5 Content Creators To Help Write A Book

By: Dr Alicejane Lippner Click author's name for more of his/her articles

Want to become a book author? Want to write a book to promote your business? The 5 methods described here provide you a choice of quick, easy ways to assemble content—to write a book using methods that fit your needs and get you thinking about other content-creating possibilities. I've included sample titles that can also be used to suggest specific topics to write about, if you're looking for more ideas about subject matter for your book.

(1) Change the Expertise Level: Don't reinvent the wheel. You don't have to start from scratch to write your book. Get content from a book you've already written and tweak it by changing the expertise level. Pattern the choice and arrangement of subject matter like the original version.

Adapt one of these titles for your book:
Pick the Brains of the Copywriter's Copywriter
How the Experts Create Top-Quality New Thingy-Doos
The Experienced Marketer's Guide to Mobile Technology
The Basics of Using Spreadsheets to Make More Money
Don't Let MP3 Players Scare You: Tips for New Users
Profit from the Wisdom of Social Bookmarking Experts

(2) Transform a non-print series into a book: Gather the non-print materials you send out to clients, prospects, customers, others in your industry (e.g., CDs, DVDs, audiocassettes, videocassettes). Include materials sent out by others in your company. Solicit content from colleagues to put in your book, too.

Have the content from your non-print materials transcribed into text for your book. Combine the content to write a book, adding transitions and comments. Review and edit your book for consistency, duplications, etc.

Then, modify one of these sample titles for your own book:
7 Supermarket Success Stories: Before and After
How to Put Together Customized Computer Systems FAST (with DVD)
The New Consultant's Kit. All the Forms You'll Ever Need, Included on CD
ABC Software Upgrade Installation Guide: All Patches from 2000-2009
A-Z of Social Media Marketing for Creating an Online Fortune
Collected Highlights from SMM Newsletter Quarterly Bulletins

(3) Interview successes: Interview successful people in your field, located from industry publications, association membership lists. Learn more about them. Read the articles they've written. Visit their websites. Participate in their workshops. Let your interviewees tell their own stories.

Try one of these titles mentioning a success focus:
Profiles of 23 Shipping Industry Leaders
11 Principles for Success as a Physician's Assistant
Solo Practitioner's Guide to What Top Doctors Do
Success Stories of the Rich and Famous...in Their Own Words
What Competitors WON'T Let You Know About the Plumbing Business
Best Practices from Storage Facility Multimillionaires

(4) Accumulate quotations on a theme: Create a book of quotations on a theme or topic. Start collecting quotations, or solicit quotations from others. Compile them into a book.

Rewrite these samples to create a titillating title for your own non-fiction book:
Comprehensive Collection of Quotations from Andrew Author
Quotations on Writing: 1000 Famous Last Words
Quotations on Writing: Best-Selling Authors Talk About Writer's Block
Quotations on Writing: Why All-Time Favorite Authors Keep Writing
Quotations on Writing: Words of Wisdom from Prize-Winning Women Writers
Quotations on the Joy of Writing: Advice for Wanna-Be Writers

(5) Solve an industry problem Choose a topic you've read about in an industry publication. Decide how you can solve the problem your target market is complaining about, a need they have—if there's enough information for a book.

Tweak one of these titles about solving a problem:
Are Your Prepared to Compete with China?
Why Do Chiropractors Get No Respect? How to Build Credibility
Government Regs Are Killing Me! Experts Offer Advice on Coping
How to Manage Stress in the Workplace: Is It Always Bad?
No More Excuses: How to Defeat Procrastination
Common Sense Solutions to Employee Problems

Which of these 5 strategic Content Creators will you use to get content for writing a book? How will you take advantage of the help others can provide? What title best describes the subject matter of your book (and can attract the attention of your target audience)?

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About The Author: How much is your own book worth to your business or professional practice? Alicejane Lippner, doctor-lawyer, author of numerous business books, shows you a wealth of ways to create money making books quickly, easily, painlessly—doing as little or as much writing as you want. ➪www.Bookin30Days.com