Want to Know How to Publish a Book on Amazon in Less than 2 Months?
Have you always wanted to publish a book? Did you feel there was a book inside you, waiting to be written and born unto the world? (Okay, that sounds a bit weird, but you know what I mean.)
UPDATED October 2020 – scroll to the bottom to read more >
Follow These Steps to get started on your book today
Here are some steps I followed many years ago, and which I’ve taught budding Authors to do ever since.
Don’t think about it too hard – just follow the steps. You can change everything later, this is just a baby step, OK?
- write down all the questions you’ve ever been asked about your knowledge, expertise or business
- each question becomes a new Chapter
- if you have a LOT of questions, try to break them into Categories, perhaps starting with about 10 or less
- now put the Questions under the Categories, and you’ll quickly see the OUTLINE for the book starting to take shape :-)
- now let’s expand on those questions — answer each one by jotting down some points under each one
- when you’ve done that, it’ll be straightfoward to start expanding on those points and turning them into phrases, sentences and paragraphs
- each Chapter could be quite a few pages long
- let’s imagine there are 5 Categories with 5 Chapters in each one
- 5 x Chapters multiplied by 5 Categories is a total of 25 Categories/questions
- Let’s say each Category question and answer is approximately 5 pages long
- 5 pages x 25 Categories is a total of 125 pages (it could be much more or even less, it doesn’t really matter at this point)
- once the additional pages are added – the Front Matter, Copyright and Publisher page, Introduction, Table of Contents (if required) etc etc it could bring the total to 135+ pages.
This is an EXCELLENT START to taking the first steps towards writing a book!
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October 2020 Update for Authors
COVID-19 affected us all in ways we didn’t think would / could / should happen, so we need to get up, dust off our knees, and put a huge smile on our dials (faces).
Here at 42MonkeysPubishing, we’ve been helping Authors overcome their hesitation, deliberation and procrastination to kickstart their book writing, and have had some lovely surprises and successes! Learning how to publish a book on amazon has been life-changing for some folks.
Some Authors wanted shorter books to show their expertise, so we came up with 2 ideas for a short, small book about 100 pages:
- can be printed locally and handed out to prospective clients and customers, as well as at networking events, Chamber of Commerce meetings, and popped into the post. It’s also possible to have a PDF version to share digitally via email and social groups
- can be uploaded to to sell on amazon as a Paperback, Kindle book, and/or eBook.
One book, 50 women, 50 marketing tips, big success!
As an example, here’s a book I wrote and turned it into 50 “chapters”, each one is a two-page spread in the book for each woman who shared a simple marketing tip and process with me. It felt like a huge undertaking at the time, and I connected with 50 women around the world from all walks of life, with fascinating stories.
I love it! The end result was oh so rewarding, and I was thrilled to bits when my book launched on Amazon with the support and help of the other ladies. I was (and am) proud as punch!
If the idea of kickstarting your dream of writing a book sounds interesting, please do get in touch:
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PS – we also have Options for other types and sizes of book – give us a yell, let’s have a chat!
Have a fabulous day!
Cheers
Teena Hughes