In the early ’90’s, I dreamed about writing a book. During the 10 years I taught an ongoing seminar on “How to Write a Book” at an adult school in La Mesa, California, I struggled with my first book called “Passion at Any Age.” I edited it so much, it took almost 10 years. I got sick of it and quit.

Instead, I turned to write my now signature book, “Write your eBook or Other Short Book Fast.” A book that I was more passionate about at the time and still am. From that seminar, I built a book coaching business around this book’s information.

Birth of My First Book

After reading Dan Poynter and John Kremer, I knew the book I needed to read, so I wrote my first short book(99 pp) to help non-fiction writers put their chapters together to hook their readers, and know the 9 Essential Hot Selling Points BEFORE they wrote their book. Take a look at Write your eBook or Other Short Book Fast! Read more…

Is Print on Demand all you think it is?

You, like many other authors who don’t want to go the long hard road with traditional publishing, and who like the low cost and seemingly easiest and best way to publish a book, Print on Demand Publishing looks good. They print one book at a time when it’s ordered.  But, think again. After many years of authors coming to me saying they did not make money going with a POD, and my research noticing the poor payoffs from Print on Demand, as an author’s advocate, I say, think again.

Top Seven Things to Think About Before you Go With Print on Demand

1. Notice how many other authors and books are listed on the POD web site.

Like a brick and mortar bookstore, your audience won’t go to the Print on Demand site looking for your specific book. In fact, the people who go are other authors like you. They don’t want to buy your book, they come because they think this is a simple way to be on a website where one can sell books. So who will buy?

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In a Nut Shell These Skills Can Do Wonders for your Book or Business

Through  my book  coaching which has  birthed over 75 author’s books, 11 books, whose best seller is “Write your EBook or Other Short Book Fast!” at Amazon and my site, my book coaching blog, new a month ago that  we add to almost daily,  and over 25 teleseminars, you learn about the topics below.

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My passion for writing and assisting you in your journey is what drives me. I sure hope you get value from my information and education.

You can also add your own book writing, publishing, and marketing topics that I can help you with by commenting below

Maybe you are thinking about getting help with your book project. Maybe you wonder if it’s worth it. Whatever form that coaching takes, it is worth it. A book coach can help you save time, frustration, and money down the drain because you will stop book writing, publishing, and promotion mistakes before they start.

Here’s 11 Common Author Mistakes and How to Solve Them

One. Emerging authors don’t know their book’s purpose. Answer the question why are you are writing it? For fame, fortune? To answer a challenge? To brand your business and make money? To entertain?

Two. Emerging authors don’t know who is their preferred audience (it’s not everyone, what their preferred audience wants (as in solutions for a challenge), or where to reach them so the promotion and marketing dollars spend will bring a high Return on Investment (ROI). This is the most common and costly mistake, because a general audience is much harder to write for (you must include each audience in each chapter), and harder to market and promote. Your audience is all important in social media too. Read more…

The stigma of self-publishing not being acceptable as a viable way to publish is long over. That’s just old propaganda.

And, you should know that the odds of you being accepted by a big publisher are 1%. And if you do get “chosen” you will still have to do the promotion. They may give you an intern who will schedule some book signings in North Dakota or Maine, but not where they will do you some good. Those book tours are grueling and a lot of work for the authors with little payoffs. My advice is not to go with a publisher unless they can make you at least 10X as much money as you can on your own. They don’t pay attention to you. You should pay attention to you!

You may know that ebook sales for 2010 will be near $3.5 billion. Traditional publishing is down 3%. So what’s the right choice? And remember, Kindle books sell at around $10. And, the younger audience is also expanding to mature adults.

Books are still the # one seller on the internet.

Why not yours? And…

1. Get real. Write your best short book with high value the first time.

Contact a book coach to help you write your chapters so they are quality, and engage your reader by solving his/her challenges.

You may know a lot, but can you share it without lecturing or telling? Read more…