If you decide you want to have your blogged book—or any book—published by a traditional publisher, you need to understand the traditional publishing process. Keep in mind the different types of publishers, how they like to be approached, what they look for in aspiring authors. Every publishing house has certain submission criteria. Smaller ones will […]
What Type of Traditional Publisher Best Suits You and Your Book?
Before you decide to approach a traditional publisher and ask to receive backing your proposed book project, you need an understanding not only of what publishers seek in a publishing partner but also how each type of publishing house differs. You want to familiarize your self with how to contact small independent publishers, mid-sized publishers […]
How to Get Your Blogged Book Traditionally Published
Many writers who choose to blog books dream of landing a traditional publishing deal. After all, so many successful bloggers have been discovered by traditional publishers because their readership or subscription base made them attractive as authors as well. That’s the foundation of the blog-a-book principle: create a large platform of potential readers for your […]
4 Reasons to Choose to Self-Publish Your Book
You’ve produced a blogged book manuscript, but after considering the four reasons why you might choose a traditional publisher for your project, you’ve decided this option doesn’t suit your character. Now what? Consider independently publishing your blogged book. Become a publisher in your own right by self-publishing your book. Why might you opt for independent […]
4 Reasons to Choose to Traditionally Publish Your Blogged Book
You’ve produced a blogged book manuscript. Now what? You can choose two ways to publish your book: with a traditional publisher or independently as a self-publisher. Why might you opt for traditional publishing? Here are four good reasons to traditionally publish your book. 1. You don’t want to be a “project manager.” If you don’t […]
Do You Have What It Takes To Become a Successful Author?
How to Blog a Better Book: Lesson #9 As National Book Blogging Month (NaBoBloMo) 2013 comes to a close, it’s time to ask yourself an important question: Do You have what it takes to become a successful author? If you blogged your book in 30 days, you know you can complete a manuscript. If you […]
Does your Blogged Book Have a Reason to Exist?
How to Blog a Better Book: Lesson #8 Many writers believe writing a book fulfills a sense of personal purpose or that their book has its own purpose to fulfill. The book’s purpose could be an extension of their own personal purpose as well. In fact, every book should have a purpose. This gives it […]
Flesh Out Your Blogged Book Chapters with Post-Sized Bits of Content
How to Blog a Better Book: Lesson #7 At this point in the process of planning out your blogged book, you are almost ready to give your book’s spine, which you created with your TOC, some flesh—some real content. Before you begin writing, though, I suggest you take the time to complete three more planning […]
Create a Strong Structure to Support Your Blogged Book
How to Blog a Better Book: Lesson #6 Before you can turn an idea into a book you must give that book a structure. This structure, known as the Table of Contents, supports your idea much like a human spine supports the body. Later, you put “flesh on the bone” when you determine the content […]
Write a Successful Book by Focusing Content on Benefit to Readers
How to Blog a Better Book: Lesson #5 To blog a successful book—one that attracts many readers and subscribers and later many book buyers (and maybe even a publisher)—you must conceive your idea with the “WIIFM Factor” in mind. The WIIFM factor represents the value your blog and book will add to readers’ lives or […]
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