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.

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.