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10 Common Book Publishing Myths and Misconceptions

Don’t let the following 10 book publishing myths and misconceptions undermine your confidence and lead you astray when you think about writing a nonfiction book to build your personal brand and expand your career opportunities and/or business profits.

1. I don’t have time to write a book

Who does have time to write a book? …

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Searching for Book Ideas on Amazon

6 Tips for organizing your search for inspiration & competing books on Amazon

More than any single bookstore or library, Amazon can be an author’s best friend, offering endless opportunities to search for currently available books, ideas, and opportunities.

Time spent at Amazon will help you:

Locate the “missing book.” Searching at Amazon.com helps you…
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Do E-books Create Personal Brands?

How effective are e-books as personal branding tools?

Stated another way, If you write an e-book, will your personal brand gain the same respect and visibility that you’d receive from a printed version of your book?

This is a particularly timely question since e-books and e-book readers are more and more in the news. For …

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Does Self-Publishing Make Sense?

Three big questions

One of the biggest decisions business owners interested in building their personal brand and promoting their expertise involves choosing between self-publishing and trade publishing.

During the past few years, technology has made it easier than ever to self-publish your own book, and the number of self-published books continues to grow.

But, is …

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4 steps to Writing a Brand-Building Book

There’s more to writing a brand-building book than just writing!

There are 4 steps involved in a successful publishing project, one that builds your personal brand and enhances your “expert” status within your target market. Many authors concentrate entirely upon  “writing” and, unfortunately, suffer the consequences.

Here’s a brief overview of what’s involved at each …

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6 Time Saving Ways to Write a Brand Building Book

The benefits of writing a book to build your brand by promoting your career and your expertise are well known.

Books like Mitchell Levy’s anthology of author case studies, 42 Rules for Driving Success with Books, and the Wellesley Hill Group’s Business Book Series, an exhaustively-detailed 2-part research report, document the benefits of writing a …