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YOUR BOOK WILL ENHANCE YOUR PRESTIGE Joe Vitale, author and speaker, brings to our attention that the word authority contains the word author. (AUTHORity). Once you publish, people perceive you to be an authority on your subject. People...

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WHAT IT IS LIKE TO WRITE A BOOK Lewis Black, comedian and author of Me of Little Faith, talks about what writing a book is like to him. http://writersremorse.com/news/lewis-black-writing-book

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PROOF MY SYSTEM WORKS There is an Afterword toward the and of my Self-Publishing Manual. Many books have Forewords; some also have Afterwords. This is where I congratulate the readers and wish them luck. I also asked them...

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YOUR BOOK WILL ENHANCE YOUR PRESTIGE

Category : Writing

Joe Vitale, author and speaker, brings to our atten­tion that the word author­ity con­tains the word author. (AUTHORity).

Once you pub­lish, peo­ple per­ceive you to be an author­ity on your sub­ject. Peo­ple hold books and authors in high esteem. And you are an author­ity because you have done the research, focused your infor­ma­tion and have writ­ten the book.

Enhanced pres­tige is another good jus­ti­fi­ca­tion for writ­ing your book.

It’s good for your business.

WHAT IT IS LIKE TO WRITEBOOK

Category : Writing

Lewis Black, come­dian and author of Me of Lit­tle Faith, talks about what writ­ing a book is like to him.

http://writersremorse.com/news/lewis-black-writing-book

PROOF MY SYSTEM WORKS

Category : Writing

There is an After­word toward the and of my Self-Publishing Man­ual. Many books have Fore­words; some also have Afterwords.

This is where I con­grat­u­late the read­ers and wish them luck. I also asked them to send me a copy of the book when it is printed.

I receive 15 to 20 every week.

It is grat­i­fy­ing to know that peo­ple are pur­chas­ing my book, read­ing my book, doing what I tell them, fol­low­ing through and get­ting their book out — and they send me the proof.

I have been an author and a pub­lisher since 1969, I have writ­ten 126 books so far. I have been speak­ing on pub­lish­ing reg­u­larly for more than 20 years.

I know what is going through the mind of the writer, I know what their chal­lenges are, and I have devel­oped sys­tems to make the book writ­ing, pub­lish­ing and pro­mot­ing faster, eas­ier and more fun.

To orga­nize your writ­ing and speed the process, see my book Writ­ing Non­fic­tion: Turn­ing Thoughts into Books.

Get Your Latest Publishing Poynters Marketplace Newsletter

Category : Newsletter

IN THIS ISSUE OF THE MARKETPLACE

A. ParaStories-Stories/Information Wanted

B. ParaWants-Publishing Items, Ser­vices & Help Wanted

C. ParaSales-Companies/Properties/Jobs/Rights to buy or for sale/Remainders

D. ParaReviews-Reviews on Ama­zon and B&N wanted

E. ParaCoop-Co-operative mar­ket­ing pro­grams. Offer/Join.

Click here to get the lat­est issue of Pub­lish­ing Poyn­ters Mar­ket­place or copy/paste the entire URL into your web browser: http://parapub.com/files/newsletter/PPM-August%202010.pdf or go to my newslet­ter page and scroll down to the Newslet­ter Archive (do not re-subscribe).

MY AUDIENCES WANT THE SLIDES

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Category : Public Speaking

What should you leave with your audience?

In my sem­i­nars, work­shops, and break­out ses­sions, I have exper­i­mented with dif­fer­ent types of hand­outs. Over the years I have dis­cov­ered that my audi­ences want a set of the slides.

So my hand­outs are print­outs of all the slides except the sur­prise slides. I don’t want to give away the punch­lines. :)

And since I am giv­ing them the slice to take home, I vio­late the first prin­ci­ple of PowerPoint.

My slides are very detailed, very busy.

They con­tain lots of bul­let points and resources so that audi­ence mem­bers can take a min­i­mum of notes.

Savvy speak­ers want their audi­ence mem­bers to take home suf­fi­cient infor­ma­tion they may refer to.

If they do not have suf­fi­cient ref­er­ence mate­r­ial, they’re less likely to fol­low through on what you’ve told them to do.

This fail­ure is less reward­ing for the speaker.

Your book is full of detail the reader can take home.

Your speech hand­out should be full of detail so audi­ence mem­bers can take it home. See

http://parapublishing.com/sites/para/speaking/speechdesc.cfm

THE PRINTED BOOK SHOULD COME FIRST

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Category : Publishers, Writing

Dur­ing my pub­lish­ing pro­grams, I’m often approached by mem­bers of the audi­ence who tell me that they would like to work on their audio prod­uct first and delay the pub­li­ca­tion of their book.

My reply is always the same.

The printed book must come first.

An audio­book or other audio prod­uct will not bring you the cred­i­bil­ity of a printed book.

Do not waste your time on alter­na­tive prod­ucts or pre­ma­ture promotion.

Focus all of your time and atten­tion on the printed book.

  • Once it is off to the printer, you have the file for the eBook, it is almost done.
  • You have the script for the audio­book, it is nearly done.
  • You have the file for the LARGE PRINT book (for the visu­ally impaired and read­ing chal­lenged) it is nearly done.
  • You have all of the mate­r­ial for an iPhone app.

So your printed book should come first, it has your basic content.

Then you can spin off other for­mats or editions.

Go for the cred­i­bil­ity first, then go for the money.

Wring max­i­mum value out of your work.

11th Annual Express Yourself…™

Category : Collaboration, Writing

Gath­er­ing of Authors Conference

Fri­day, Sep­tem­ber 24 — Sun­day, Sep­tem­ber 26, 2010

The Radis­son Hotel at Val­ley Forge, PA.

See http://www.authorsconference.com/

Your Publishing Poynters Newsletter Aug. 15, 2010

Category : Newsletter

Click here to get the lat­est issue of Pub­lish­ing Poyn­ters;

or copy/paste the entire URL

http://parapub.com/files/newsletter/PP-ezine%2015%20Aug%2010.pdf

into your web browser;

or go to http://parapub.com/sites/para/resources/newsletter.cfm and scroll down to the Newslet­ter Archive (do not re-subscribe);

or click on the cover of the newslet­ter here:

FOR THOSE WHO SPEAK AND WRITE

Category : Collaboration, Public Speaking, Publishers, Writing

A new online com­mu­nity for pro­fes­sional experts who speak and write has just launched and is already gath­er­ing a top inter­na­tional membership.

Authors, speak­ers, edi­tors, book shep­herds and any­one at all con­nected with books and speak­ing can join for free. It’s been set up as a place where we can access help, share ideas and resources, and con­nect with each other for projects and more.

Idea to Author-ity is free to join and you can cre­ate your own page, list your inter­ests, ser­vices and even review books there. Visit: http://ideatoauthority.ning.com

Global Speakers NewsBrief for August 15th

Category : Newsletter, Public Speaking

The Global Speak­ers Fed­er­a­tion News­Brief is a mem­ber benefit.

It is sent to GSN mem­bers twice each month.

The News­Brief con­tains pro­fes­sional Speak­ing news, tips on speak­ing and travel, videos of speak­ers in action, quo­ta­tions by speak­ers, cal­en­dar of speak­ing events world­wide, speak­ing and travel humor, resources, ideas, and a com­plete list of the GSF orga­ni­za­tion and lead­er­ship with con­tact information.

Click the graphic to see the 15 August issue:

or go to http://www.globalspeakers.net/share/channel/newsbrief