Check out the ideas that have flown off the computer and into books this year.  If these guys can do it, why can’t you?

80% of us want to write a book.  In this video I share some ideas on how to do it.

A list of the book I mentioned in this video:

• Become a Coach – Justin Lukasavige
• Drumming up Business to the Beat of My Own Drum – Jeff Jones
• Holy IT – Scott Wittig
• The Greatest Harvest – Chadrick Black
• Get Naked – Derek Sisterhen
• The Inside Out Youth Worker – Kent Julian
• The IMPACTS Dynamic – Dickey Eason
• Smarter, Faster, Cheaper – David Siteman Garland
• One Woman’s Journey – Joel Boggess
• Stripped Down – Tony and Alisa DiLorenzo

I mentioned these resources in the video:

• A show all about writing a book and the self-publishing process
• How to get a book published through a traditional publisher
• I answered a question from Rob on the printing process and self-publishing
• Gregg Pechmann’s story on self-publishing

If you’d like your cover framed and hanging on my wall of covers (you’ll see it behind me during live Coach Radio shows), print out the front cover, autograph it and send it to me.

What are you writing this year?

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Get Naked – Derek Sisterhen’s new book. 

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Justin Hughes starts us out with follow-up questions from last week’s show on shopping carts and accepting payment.

I really enjoyed your podcast on your setup for billing.

My brain is really strapped though right now with work, FAA, and trying to get my wife’s website set up for her book launch next month, and while I normally would do all the research work to identify the ideal solutions for us right now, I’m just too overwhelmed. So, I wonder if you could offer me some advice.

The book is being self-published using Lightning Source and we’ll have a .pdf, kindle, nook, and ibooks version, and while we plan on marketing this and pushing it, the various versions will be the only thing we’re selling right now.

Paypal is obviously necessary to accept, but is this the best solution for right now? Additionally, since we’re not sure how much we’re going to sell online, 1ShoppingCart seems an expensive solution for an unknown return.

So what would you do in my shoes?

Thank you for your help.

Ryan Brewer writes to ask about turning a blog into a book.

I write a daily personal finance blog and I had the idea not too long ago to turn my blog into an ebook.  How can I start?  How can I market it?  Is it even a good idea? I greatly appreciate your time.  Keep up the great work

Many authors have done this.  Social Media 101 and many of Seth Godin’s books came from blog posts. This tech tip highlights a website that will turn your blog into a book.

Keoni Kim asks about writing a book without rehashing the same info that’s already out there.

I’ve been on your list for a few months now and I want to thank you for your great information the you provide.  I am a big Dave Ramsey fan and have been actively paying down my debt for the past year. I wanted to write an ebook on finance like you have.  What advice can you give to me?  I don’t want to rehash what Dave and all the other Personal Finance guru’s have already done.  But it is a good way to get someone off the ground.  Any advice you can give is appreciated.

Chapter covered from Become a Coach – “What can I do to Learn More About the Business of Coaching?”

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