Now that you have a pretty good sense about your book’s theme and what you want to write about, we are going to get serious. Really serious. Yesterday was just a taste of what’s to come… As I mentioned, everyone who wants to write a book—blogged or otherwise—needs to go through the proposal process. You […]
Why Blog a Book? To Test Market Your Idea (Part 5)
Every good business person knows the value of test marketing a product before investing a ton of money into mass production and distribution. Value exists in test marketing a book as well, and a blogged book represents an extremely effective and cheap way to test market a book idea. My literary agent once told me […]
Why Blog a Book? You Get Exposure and Build “Platform” (Part 2)
You Get Exposure and Build “Platform” Many writers enjoy spending time alone in their “lonely garret” with only the company of a hot cup of coffee or tea and a computer (or a pad of paper and pencil). In fact, that’s what most writer’s like best. To become a published nonfiction author, however, you […]
