How To Write and Sell Books

Getting a book published through a traditional publisher is hard, but you can use an easier and better way with your book. A big New York publisher won't pay an advance or accept a book unless you have an agent, and agent won't want to represent you until you've been published.

If you try the self-publishing route you right away are faced with a very steep learning curve as you are forced to accomplish dozens of technically difficult tasks. The total cost for self-publishing has been in the range of $30,000 to $40,000.

Luckily, there is a new alternative way to write a book and make money for someone willing try something different. Anyone can avoid the publishing catch 22 and get the benefits of a big New York Publisher combined with Self-Publishing.

Strategy 1 – Don't let go of your copyrights.

Being in control and making money from your book are the two biggest benefits to seek. You need to find a New York Publisher who doesn't buy the copyright to your book, but allows and encourages you to use the information in your book to create other products that fit in with the book.

Strategy 2 – Get the widest distribution possible for your book.

The biggest benefit of a New York Publisher is the wide distribution of your book. Proactively choosing a publisher with wide dissemination will give you the advantage of sustaining higher sales. This will exponentially increase your income, because each book sold in a bookstore will bring the reader back to your website, where you will sell them your other products.

Strategy 3 – Create a plan for book marketing that makes your book the center of a business.

Having good marketing plan is another great benefit of choosing a big publisher, because they will force you to have one. But the smart authors today take it to a whole new level. You should start creating a bestselling book business as soon as your have your book idea, rather than waiting until it is ready to be printed. Months or even years before the book is published, you will already be making money. This can even bring in more money than you'd ever get from a publisher's advance. And your book will sell more copies when it is ready to be printed and shipped, because everything you create will be advertising your book.

ACTION POINT: You can get the advantages of both worlds if you use these 3 strategies to select the best publisher for your book. You'll make money all the way through the entire process from book idea to New York Times Bestseller. You'll be able to create a book that becomes an automatic bestseller and might even earn you a passive 6 or 7-figure income.