RE: Book writing

July 8, 2008

Hi ,

I just wrote and published and recently released my first book this

month! Entirely self-published, and I'll do the same again in an instant!

Feel free to contact me privately with specific questions. Also feel

free to go onto my www.californiabasedpublishing.com website to check

the book out. It was a HUGE learning curve, but an incredible experience.

I've shared this before, but there are three resources I highly recommend:

Dan Poytner's book, " Self-Publishing Manual " ,

Bowerman's book, " The Well-Fed Self-Publisher " ,

and the self-publishing Yahoo groups listserv, at

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Self-Publishing/

I will also share that I LOVED 's book. In the back, he has a

time-line that I'm surprised I don't have memorized.

Margie

Marjorie Geiser, RD, NSCA-CPT

Available now: " Just Jump: The No-Fear Business Start-up Guide for Health and

Fitness Professionals "

http://www.californiabasedpublishing.com

http://www.meg-enterprises.com

wrote:

>

> I was just wondering if any of you have written and published a book.

> If so, how did you get started? I would appreciate any information,

> as it is something I am very interested in doing.

>

> Sincerely,

>

> RD, LD

>

July 8, 2008

Hi ,

I have self-published a couple of books - Drawing the Line on Calories,

Carbs, and Fat and Is Your Personality Type Making You Fat? While Drawing

the Line is done in hardcopy format, Is Your Personality Type... is done on

CD and ebook format. Having done both, I highly recommend the CD or ebook

format. First of all, it gives you plenty of flexibility to make changes.

It also saves you from having a garage-full of books plaguing you to get

them sold. Since so many sales are consummated online, your customers

obviously have computers to view your work in an electronic format.

Your overall costs are lower with a CD than a hard copy or paperback version

of a book. Even better yet are ebooks. Once you've gotten to the point of

appreciating the ease of an electronic version and its other advantages,

then it's even cheaper to do an ebook. When you offer both versions (CD and

ebook) you give your customers choice. Some people just feel the need to

have something they can hold in their hands.

Just keep in mind that writing the book is really the fun part. Marketing

and selling the book is a whole lot more challenging. Don't underestimate

the amount of time, energy and mental space for concentrating that it takes

for getting the book written. Trying to write a book in your spare time

will only leave you frustrated. It seems that there is a warm-up phase each

time you sit down to write and if you can only get to it a couple of days a

week, you'll have a harder time establishing the flow of the book.

If you have more specific questions, please feel free to contact me with

them.

Regards,

a

a Schwartz Wennik, M.S., R.D.

Consultant, Author, Speaker, Spokesperson, MBTI specialist

PHONE:

EMAIL:

roberta@...

WEBSITE: www.advantagediets.com <http://www.advantagediets.com/>

See the patented " connect-the-dots " food, exercise and

activity diary, Drawing the Line on Calories, Carbs, and Fat

AND the new ebook series, Is Your Personality Type

Making You Fat?

BLOGS: www.1drawingtheline.com; www.personalityandweight.blogspot.com

AUTHOR OF:

* Your Personality Prescription

* Boomer's Guide to Getting the Weight Off...For Good

* Beyond Food Labels

ADDRESS:

HealthPro

P.O. Box 83

Lynnwood, Washington 98046

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From: rd-usa [mailto:rd-usa ] On Behalf Of

Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 2:59 PM

To: rd-usa

Subject: Book writing

I was just wondering if any of you have written and published a book. If

so, how did you get started? I would appreciate any information, as it is

something I am very interested in doing.

Sincerely,

RD, LD

July 9, 2008

plus now there's an electronic device that allows you to take the e-book

anywhere. I saw many people in the airport using them. It's the size of a closed

book.

a Wennik wrote: Hi ,