Write & Sell Your Damn Book kicks you square in the ass to start your book, finish writing it, & get it out there for other people to read.
This book is super short, on purpose. Around 5,000 words total. Ain’t no fluff here, just the meaty bits (which is saying a lot, since the author is vegan). It’s broken into 13 (lucky) tiny lessons, with super actionable steps at the end of each one, plus a few additional resources.
This book is cheap, because I think it’s important that you write your damn book already. Payment is you actually writing your book.
Paul Jarvis is a veteran of the online tech world, and over the years has had such corporate clients as Microsoft, Yahoo, Mercedes-Benz, Warner Music and even Shaquille O'Neal.
Today, he teaches online courses, runs several software businesses and hosts a handful of podcasts from his home on an island on the West Coast of Canada.
Some tips for independent publishing and good to get you unstuck on projects or to stop second guessing yourself. Sweet and short, funny at times. Actionable concrete tips. I wish maybe it went more in depth but for someone who doenst know anything about independent publishing it had valuable insight. Some of the tips about design, promoting and lauching could be applied to many things other than books and publishing.
The title. Precisely that. Its an ass-kicking outline of how to write and self-publish your own damn book. No frills, no bull, just the core concepts of what you'll need to do with a few useful pointers.
If you're ready to jump into writing and self-publishing, but just need a little direction and motivation, read this.
This is a super short guide on writing a book. I mean so short I started reading it after dinner, stopped to bath the baby and put up a towel rack and finished the book before 8pm.
Is it worthwhile? Sure if you want a very high-level overview of what it means to write a book. If you want some real advice on how to do it then you’re better off reading APE: Author Publisher Entrepreneur.
It's a small book that cuts through all the details and gives you a clear-cut path to how to write your book. Paul doesn't give a lot of details but gives the basic overview with a minimalistic approach to get you going with writing your own book.