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Testing Your Book Idea

Your book is your best calling card. It can define your business for you. Test your book idea: Who is your audience? How original is your idea? Can you write it? Is the time right? How important the idea? MUST you write it?

The Power of Publishing for the Social Entrepreneur

Five solutions your book will provide: Define yourself as the leader. Recognize the pioneers of the field. Make your case. Gather the powerful network you need. Sell it: the book becomes part of your successful business.

You Must Tell Your Story

You alone employ the life experiences that guide your skills, making your contribution literally priceless to the rest of us. We need your story–now. Bring it out with shock-and-awe evidence and soul-stirring passion. You do not have to be a world-class orator or literary master. Rather, just be clear, concise, organized.

The Perpetual Perks of Self-publishing

The edge of self-publishing over traditional publishers.

10 Quick Tips for a Successful Self-Publishing Career

BookWhirl.com features tips on how to plan out for a successful self-publishing career.

7 Essential Tips for Book Marketing Campaigns

A list of basic and effective marketing tips that goes beyond time and trend.

The Elements of a Successful Career in Self-publishing

BookWhirl.com features a checklist on the basic elements that make up a successful career in self-publishing.

The ABCs and 123s of Self-Promotion For Independent and Self-Published Authors Part 1

Now that ebook readers such as the Kindle and Nook and their PC applications have made ebooks (short for electronic books) more popular than the traditional hardcover/paperback novel...almost anyone who ever dreamed of being a published author can make their dream come true. Sounds great, doesn't it? Unfortunately the luxury of becoming a self and/or independently published author also comes with a caveat...you, and you alone, are responsible for promoting your book! Don't be discouraged, however. It is actually easier than it sounds--once you have learned a few of the tricks of the trade.... So that's what I'm here to teach you, easy tricks for promoting your own book--and the good thing is, they'll work whether your book is traditionally, self and/or independently published.

The ABCs and 123s of Self-Promotion For Independent and Self-Published Authors Part 3

Electronic and/or ebooks have reached a new high thanks in large part to the recent dramatic price reductions in Amazon's Kindle and the Barnes and Noble Nook. Suddenly, almost everyone who ever dreamed of being a published author can quickly and easily make their dreams come true. However, there is one catch...the competition for sales is increasing every day! That means that the author who publishes and does not actively and aggressively promote their book will never see any sales. How do you avoid this happening to you? You learn the tricks of the self-promotion trade for authors. Fortunately, it is actually easier than it sounds...and that's what I'm here to teach you--easy tricks for promoting your traditionally, self and/or independently published book.

The ABCs and 123s of Self-Promotion For Independent and Self-Published Authors Part 4

In today's world becoming a self-published author is easy--any Tom, Dick or Harriet can do it! All it takes is a book that you have written or edited and either a familiarity with a variety of easy to use computer software or less than $500.00 to pay someone to prepare it for publication for you. It's really that simple! The hard part--now and it was in the past--whether or not you self-publish or sign a contract with a major publishing house...is actually selling a copy to someone other than your mother. The ease of becoming a published author has made the competition for actual sales skyrocket! Which means of course, that the work has just begun once you hit the publish button over at Amazon or Barnes and Noble or Smashwords or wherever.... So where do you go from here? That's what this article is all about.

Michael Hyatt guest post today - Forget the royalties – just give my book away

I have yet to meet an author who thought his/her publisher did enough marketing or who was satisfied with . Most have the fantasy of writing the book, submitting the manuscript, and then sitting in a lawn chair next to the mailbox, waiting on those big checks to show up. The reality of publishing and the source of real income is a quite different picture. Several years ago , author of , told a small group of us author wannabes something that revolutionized my approach to writing. He said, “Everyone I meet wants to write a book. I tell them, ‘Write your book. Do a great job. Now you’re 10% finished. The remaining 90% consists of marketing, promoting, developing ancillary products, etc.’”

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How SelfPublishing Your Own Book Will Build Your Business in a Lagging Economy

Jordan McAuley, author of Contact Any Celebrity, reveals the secrets to his success in the booming information marketing industry. With little start-up and a lot drive, Jordan used his book to gain credibility and create opportunities for recurring revenue through his membership website. He and 11 other info-marketing entrepreneurs share their success stories in a new book.

Self-Publishing Success: How You Can Earn $30,000 a Month with POD Publishing

Turn to self-publishing, publish your own book, your own way...

Are Self-Publishing Companies "Cheating" by Removing the Hurdles to Get Your Books Published Faster?

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