Monday’s planning tip for authors
One of the most important planning steps involves analyzing the content structures of existing books in your field. The more you know about existing and competing books, the easier it will be for you to create a unique position for your own book. Mind maps, such as those created with Mindjet’s MindManager 7.0, simplify your analysis.
Mind maps make it easy for you to display, on a single sheet of paper, the chapter organization of competing books. You can also note important ideas associated with each chapter.
In addition, Published & Profitable members enjoy access to the AUDIOS + MAPS section that contains examples of mind maps showing the tables of contents of dozens of best-selling non-fiction books. Printing and analyzing these mind maps offers you fresh insights into how successful authors have organized the sections and chapters that make up their books. You can preview existing AUDIOS + MAPS titles already available by clicking here.

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