Authors need reassurance, just like everyone. Wouldn't it be nice to have a handy dandy checklist to tell you if your book was any good?
Okay, I don't have one. But what about a list of the quality checkpoints of a superior book?
I don't have that either, but Sandy Nathan does: Winning Book Contests. Yes, it says "book contests" but the details are applicable to your book whether you enter a contest or not.
Your Effortless Business, written by Frances Schagen and published by Little Purple Books (an imprint of Someday Box) is available on Amazon.com.
H'ray, Frances!
Kindle and Nook versions will be available within a week.
From the back cover:
Your Effortless Business is when things happen in a predictable way which allows you to put forward your best effort.
Your Effortless Business is when friction is minimized. When you are free to give it your all. When you can continually get better. When the people around you help you and bring out the best in you.
Your Effortless Business is when you play your heart out, then throw yourself onto the bench spent and happy at the end of each day.
Another review at Actionable Books: The Luck Factor by Dr. Richard Wiseman.
If you believe luck is a mysterious force of the universe, you'll find my summary interesting. If you've always believed that luck was something you make, not something that happens to you, you'll find it even more interesting.
My review of Why business people speak like idiots by Brian Fugere, Chelsea Hardaway, and Jon Warshawsky is live at Actionable Books.
Go. Read. Comment.
And ponder the fact that I can help you speak like a non-idiot when we spend time together to get your book written
A friend let it slip that she, at some point, had wanted to write a book. After I wormed more details out of her it turns out she has wanted to write a book for years, but as she said, she couldn't get unstuck. Since that's what I do best, I gave her a call.
You won't be surprised to discover that I'm a fan of independent publishing.
Some folks might be surprised to discover that James Altucher is, too, because his first 5 books were published traditionally.
Read my Sunday Doughnut, courtesy of Bob Poole.
Responses have started coming in from my survey of friends who are self-employed. They're sharing their personal stories for my book You Don't Want a Job, to be released on February 29th.
Another of my least favorite arguments proffered by supporters of traditional publishing:
Have you seen all the junk that comes out of vanity press? Traditional publishing avoids that.
No, it doesn't.
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Another quote from a supporter of traditional publishing: they refer to "the paid affiliates of C[reate]S[pace], iUniverse etc...who prey upon the uninformed, delusional, first-time author"
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