Dec

31

How to learn from competing books in your field

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Monday’s planning tip
Researching existing books in your field is one of the most important planning tasks. Before moving forward, you have to research currently available books and learn as much as you can about their contents, their authors, and their publishers.
Most of your research can be done online at sites like Amazon.com, Powells.com, Barnes [...]

Dec

29

Common sense tips for better writing

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Bud Bilanich’s brand is “The Common Sense Guy,” and his Success Common Sense blog is one of the web’s most useful resources. I often start my weekdays by turning to it for inspiration and tips.
Bud’s recent posting, entitled “Tips for Better Writing,” is typical of the way that Bud can demystify topics by cutting right [...]

Dec

28

Let Microsoft Word show you how to write more effectively

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Many authors and would-be authors are unaware of an extremely valuable writing tool built into Microsoft Word for Windows. This tool can help you quickly take a new look at your writing and show you the way to improve your writing skills.
Best of all, this tool is absolutely free, and is available each time you [...]

Dec

26

Did you receive any books about book publishing or writing for Christmas?

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What kinds of books did you receive as Christmas gifts this year? Were any about book publishing or writing?

What were their titles?
Who were the authors?
Had you previously prepared a “wish list” of books you’d like to own, or were the books surprises?
How satisfied are you with the books you received?

Were there any other titles you [...]

Dec

23

“Insider advice:” Chris Webb’s 9 tips for writing a winning book proposal

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The goal of Published & Profitable’s Step 1, Planning is a book proposal that will make your book irresistible to acquisition editor’s.
For an insider’s look at book proposals, visit Chris Webb’s blog. Chris is a editor at Wiley. Chris deals with proposals every day; he represents the market you’re writing for when you submit your [...]

Dec

16

Upcoming P&P author interviews with Paul B. Brown and Brian Jud

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Published and Profitable members are invited to attend 2 great interviews with successful authors and publishing expert:

Paul B. Brown
Tuesday, Dec. 18, 3:00 PM EST
Paul is the author of Publishing Confidential: What It Really Takes to Land a Nonfiction Book Deal and co-author of Customers for Life: How to Turn that One-Time Buyer into a [...]

Dec

16

How a blog content plan offers authors both immediate and long-term benefits

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Blogs are essential marketing and promotion tool for authors. Each posting serves both long-term and short-term goals.

Short term benefits. Each blog post provides another reason for visitors and search engines to visit the author’s blog, reinforcing the author’s visibility and awareness– strengthening the author’s brand–and can spark comments from readers and RSS subscribers.
Long term [...]

Dec

14

From lemons to lemonaide: What can authors do with deleted chapters?

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Sarah Susanka, the author who created the highly-successful Not So Big brand of architecture and lifestyle books, obviously recognizes the importance of building reader loyalty.
Sarah’s recent e-mail newsletter (sign up here) offered her Not So Big Life readers a end-of-year holiday bonus–an additional chapter to her book plus a 4-page worksheet.
She also [...]

Dec

12

Visit Michael Stelzner’s Top 10 Blogs for Writers

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There’s always something new about white papers and writing at Michael Stelzner’s Writing White Papers blog, and today is no exception.
Each year, for example, he invites readers of his blog to nominate their choices for the best writer’s blogs. Michael then reviews them, weighting the nominations in terms of the quality of their content in [...]

Dec

10

Learn how to profit from self-published books from Bud Bidlanich, the “Common Sense Guy”

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Meet Bud Bidlanich, Published & Profitable editorial board member and multi-title author. Find out the story behind Bud’s brand, and how he writes his books and leverages them into high-profile speaking, coaching, and consulting opportunities.
Published and Profitable members can attend this live event Wednesday, December 12, at 11:00 AM EST.
The event will be recorded and [...]

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