Authors: Dan Poynter
ISBN-13: 9781568601106, ISBN-10: 1568601107
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Para Publishing
Date Published: September 2004
Edition: Revised Edition
Writing Nonfiction provides a roadmap. The reader will learn how to break a topic down into easy-to-attack projects; how and where to do research; a process that makes writing easy; how to improve material; how to evaluate publishing options and how to develop an individualized and workable plan.
In Writing Nonfiction: Turning Thoughts Into Books, veteran writer and publisher Dan Poynter surveys the modern technology that enables anyone to write, produce, sell and promote books faster, easier, cheaper, and in more formats than at any time in the recorded history of writing and publishing. Poynter shows aspiring authors how to "build" their books, rather than just write them. He explains how to "publish" a book in a downloadable, CD, and ebook version; how to obtain maximum value from a book through audiotape, videotape, magazine excerpts, foreign-language editions, and more. Writing Nonfiction is an ideal, very highly recommended "how to" instruction guide and an invaluable reference for the self-published author, small press publisher, and completely accessible for the non-specialist general reader who aspires to become a commercially successful author of nonfiction books.
Ch. 1 | What your book will do for you | 11 |
Ch. 2 | The new book model | 27 |
Ch. 3 | What to write : selecting your subject | 41 |
Ch. 4 | Researching your topic and checking for competition | 49 |
Ch. 5 | Your book's title and subtitle | 55 |
Ch. 6 | Your book's covers | 63 |
Ch. 7 | Getting organized : setting up your binder | 77 |
Ch. 8 | Your writing system | 91 |
Ch. 9 | Finding a publisher; finding an agent | 117 |