Four Octobers ago, in the mountains of West Virginia, my friend Jill took this photo of me. It remains one of my favorite shots—as a photo, and as a memento of a gorgeous day with a dear friend. When I wrote my new book, Hit The Road: A Woman’s Guide …
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Resolved to Write a Book?
Within the last week of 2011 over four million Android devices were activated. What does this mean to the business professional who has been waiting to write a book? You'd better get with it.
Mark Cuban Did It and So Should You
For a couple of years now I've been telling you to harvest your blog posts, white papers and newsletters into a book. Could it be that Mark Cuban has been listening all along?
Distribution: Self-Publishing’s Final Hurdle
The last step in the self-publishing process is getting the book into the reader's hands (or reading device). I'm not talking about marketing in this post (I'll talk about that later); I'm talking about dead-tree distribution here because that's how I published Live Full Throttle, for reasons I outlined earlier in this series.
What’s the TRUE Cost of Your Book?
Hardback or Softcover for your Self-Published Book?
When you're publishing your own work, you're taking on all the departmental responsibilities of a publisher: editing, design, printing, financing, distributing and marketing. Unless you're publishing an e-book you'll have to choose a book binding.* Deciding between hardback and softcover lies at the intersection of finance and marketing.
Self-Publishing: Book Prototype for Publicity and Advance Sales
So far we've talked about the need to hire a book designer and editor. I took the step of developing a prototype for Live Full Throttle: Life Lessons From Friends Who Faced Cancer. Mine is in a PDF and included the cover, introduction and first chapter, but you could include less. You'll see that I used the Flash capabilities of Scribd to embed it here.
Self-Publishing: Everyone Needs An Editor
Ask any professional writer about the need for a fresh set of eyes and they'll tell you it's essential. I don't have an editor for my blog posts and newsletters, but when I write long form, whether a white paper, article or book, I always collaborate with one.
Self Publishing: Mission, Goals and Cover Guidance
Welcome to the second installment of my self-publishing adventure. Because I ghostwrite books, I'm sharing my process so that potential clients who are interested in this option will know what to expect or anticipate.
Insider View of Self-Publishing
After writing about how to roll blog posts, newsletters and articles into books, self publishing, writing book proposals and what a book can do for you professionally, I invite you to walk with me down the path of self-publishing a book of my own.