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5 kinds of consulting (and mentoring) for nonfiction writers and publishers

OnI’ve been an editor and nonfiction consultant for writers and publishers for at least 20 years, so I was grateful when an association client asked me to break down in greater detail the kinds of consulting I do. I guess it was much clearer in my head than on my services data! Then when I [...]

Monday April 14th, 2014 in , Amazon, Blurb, book, book writing, cookbook, CreateSpace, digital publishing, e-book, editing, Google, iPad, Kindle, Lightning Source, Lulu, niche publishing, non-fiction book, product developer, pubit, publisher, publishing, research, Scribd, self-publishing, Smashwords, writer, writing | Comments Off

CHIROPRACTORS: Write and Publish Your Own Book

On There’s a straightforward, reliable way to earn at least $50,000 developing a niche book for a specialization, like chiropractic that I use in this how-to, step-by-step guide called Chiropractors: Write and Publish Your Own Niche Book (Start with a $50,000 buying base!). It starts with a pretest that will cost $550-750 or so to [...]

Friday April 4th, 2014 in , Amazon, book, book writing, CreateSpace, digital publishing, e-book, editing, Google, Lightning Source, niche publishing, non-fiction book, product developer, publisher, publishing, self-publishing, seminars, Smashwords, speaker, speaking, writer, writing | Comments Off

25 blogs about Kindle, Nook, Create Space, LSI, Smashwords

OnI was asked what blogs I had about “open” publishing. Here they are, below, and I’m certain there are more too so if you have a specific word or topic you are hunting for, please type it in the search box to see if it pops up! The publishers mentioned in the blogs are Kindle, [...]

Thursday March 13th, 2014 in , Amazon, ancillary publishing, Blurb, book, book writing, CreateSpace, digital publishing, e-book, Google, iPad, Kindle, Lightning Source, Lulu, niche publishing, non-fiction book, novel, poetry, product developer, pubit, publisher, publishing, reprints, Scribd, self-publishing, simultaneous submissions, Smashwords, writer, writing | Comments Off

How to convert your book file into ePub format—fast and free!

OnSo here you are with a dandy book that millions of hungry readers want to buy and hide on their tablets, readers, or computers—but you can’t get it from Word (.doc or .docx) or other formats into .ePub. You probably want to use .ePub to post your book with an “open” publisher like Kobo or [...]

Monday March 10th, 2014 in , ancillary publishing, Blurb, book, book writing, CreateSpace, digital publishing, e-book, editing, epub, epub conversion, Google, iPad, Kindle, Lightning Source, Lulu, niche publishing, non-fiction book, novel, poetry, pubit, publisher, publishing, Scribd, self-publishing, Smashwords, Word to epub, writer, writing | Comments Off

Want to sell almost 100% of your NF writing?

OnThat’s the title of a three-hour program I’m offering at the San Francisco Writer’s Conference on Monday, Feb. 17, from 9-noon. I thought you might enjoy an overview of the program that all of the registered participants will receive on an all-program digital plug-in fairly soon. It’s a one-page summary of what I will explain [...]

Thursday January 23rd, 2014 in , Amazon, ancillary publishing, article, article selling, article writing, Blurb, book, book writing, digital publishing, e-book, iPad, Kindle, Lightning Source, Lulu, magazine article, newspaper article, niche publishing, non-fiction book, pubit, publishing, query letter, Scribd, self-publishing, seminars, simultaneous submissions, Smashwords, speaker, speaking, writer, writing | Comments Off

To which publishers would I submit my 2014 book? What order?

OnYesterday I emailed my January newsletter, which goes out every two months, free. The section enclosed here is the answer to the question I think I was most asked in 2013: “If you were going to publish a book today, who would you submit it to and in what order? I have 10 places I [...]

Monday January 13th, 2014 in , Amazon, Blurb, book writing, CreateSpace, digital publishing, e-book, Google, iPad, Kindle, Lightning Source, Lulu, niche publishing, non-fiction book, pubit, publisher, publishing, Scribd, self-publishing, simultaneous submissions, Smashwords, writer, writing | Comments Off

How to share the heart of your book 35 ways in Twitter, Facebook, and Linkedin each!

OnSometimes you write a book or some copy that lends itself to being edited into

Thursday January 2nd, 2014 in , Amazon, Blurb, book, book writing, cookbook, CreateSpace, digital publishing, e-book, editing, Facebook, Google, HootSuite, iPad, Kindle, Libkedin, Lightning Source, Lulu, niche publishing, non-fiction book, novel, product developer, pubit, publisher, publishing, query letter, quotes, Scribd, self-publishing, simultaneous submissions, Smashwords, Twitter, writer, writing | Comments Off

Your book needs final, professional proofreading…

OnWhat will kill a reader’s fervor fastest? Misspellings, punctuation errors, endless paragraphs, no flow, and nonsense. If somebody asks another, “How was ____ (your) book?” and they respond, “I couldn’t get into it. He can’t spell.” Or they say, “It didn’t make any sense…,” you probably lost that potential reader forever. So you need a [...]

Saturday December 28th, 2013 in , Blurb, book, book writing, cookbook, CreateSpace, digital publishing, e-book, editing, Google, iPad, Kindle, Lightning Source, Lulu, niche publishing, non-fiction book, novel, poetry, product developer, pubit, publisher, publishing, Scribd, self-publishing, Smashwords, writing | Comments Off

Why would you change a book’s title once it’s out for sale?

OnOur newest book was printed 10 weeks ago and about 400 copies were sold within a few weeks, most to attendees at two late fall 2013 conventions in Illinois, for school boards and K-12 superintendents. We had finished the book under some time pressure because its author, Jim Burgett, was attending or speaking at the [...]

Thursday December 19th, 2013 in , Amazon, Blurb, book, book subtitle, book title, book writing, CreateSpace, digital publishing, e-book, editing, Google, iPad, Lightning Source, niche publishing, non-fiction book, novel, product developer, publisher, publishing, Scribd, self-publishing, SEO, Smashwords, writing | Comments Off

What’s so special about your book’s second draft?

OnThis is what I consider the final-write draft, with (almost) all of the last changes inserted in the file so it can get its final proofreading. Be generous with changes, improvements, double-checked research, interviews, and so on. Last chance to make your book hum. (But don’t dally forever either.) I recall reading Dick Perry (in [...]

Saturday December 14th, 2013 in , article writing, Blurb, book, book writing, cookbook, digital publishing, e-book, editing, Google, Kindle, Lightning Source, Lulu, non-fiction book, novel, product developer, publishing, Scribd, self-publishing, Smashwords, writer, writing | 3,071 Comments »

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