GREETINGS

Hopefully your Christmas was happy and filled with family events. If you celebrate a different holiday, then blessings to you.

If you are thinking of your book project during this season, write from the heart. This is an opportune time to observe life lessons and apply them to your writing.

Best Wishes.

Denise & Joni

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS

This is such a busy but joyful time of year. Keep the joy in mind as you struggle to find a parking spot, wade through crowds of shoppers and stand in line to pay for your purchases. After all, you are one of the people causing the craziness. :-)

Don't forget your goals in all of the frenzy. You might even find material for your book in what you observe and the lessons that you learn. It is so important to write what you know about, so keep your everyday life in mind.

Have a wonderful Christmas, no matter how you and your loved ones celebrate this special time of year.

Denise and Joni

Ebooks

Have you heard about Kindle? Have you considered converting your book to an ebook and selling it on Amazon.com? For now, you require a U.S. mailing address but that will change soon. In the meantime, you can download the Kindle reader for FREE to your computer and familiarize yourself with ebooks. This is just a brilliant opportunity, so take advantage of it. There are plenty of free ebooks available that you can use as market research.

If you want more details, just send us an email to info@inktreemarketing.com.

Denise

Excellence in Writing and in Publishing

I wish that I was more dedicated to blogging, but journaling was never my forte. However, I try to send out some words of information if not wisdom as often as possible. For today, I just want to say a few words about excellence.

Writing a book is often about sharing your information and/or your wisdom. So many people have vast stores of experience and accumulated knowledge that can benefit thousands of people. When you decide to write a book, stay true to your roots and to your background. Write about what you know to be true. Even though you are writing from your own knowledge, though, keep your audience in mind. They are the people who are searching for something to fill a need. They don't want to know what is best for you the author; they are searching for help. Hold that thought. Help them and they will want your book.

My best advice to you, coming from my experience, is to publish the very best book that you can manage. Don't be satisfied with mediocre. Be satisfied only with excellence.

Denise

How much does it cost to publish a book?

Here is the question of the day:

How much does it cost to publish a book?

Answer:

That is a big question: it mainly depends on the printing costs (size of book, type of paper, graphics and photos, cover stock, type of binding, number of books printed, etc.). It can cost anywhere from $2500.00 to $50,000.00.

There are other costs as well:

- editing
- graphics and photos
- graphic design

A simple business plan is essential. After publication, the real work of sales and promotion begins. You will need to let the public know that your book is available, and you will need to convince people to buy it. That is why you need a clear idea of how you will sell the book.

Denise