CDL 026 – How to Write and Publish a Book in a Weekend – Part 1: The Book

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Have you ever wanted to write a book but felt as if you didn’t have enough time to do it?

I’ve done the same thing. For over a year I’ve started and never finished books. I have a few that are close to being completed, but just haven’t made it across the line. That all changed this past weekend.

In this week’s podcast I share my experience from this past weekend where I successfully wrote, designed, and published a book on Amazon…from scratch.

You may say you don’t have the time. Your kids will occupy all of your time. You don’t know the first thing you would do to actually start the book.

Imagine waking up Monday morning knowing that you actually completed your book you’ve been wanting to finish for so long. In this episode, you’ll hear exactly how I went about writing my book, from idea creation, through market research, target audience definition, outlining, and final writing.

The book ended up being 45 pages in Kindle version so it wasn’t a short book by any means. I wanted to provide value yet not overwhelm the reader. I went into it with a target page count of 30 pages. I was pretty happy with the 45 when all was said and done.

If you wanted to check out the book, you can find it on Amazon HERE.

In Part 2 next week, I’ll get into the actual publishing process and some of the initial marketing.

I’m not expecting to sell a lot of these books. This was merely an exercise to 1) see if I could do it in a weekend 2) understand the publishing process and all the steps that it takes.

Also, this week’s 5TIL (5 Things I Learned) covers:

1. A super easy way to add a checklist to Evernote (I feel so dumb)
2. How Florida State misplayed the #askjameis campaign (They feel so dumb)
3. The good (ice bucket) and the bad (fire challenge) of internet memes
4. New Media Expo’s big announcement regarding this year’s conference
5. A 13 year old’s brilliant idea to battle cyberbullying…and it works.

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