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Want to self-publish your book but don't know where to start? Worried it's too complex or you don't have the right skills? This updated and expanded Fourth edition of Successful Self-Publishing provides everything you need to successfully self-publish your book in ebook, print, and audio formats, plus proven marketing strategies to reach more readers/listeners. Written by award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Joanna (J.F.) Penn, this practical guide shares the exact methods used to publish more than forty books and build a multi-six-figure author business.

A unique and significant guide to selling more books through personal appearances and online interviews, brimming with information and resources as well as tips and ideas from nearly two dozen author-speaker professionals.The most powerful tool in your book promotion toolkit is your personality. The fact is that personality sells books.

Shut Up and Write the Book is a step-by-step guide to crafting a novel from your first spark of an idea to the final edit. Whether you’re brand new to writing or wanting to hone your skills, this action plan provides straightforward advice while demystifying the art of storytelling.

Setting up your life to write a PhD has a single goal: to ensure that PhD students have the support, preparation and context to succeed. Too often words and phrases like 'burnout' or 'writer's block' are used to mask a complexity of motivational, task or time management issues. But writing is difficult. Writing a PhD is even harder.

Most organizations struggle to grow. The most common issues that sales teams cite are 1) not enough leads and 2) conversion rate is too low. Cold Email Manifesto fixes both of these by giving you access to a predictable system for finding leads, messaging them, selling to them and growing your sales team.

‘Together, these two have created a flourishing business’ - Vogue Ditch your day job or set up your side project with this ultimate guide to starting and running your own creative business. The Art of Starting guides you from the first step right through to the everyday running of a...

You've heard of the "Great Books"? These are their evil opposites. From Machiavelli's The Prince to Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto to Alfred Kinsey's Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, these "influential" books have led to war, genocide, totalitarian oppression, family breakdown, and disastrous social experiments. And yet these authors' bad ideas are still popular and pervasive. Here with the antidote is Professor Benjamin Wiker.

Once upon a time there was a novel that opened at a normal house in a typical street in England. Arthur Dent awoke to discover it was about to be demolished to make way for a new village by-pass. The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy began. Once upon a time another novel opened at another normal house in a typical street in England. 4, Privet Drive, home of Mr and Mrs Dursley. The infant Harry Potter was about to be deposited on their doorstep.

Mignon Fogarty can't remember whether it was a misused semicolon, a chronic case of comma splicing, or an "affect" when an "effect" was called for, but at some point she had seen one mangled sentence too many. Determined to counter the slipping standards of good writing in daily discourse...

Learning how to write your first novel can be overwhelming. You have to master outlining, writing, revising, and so much more...and it can be scary if you've never done it before. While it seems daunting, writing your first novel is simple when you have someone experienced to help you through it. In this writer’s guide, prolific writer M.L. Ronn shares an easy step-by-step process of writing compelling fiction that he's perfected after writing over 40 books.

Publishing is an incredibly rewarding yet endlessly complicated profession. This comprehensive and empowering book serves as a resource and reality check for anyone considering launching a press or publishing a single book. Author Joe Biel draws on 23 years of experience in all parts of operating a small publishing company to teach you the skills of the trade, from distribution, operations, inventory, scheduling, and accounting to development, sales, publicity, and marketing. 

In this must-listen audiobook, Australia’s leading book mentor Natasa Denman shares the proven tips and strategies that will set you up for your book writing success. Natasa has helped hundreds of people just like you, from all around the world, go from uncertain, fearful and confused, to published authors.

"Part memoir, part pep talk, the timely and inspirational guide for listeners and writers alike exudes Anders's colloquial and casual presence." - AudioFile Magazine This program is read by the author. From Charlie Jane Anders, the award-winning author of novels such as All the Birds in the Sky...

There is far more to being an author than having your name on a book cover, making a few bucks, or preserving knowledge. Authors are fortunate to connect, to touch people’s lives all around the world through their work. This book is your roadmap for getting published and cementing your legacy. While these materials are tailored for martial artists, any writer can implement the advice. A sad fact is that while 81% of people believe they have a book in them, only 1.8% of aspiring authors get published. And, a mere 5.7% of those published authors manage to earn a living from their writing.

This audiobook is designed to help the struggling writer, no matter how far along in their journey, find their passion and confidence to sit down and put words on a page on a consistent basis. Through examples and experience spanning three decades, author C. Dennis Moore leads the listener through a series of trials and tribulations, from how to overcome the fear of failure to having the faith to take those first steps on your literary journey. Other topics include efficiency, productivity, morning rituals, finding your audience of one, and honoring your influences.

Journalism is in trouble, but it's not too late to save it--or yourself--by mastering, sharing, and implementing the most critical skills any reporter can have: the basics. Based on extensive research, personal experience, and interviews with reporters, editors, and publishers, 33 Ways Not to Screw Up Your Journalism is the essential companion for journalists and their professors and coaches.

This quick-listen audiobook contains an abundance of ideas to help beginners "fire up the poet" in them or help poets fire up their thought processes so that they can continue to be creative. Subjects include poetic inspiration, the importance of creating a poem title, and the revision process. Some of these ideas can also pertain to other forms of writing. So take a few minutes away from your busy day or frustrating mental block and absorb some information that can "fire up the poet" in you.

As a self-published author, if you want to people to notice and buy your book you need to have a plan. In Shut Up and Sell Your First Book international book mentor Natasa Denman shares her easy-to-follow blueprint for book sales success. Following on from Shut Up and Write Your First Book and Ultimate 48 Hour Author, this trilogy is essential listening for first-time authors.

Self-Publishing Your Book in Multiple Formats is designed to help writers take advantage of the many formats for publishing and selling books. This audiobook features an introduction to the different platforms and shows how to prepare and publish your manuscript in each format. By doing so, you can take advantage of the multiple approaches for selling your work to customers who like to consume books in different ways.

Business runs on emails, yet we rarely give them enough thought. Too often, our messages are misunderstood, misfiled, or ignored. In a world filled with remote collaboration and virtual teams, people who master email writing rise above the noise. You can be one of those people. Learn how to make your emails work for you rather than against you with this short, practical guide. Whether you’re just starting in your career or are adjusting to a newly remote and virtual workplace, you’ll find valuable advice and tips you can put into practice right away.