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"Your Book Publishing Coach" Recommends ...

Resources to Help You Become a Successful Author 

Note: All recommended resources have been reviewed thoroughly by Diane, and pass muster for being a worthwhile investment of your time and/or money. Usually I know the person delivering these resources personally. To be completely transparent, in some cases I am an affiliate and I would receive a commission. However, I only become an afflilate for products and services I truly believe in. This world is full of people who try to take advantage of the many people who want to get published. I feel it is part of my mission to provide some guidance on what is of true value and what is not.

Resource of the Week:

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Blogging is THE new (cheap and easy) way to become a successful author these days. But you do need a professional blog. Cathy Perkins, The Wordpress Wizard, will teach you all you need to create and maintain a great-looking blog that brands you as the expert, the authority ... the author, whether you have a print book yet or not.

When you sign up for the course using this link, you will also get these bonuses to help you apply what you learn specifically to being an author:

  • free copy of Special Report, "How to Choose Your Bestselling Title," so that you can make sure your blog (and book) will communicate your message effectively
  • free 30-minute personal consultation with Diane to go over questions about author blogs, and to optimize your blog for maximum author credibility for the media 

Resources recommended on the August 28, 2008 Publishing Coach Weekly call on how to start a book, how to find a reputatable publisher, how to choose a bestselling title, how to survey your market and establish your platform:

Resources recommended on the September 4, 2008 Publishing Coach Weekly call on Virtual Book Tours, brainstorming techniques, self-publishing vs. mainstream, and Diane's coaching and consulting:

Resources recommended on the September 11, 2008 Publishing Coach Weekly call on how to find out whether there's a market for your book (including the children's book market), whether self-publishing is a "last resort" or viable first option, and how to decide what's most important for an author to spend time/money on:

Resources recommended on the September 18, 2008 Publishing Coach Weekly call on making writing more fun, protecting your manuscript and ideas,  and marketing an ebook:

Resources recommended on the September 18, 2008 Publishing Coach Weekly call on how to enjoy writing more, how to protect your manuscript, and how to market an ebook.

November 25, 2008: How to a Successful Author in the New Era of Publishing."

This was a special call on the topic, "How to Be a Successful Author in the New Era of Publishing." There was an Action/Resource Guide with this, so please download that to take notes as you listen.

Get the Action/Resource Guide for the November 25, 2008 call.  (print out and take notes as you listen)

Questions answered on this call:

  • "What are the most effective ways to promote a book using social media?" (Donna) 
  • "Does someone make more profit self-publishing or going with a publisher in today's market?" (Kathryn) 
  • "Given your current article,  what are the current pros and cons of self-publishing and going with another publisher?"  (Dennis)   

Resources mentioned on this call:

January 2009: "The Three Paths of Publishing: Which is Right for You?"

This special call was on "The Three Paths of Publishing: Which is Right for You?" I recommend you download the Action/Resource Guide and listen to the call, then check out the resources:

Note: There was a Special mentioned in the call that is no longer available, but you can still get the following:

Special "Great Author Promotions" Teleseminar with Noah St. John 
 
Resources recommended on the Special "Great Author Promotions" Teleseminar with Noah St. John. Note: I'm recommending not only resources, but Action Steps with this one! 
 
Action Steps: 

1. Sign up for the invaluable free service, Help a Reporter Out. Peter Shankman delivers, three times a day, leads on stories reporters are looking for. Incredible resource for building your author's platform.

The Secret Code of Success2.  Get Noah's book, which I highly recommend because if you actually do his 7 Action steps and apply it to being an author, I believe you will become a successful author.

3. Once you get his book on amazon, go here to put in your amazon confirmation code, which is your ticket to get into the bookinar.

4. Attend the bookinar to experience what it's like. Think about how you can adapt this to your book idea, and how you can incorporate it into your marketing plan.

5. Contact Diane at   if you want to explore how you can map out your own author success plan to "be well heard and well paid for what you know and love to do."

Resources recommended on the March 19, 2009 "Mindset of a Successful Author" call which was about was about the approach you need to become a successful author (defined as being well heard and well paid for what you know and love to do).

Get the Action/Resource Guide for the March 19, 2009 call.

(print out and take notes as you listen)

 More Recommended Resources

Got a question? Ask Your Book Publishing Coach and sign up for the next teleseminar. 

Special PCW Teleseminar: "Ask about Publishing"  with special guest, Terry Whalin,  talking about a new kind of publishing company. Ask your Question or, if you have none, just listen to the replay.

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