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Streamline Your
Publishing Process: 7 Key Ways to Finish Your Book!
The subject of this article is something I get asked often. I have a
lot of writers contact me about wanting to become an author, but
they’re concerned they don’t have enough material to complete their
book. So, here’s my list of 7 key ways to get more pages for your
un-published book and FINALLY finish your best seller:
1. Conduct a survey or poll and publish the results.
This can be extremely useful in a number of ways. First you can list
it on your website and have people that visit your site, fill it
out, and list the results the following month (people love seeing
the results), or you can use it for audiences at your speaking
engagements. And, I’m assuming if you’re writing a book, you would
be speaking to every group possible in order to promote your book.
Just use your survey at the end of your speech and have the audience
fill them out to draw for a door prize. That way you get the results
to the poll (which you let them know will be published in your
book), their contact information, and be the hero by offering a
door prize. Now isn’t that a great way to be remembered?
2. Add in some helpful top 10 lists.
People love “top 10 lists” or “10 key steps to do…”,
and they’re easy to write. To do this, just think for a moment of
all the steps it takes to do whatever you’re writing about. Then
list each step with a little paragraph giving suggestions as to how
to use each step effectively. In fact, exactly like this article,
except I’ve only listed seven.
3. Add a resource section.
If you’re like most writers, you do a lot of research on your
subject. And because of that, you should have a lot of inside
secrets and useable resources that would be valuable to your
readers. List each one along with the resources contact information
or do a comparison between various sources and write a report on
your findings.
4. Include worksheets at the end of each chapter.
This is truly one of the best ways to reinforce the reader’s
learning curve. It’s like a refresher course as they read through
your book. And, another benefit is that as they finish each
worksheet, they’ll have more ownership of your book and you’ll have
more testimonials coming your way.
5. Provide a question and answer series at the end of your book
or each chapter.
Think of this as the perfect response tool. Just imagine having just
the right questions asked and then having the opportunity to list
your answers. This is an area that you can really stress your
expertise and bring out examples that the reader hasn’t even thought
about. This one item will also have your readers considering you the
real expert in your field.
6. Interview the experts on your topic.
Now I know we were just talking about “you” being the true
expert in your field, but I hate to break it to you, we all have
competition. Of course, you can try to ignore them and hope they’ll
go away, but they’ll probably keep going just like the Energizer
Bunny. So, what should you do? Well the smart writer goes to the
highest level possible (and the one with the most clout!), to
see if they can get an interview. Now I know this sounds really
hard, but if you let them know their interview is going to be in a
book (and a published one at that), they will see it as
publicity. Believe me, the more famous they are, the more they love
publicity. If you make them a deal they can’t refuse, they’ll be
happy to accommodate. Just make sure you allow enough time to
contact them, and make it apparent that you are on the up and up. Of
course, it doesn’t hurt to have a professionally designed website. A
great website can often help you attract some joint ventures with
some very famous industry leaders.
7. And, last but not least, co-author your book.
Now this one can be tricky. If you don’t find a writer that has the
same common goal and one that compliments your style without
competing, then you won’t have a book you’ll be proud of or that
you’ll be able to sell as a “back-of-the-room” product. But,
how do you find this type of writer? Well, one way is to join some
of the writer’s organizations like the Authors Guild or LitLine.org.
But, another way is to attend some of the conferences and writing
workshops specifically targeted for writers and authors.
Once you find the perfect writing partner, the next step is to take
care of the legalities and all the money stuff – in other words,
GET EVERYTHING IN WRITING! This can’t be stressed enough. Many a
writer winds up with no book and a lot of time and money wasted. So,
if you follow all these rules and still come up empty handed, the
next best choice would be to have a book producer find the perfect
co-author for you. This is a service that helps you find the perfect
writing team, handle all the paperwork, and take care of all the
publishing hassles. Now doesn’t that sound much better? There is a
fee for these types of services, but by handling all the behind the
scenes tasks, you get to focus on what you do best - write the
world’s next best seller!
Well, there you have it, that’s my list of 7 easy ways to get your
book to that final stage. I hope at least one of these suggestions
help you accomplish your goal.
Streamline Your
Publishing Process: 7 Key Ways to Finish Your Book!
by – Carmen Wisenbaker
Carmen has been in the publishing industry for more than 29 years.
She is an author, speaker, and marketing specialist with
Penworth Publishing | Penworth & Associates (www.penworth.com)
© 2008 Carmen Wisenbaker |
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