Where Is Your Book?
by Bart Smith
EXACTLY! Where IS your book? Have you thought about writing a book? Do you know where or how to start writing a book?
Luckily, those concerns and questions are addressed in detail inside my 260-page Self-Publishing Manual here at MTC. So, rest easy about the “how to” and “where to” start parts of writing a book. I got ya covered in detail there.
Now, having said that, let’s talk quickly about WHY you should write a book, HOW you go about writing a book, then I’ll give you a tour of my self-publishing manual and online course and then how you can contact me if you’d like my help writing your book.
Why Should You Write A Book?
For these simple reasons and even a few of your own:
EXPOSURE … With books, you can get interviewed in front of thousands of people weekly for FREE! You can also advertise your book (and free excerpts) in front of thousands for only a few dollars per day! The combination of that gets you in front of a lot of people very quickly!
CREDIBILITY … Books establish your credibility the second someone sees your name on the front cover. That goes a long way to securing new clients faster and easier than just handing out a business card. You wrote about something so that a book establishes you as the authority of that topic overnight.
THE MONEY … There are so many ways to make money with your book, not just book sales. You can create eBooks and audiobooks out of a book for sale; you can create online/offline courses for sale; you can consult one-on-one and in group format based on your book; … among so many other ways to make money with your book.
BUILD YOUR LIST … Remember, no list, no money. Your money is on your list. With books, you can build a list quickly just by offering excerpts of your book, either in written or audio format. Down the line, when you have a number of people on your list who haven’t bought your book, email them to ask if they’d like to work with you one-on-one or join you in a group workshop or buy the audio version of your book. You never know!
PERSONAL REASONS … There are so many reasons to write a book. What’s yours? To tell your story, set the record straight, talk about a subject no one dares to talk about? Whatever it is, write that book you want to see the world reading!
There, I just named a few reasons to write a book. Can you think of a reason to write a book? There’s no right or wrong reason, just yours! So? WRITE!
How Do You Write A Book?
Simple:
1. Decide on a TOPIC …
2. Pool your RESEARCH together, if need be …
3. ORGANIZE your research and START writing …
4. KEEP writing…
5. REVIEW your writing …
6. EDIT your writing …
7. DESIGN the interior pages and your front/back/spine covers when you’re done writing …
8. SUBMIT YOUR BOOK FILES TO THE PRINTER to get your first book in hand to edit/proof …
9. RECEIVE your printed book in the mail; edit/proof it …
10. MAKE CHANGES/CORRECTIONS in your book …
11. RESUBMIT YOUR BOOK TO THE PRINTER a second time and order more copies if you want …
12. RECEIVE BOOKS in the mail …
13. THROW BOOK LAUNCH PARTY if desired …
14. START MARKETING your book …
15. START MAKING MONEY with your book …
16. RINSE AND REPEAT for your next book …
DONE! In simple terms, that’s how it’s done! That’s the order I go through every time I write a new book and I’ve been doing this for 20+ years.
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