This week let’s focus on the promised topic of publishing which is another area I firmly believe you should be exploring.
And before you tell me you can’t write so much as a shopping list, bear with me as I lead you through some excellent tutorials and resources that will convince you otherwise.
Why publishing? Because it’s an area I know a lot about having published books myself with mainstream publishing houses and helped other authors do the same.
I also connect a lot with the self-publishing community and know just how lucrative and enjoyable it can be if you approach it in the right way.
To help you along that path, let’s start with the excellent Jane Friedman who has serious credentials in mainstream publishing and has been writing for her unmissable blog for years.
Here is her step by step guide to self-publishing and I cannot recommend this enough:
Next up is a very different character with equally valid stuff to teach you about self-publishing.
James Altucher has built his fortune on the back of his ability to communicate and his publishing efforts have resulted in multiple bestsellers. Now you can learn how he does it:
You cannot talk about self-publishing without mentioning Joanna Penn and here is her vast collection of resources to help you get started and get successful:
Her podcast is also unmissable and here is an episode in which her special guest Jane Friedman talks about the business of writing:
Mark Dawson is another respected name in the self-publishing world and spoke on a panel at the London Book Fair.
He has his own paid courses but you can snap up his resources in exchange for your email:
Here is a podcast Joanna Penn did with Mark on 5 Things Authors Need To Know About Self-Publishing:
I promised you some ways to self-publish without being able to write and one of the best is using public domain content…again, you have to do this the right way!
Even the big publishing houses have caught on to public domain so you need to make yours different in order to stand out and succeed.
You can find a great tutorial on how to do that here:
Another way to get self-publishing fast and with minimal writing is with low and no content books.
Listen in as Kristen Joy tells you how:
Next week I’ll be bringing you some writing tips and resources to help not just with your books and product creation but also content, blogging and all kinds of sales material.
In the meantime, enjoy this apt talk from TED on what was learned from reading 5M books. I guarantee you’ll be hooked:
