Books to be written
A non-fictions author's how-to guide to writing, publishing & marketing you own books
Do you want to write a book? Do you have something to say? Something you want to share with the world?
Have you realised that the writing is the easy bit?
Writing and self-publishing has never been easier - digital has revolutionised how we write, publish and sell books. Digital tools mean you can start selling you book long before you have finished
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What I have learned about writing books, working with publishers and self-publishing, using LeanPub.com and getting sales through Amazon
Author
About the Author
Allan Kelly
Allan Kelly calls himself an Agile Guide. He helps software professionals enjoy more fulfilling and satisfying work by improving the way work is organised and requests are made. Happier people and better ways of working make for more effective companies, greater value and competitive advantage.
His wide experience of the challenges faced in software development underpins his advice, coaching, training and writing. He is the author of seven books including "Xanpan - team centric Agile Software Development", "Business Patterns for Software Developers" and "Continuous Digital". He has pioneered techniques such as Value Poker, Time-Value Profiles and Retrospective Dialogue Sheets. His blog is at https://www.allankellyassociates.co.uk/blog/
Episode 252
An Interview with Allan Kelly
Contents
Table of Contents
What people are saying about Books to be Written
Preface
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Foreword
- IA brave new world
1.What is a book?
2.Why write a book?
3.It’s digital now
4.Publishers
5.Reasons to work with publishers
6.Publisher checklist
7.Digital publishing: selling before you have finished
8.Copyright
9.Money from writing
10.The Little Book story
- IIWriting
11.When you know what you want to say
12.Learning to write
13.Writers conferences
14.Some writing techniques
15.Incremental and iterative writing and publishing
16.The process
17.Beginning: Introductions and Forewords
18.Using quotations
19.The #NoProjects story
- IIIProduction
20.After the writing
21.Copy-edit
22.Third-party copyright
23.Illustrations
24.Layout and page size
25.Book cover
26.File size and download costs
27.ISBN
28.Audio books
- IVPublication
29.Amazon
30.Printing
31.Pricing
32.Print pricing
33.Playing with price
34.KDP Select and Kindle Unlimited
35.Categories and keywords
36.Digital rights management
37.Tax
38.Legal deposit
39.Academic publishing
- VMarketing
40.Amazon
41.Reviews
42.Speaking
43.Promotions, sales, discounts and free books
44.More Amazon and money
- VITools
45.Word processors
46.Formatting tools: Pandoc and LaTeX
47.Citations, references and bibliography
48.A quick guide to Markdown
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Postscript
Also by Allan Kelly
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