5. “Words are, of
course, the most
powerful drug used
by mankind.”
Rudyard Kipling
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6. The 21st century calling
card is A BOOK
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7. WHAT ?
ESPRESSO BOOK MACHINE
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8. WHO ?
Stephen King
Seth Godin
JK Rawlings
Ernest Hemingway
Deepak Chopra
TS Elliot
Tom Clancy
Jack Canfield
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9. THE AGE OF THE NICHE
BOOK – WHAT’S HOT ?
Celtic Needlepoint 50,000 sold
How to Live with a Neurotic Dog 60,000 sold
Scrapbook Basics 60,000 sold
From Panic to Power 72,000 sold
Polish Your Furniture with Pantyhose 85,000 sold
The Case for a Creator 150,000 sold
Lawyers and Other Reptiles 150,000 sold
Everyone Poops 500,000 sold
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11. WHY SHOULD
YOU?
• Become an Expert
Increase credibility
Increase visibility
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12. MORE WHYs
Increase your target audience
Create multiple streams of income
Speaking
Training
Consulting
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14. GOT TO HAVEs
• WELL EDITED MANUSCRIPT
• CLEAN COVER
• PROFESSIONAL INTERIOR
LAYOUT
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15. CASE STUDIES OF
THOSE WHO
HAVE DONE IT.
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16. MSI FACTOR
• Generate multiple streams of
income
• Build a larger platform
• Establish yourself as an SME
• Grow the visibility and
credibility of your company
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17. CASE STUDY 1 ROBERT KIYOSAKI
• Self-published Rich Dad, Poor Dad
• Picked up by Warner Books
• Wrote other books
• Transitioned to expert
• Started a consulting
business─RichDadCoaching.com
• Multiple streams of income
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18. CASE STUDY 2 SETH GODIN
HTTP://SETHGODIN.TYPEPAD.COM/
• First book Business Rules of Thumb failed
• Spent 5 years learning self-publishing market
• Wrote The Purple Cow, The Idea Virus and 10
others
• Multiple New York Times Best Selling Author
Started dozens of companies
• Announced he will self publish all his future
books
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19. CASE STUDY 3
GARY VAY.NER.CHUK
• Took over his dad’s liquor store as young man
• First to take a local liquor store “online”
• Grew the business to millions
• 2006 launched tv.winelibrary.com
• 2010 wrote Crush It about innovation in business
• 2011 wrote The Thank You Economy
• Owns a consulting firm vaynermedia.com
• Recently launched Daily Grape
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20. HOW ?
Increase your intellectual capital
• Library classes
• Youtube.com training videos
• Teleseminars
• Webinars
• Podcasts
• Hire a book coach
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21. RESOURCES
BEST BLOGS: BEST BEST
• The Business of Writing Today
Blog
PODCASTS: WEBSITES:
• The Book Designer
• The Business of Writing • http://tbowt.co
Today Podcast
• The Savvy Book Marketer m
• Six Degrees of Separation
• Smart Passive Income with Pat
• The Creative Penn • http://smartpa
Flynn
• JA Konrath ssiveincome.com
• http://thecreat
ivepenn.com
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22. The step-by-step plan
The first time author’s guide to self-publishing your book using POD technology
Screenshots
Author
Checklists
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23. Web site QR code
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