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Genesis
Genesis
1.Write for the Right Reasons

 Wrong Reasons         Right Reasons

 Make money            Enrich people’s lives

 Increase consulting   Further a cause

 Increase speeches     Meet an intellectual
                       challenge
2. Use Microsoft Word

      Styles            Standard


                        Editors
                        Testers
                        Designers
                        Resellers
3. Write Every Day
4. Build Your Marketing Platform




                           Sector
           Curator
                           expert
5. Start with a Kindle Ebook

                      Google Kobo
               Nook


      iBooks



                                    Amazon


      iTunes
6. Tap the Crowd


    Outline   Manuscript   PDF
7. Hire a Copyeditor


                       10 friends

                       60 testers

                       2 authors


                       1,400 mistakes
8. Hire a Cover Designer
9. Test Your Ebook

Tablets
Apps
Cloud Readers
                iBooks
10. Never Give Up
Match the rejection to the book
                               “His frenetic and scrambled
“We are not interested in
                                prose perfectly express the
 science fiction which deals                                   “It is impossible to sell
                                feverish travels of the Beat
 with negative utopias.                                         animal stories in the USA.”
                                Generation. But is that
 They do not sell.”
                                enough? I don’t think so.”
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How to Publish a Book

  • 1.
  • 4. 1.Write for the Right Reasons Wrong Reasons Right Reasons Make money Enrich people’s lives Increase consulting Further a cause Increase speeches Meet an intellectual challenge
  • 5. 2. Use Microsoft Word Styles Standard Editors Testers Designers Resellers
  • 7. 4. Build Your Marketing Platform Sector Curator expert
  • 8. 5. Start with a Kindle Ebook Google Kobo Nook iBooks Amazon iTunes
  • 9. 6. Tap the Crowd Outline Manuscript PDF
  • 10. 7. Hire a Copyeditor 10 friends 60 testers 2 authors 1,400 mistakes
  • 11. 8. Hire a Cover Designer
  • 12. 9. Test Your Ebook Tablets Apps Cloud Readers iBooks
  • 13. 10. Never Give Up Match the rejection to the book “His frenetic and scrambled “We are not interested in prose perfectly express the science fiction which deals “It is impossible to sell feverish travels of the Beat with negative utopias. animal stories in the USA.” Generation. But is that They do not sell.” enough? I don’t think so.”
  • 15. APEthebook.com bit.ly/apecommunity Slides design by anafxfz.com