.	Bookmarks: 7	Blogging: A Writer’s Journal A novel way for a writer to keep prospects and fans in the loop on their progress as a writer is through the use of a web log or ‘Blog’.“This notion of self-publishing, which is what Blogger and blogging are really about, is the next big wave of human communication. The last big wave was Web activity. Before that one it was e-mail.” – Eric SchmidtThis online tool has allowed many writers to share thoughts, humor, politics, and more with any and all who would visit. Si...
30.	Bookmarks: 4	An Author's Guide To Publishing A Book Ask any published book author about writing a book, and they will tell you it's a monumental task. The process is long, drawn out, and grueling. Even if you enjoy writing – and don't mind writing on the same subject for an extended period -- the writing process will, undoubtedly, exhaust you. Getting your book published, however, will take even more time and effort than writing the thing in the first place.Are you thinking about writing a book? Have you already written on...
31.	Bookmarks: 4	An Author's Glimpse Into The Operation Of A Book Publishing Company The publishing company is the backbone of the writing world. The publishing company provides a great service to society by publishing and displaying the work of authors. The global existence of publishers is obvious, but the inner workings of a publishing company is unknown by many authors. Many book publishers consider the publishing industry as an apprenticeship industry -- most book publishing professionals gain knowledge and skills in this field with hands-on job experien...
32.	Bookmarks: 1	Hassle-Free Barcodes For Authors When it comes to book publishing, there are many things to think about. The content, which is most important, is on the forefront of most writers minds. Next, the layout, front cover design and back cover synopsis will take precedent. For many writers, especially those new to the scene, finding a book publisher can be a daunting task. This is why self-publishing is the chosen route for many budding authors who are serious about getting their books into print.Even with all...
33.	Bookmarks: 9	Book Proposals 101.: What Publishers Want Lots of writers like to talk about writing books. You hear very few talking about writing book proposals. Maybe that's why it's easy to forget that a strong book proposal is the first step to getting a great deal for your non-fiction book. It's where you make the big pitch and tell the editor everything that's going to make him or her want to buy.A book proposal is also a great time saver for you because you'll find in the course of researching your book proposal whether ...
34.	Bookmarks: 1	A Strategy For Coming Up With A Great Book Title Book publishing companies hire high-priced people to come up with a title or “headline,” because book publishing is a big business; therefore a lot of contemplation goes into making their titles as commercially-viable as possible.