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10 Professional Tips to Sell Your Own Books…

Here’s a great list of “to do’s” about how to sell your own books that was shared and discussed at the last (9/10/16) BAIPA (Bay Area Independent Publishers Association) meeting in Novato, CA. That is precisely what my clients (and publishing friends) want and need to know. Since you’re my friends too, let me share […]

Sunday September 18th, 2016 in articles, Blurb, digital publishing, e-publishing, editing, fiction, Gordon Burgett, Lightning Source, LSI, niche publishing, Nook Press, novel writing, open publishing, publishing, self-publishing, small publishers, writing | Comments Off on 10 Professional Tips to Sell Your Own Books…

Leading your idea in print down its most profitable path…

So you’ve got an article or book idea that you want to turn into both big money and widely-seen expertise presence. That’s the way to think! I’d also add that the copy needn’t be completely rewritten again and again, so also think reprint, rewrite, reprint of rewrites, and more… Let’s say you want to write about the […]

Thursday September 15th, 2016 in Amazon.com, article selling, article writing, articles, blog, blogging, digital publishing, e-publishing, editing, freelance articles, Gordon Burgett, humor in articles, LSI, Lulu, magazine articles, newsletter writing, niche publishing, Nook, Nook Press, open publishing, public speaking, publishing, query letters for humor writing, querying for article sales, reprint of a rewrite, reprints, rewrites, self-publishing, sidebars, simultaneous submissions, speaking, travel writing, writing | Comments Off on Leading your idea in print down its most profitable path…

A very new format for a seminar workbook…

In a now very long past—decades—I must have literally copied and carted 40,000 seminar workbooks (sometimes a half mile, too often up stairs). Most of those workbooks were 12-20 pages long! Too late to complain: that was the way it was done. But yesterday technology finally removed my shackles—and perhaps my blinders! Some fact-setting now, […]

Sunday June 26th, 2016 in Amazon.com, article writing, articles, blog, blogging, digital publishing, e-publishing, freelance articles, Gordon Burgett, Kindle, Lightning Source, magazine articles, niche marketing, niche publishing, open publishing, pre-testing, public speaking, publishing, querying for article sales, reprints, rewrites, self-publishing, seminar workbook, seminar workbooks, Seminaring, speaking, travel writing, writing | Comments Off on A very new format for a seminar workbook…

How to make your friends smile gratefully all day long…

If this were addressed to you, how would you feel if it arrived unexpectedly in your email box ? This year (2016), I’ve decided to send one email each day thanking someone who has enriched my life. It could be someone who is close to me, like a family member or a friend. It could be […]

Friday June 3rd, 2016 in article writing, articles, humor in articles, iBook, keynoting, MCing, newsletter writing, niche publishing, open publishing, public speaking, publishing, speaking, writing | Comments Off on How to make your friends smile gratefully all day long…

You just have to read “Trees and Kids”

There is an unusual tree commonly known as the Chinese Bamboo Tree. It is real. Years ago I heard a speaker talk about it, using it to make a point. It stuck in my head. I even did some research to find out if the speaker was blowing smoke and made up the tree. He […]

Tuesday April 5th, 2016 in articles, elementary teachers, English teachers, Jim Burgett, K-12, K-12 administrators, K-12 school boards, K-12 school districts, new school board members, principals, school board members, school board president, school superintendents, story about growth in school | Comments Off on You just have to read “Trees and Kids”

Writers: how to find more people to interview…

Sometimes you’re writing an article or story and try as you may you can’t think of or find another person to interview, other than your kids or some shlunk on the street corner. So what do you do? Let’s start with an expectation that few new writers know about or think they might be able […]

Tuesday March 22nd, 2016 in article selling, article writing, articles, blog, blogging, digital publishing, e-publishing, fiction, freelance articles, Kindle, LSI, Lulu, Nook, public speaking, publishing, self-publishing, Smashwords, writing | Comments Off on Writers: how to find more people to interview…

FOCUS BOOKS: Sell your entire book and its chapters at once

Congratulations! You just printed your nonfiction masterpiece—but what do you do next? As the adage says, “You’re all dressed up with no place to go”! In other words, how do you find and get others to praise your new book’s genius, especially to their colleagues and friends, while also getting muchos congratulatory pesos in your […]

Tuesday March 15th, 2016 in 1 Shopping Cart, articles, Jim Burgett, K-12, K-12 administrators, K-12 school boards, K-12 school districts, Kindle, Kindle, LSI, niche publishing, Nook, Nook Press, open publishing, principals, school board, school board members, school board president, school seminars, school superintendents, Smashwords | Comments Off on FOCUS BOOKS: Sell your entire book and its chapters at once

Selling one article topic to 5-8 different publications!

“Could you sell the same text, unchanged, to both magazines and newspapers?” is the most often asked question at my writing seminars! I suppose you could, but I wouldn’t because I wouldn’t know how to unravel the rights issues. Anyway, it’d be far more profitable with a lot less work just planning five to eight […]

Wednesday February 10th, 2016 in Amazon Author Central, Amazon.com, article selling, article writing, articles, blog, blogging, e-publishing, editing, freelance articles, Gordon Burgett, Kindle, Kindle, magazine articles, open publishing, publishing, querying for article sales, reprint of a rewrite, reprints, rewrites, sidebars, simultaneous submissions, Smashwords, travel writing, Word Press, writing | Comments Off on Selling one article topic to 5-8 different publications!

Article you’re submitting need a sidebar? Here’s an example…

Typically, as I write a “go-ahead” article, I encounter some additional facts that are so spectacular or unique I think they would make an interesting sidebar or box, in or near the printed article, to excite the readers and add much substance to the article without changing its primary structure. So I write and send […]

Thursday February 4th, 2016 in Amazon Author Central, Amazon.com, article selling, article writing, articles, cover notes, digital publishing, e-publishing, editing, Gordon Burgett, Kindle, Lightning Source, LSI, magazine articles, Nook, publishing, reprints, rewrites, sidebars, simultaneous submissions, Smashwords, writing | Comments Off on Article you’re submitting need a sidebar? Here’s an example…

Origin of the phrase “out in left field”

Chicagoans gave birth to the term “out of left field” about 100 years ago. The left field in the pre-Wrigley playing grounds butted up to a many-storied insane asylum, and when the crowds made too much noise the lunatics screamed out the windows and banged on pans. Their comments truly were “out of left field.” […]

Tuesday February 2nd, 2016 in article writing, articles, blog, emceeing, humor in articles, MC, MCing, public speaking, sidebars, speaking, writing | Comments Off on Origin of the phrase “out in left field”