Book Editor and Writing Coach

August 14, 2025

Top Considerations for Book Authors Creating a Course

If you have written a business or life advice book, you may be starting to get excited about the idea of creating a course! You could capitalise on your book’s concepts. You could make 10x the profit of the book itself. But slow down there, this Lone Ranger is galloping off way too fast. You see, when offering a high level product like a course, we need to think about attracting multiple sales leads, systematically, and promoting the course. Before you do a mini freak-out, let’s delve into what that might involve if you’re committed to NOT making Meta and Google any richer. Okay? Most businesses selling goods online advertise on Facebook or Google, then use retargeting ads relevant to the content the person was looking at. (These are ads that seem to follow the website visitor around the Internet). …

How to write the dream book on topic with a writing coach

August 9, 2025

Book Writing

How You Can Write the Dream Book on Your Topic, with a Writing Coach

Many pre-retirees are looking for ways to preserve their ideas, their life experiences and business takeaways for future generations. In fact, about 15 percent of 55-year-olds want to write a book as part of their retirement ‘bucket list’ (Money magazine). However, transforming that dream into a published reality requires careful planning, dedication, and guidance. Why Work with a Writing Coach? Writing a book can be a daunting task, but working with a writing coach makes the process smoother and more structured. A book writing coach helps you refine your ideas, develop a writing schedule, and improve your storytelling. Whether you are writing a memoir, a guidebook, or a business book, expert guidance can be invaluable in overcoming writer’s block, structuring your content, and ensuring clarity in your message. Steps to Writing and Publishing Your Dream Book Step 1: Hone Your…

October 29, 2025

Self-Publishing

Feel Less Fear with Audiobook Narration

Less than 5% of books are released as audiobooks, and it’s not for the lack of demand: audiobook use has been growing year on year. Narrating an audiobook recording is not easy to do! You not only must read clearly and modulate your voice to add interest, but also edit the recording to get rid of fumbles. Not even mentioning the feeling of creeping doubt that anyone will want to hear it! So, how can self-publishing authors narrate their own audiobook? And now, over to an expert in audio recording, Dave Stokes from author2audio. ____ I too admire those authors who choose to narrate their own books. But how did they make this decision? There are a number of factors in play… ‘I’m worried I won’t sound good or professional enough’ You may have a tendency to believe – if…

May 14, 2025

Self-Publishing

I Wrote a Whole Book on Book Publishing for Profit

Move over Sophie Howard, step aside Dale L Roberts, I have just written a book on how to set up your own small publishing business. You are reading an Australian self-publishing blog, so prices are in Australian dollars except where marked. Set Up as a Micro Publisher supports the aims of more than one type of person. First, it helps novice self-publishers understand the hurdles ahead. Second, there are many tips on foundations and tools so that a small Co-operative Publisher or Hybrid Book Publishing team can get a shortcut to learning. Third, for those speed writing, a chapter covers my Writing Hacks — proven methods to help you write books faster. With the major problem I encountered of gaining natural reviews, I also include vetted book review sites, including pre- and post-review subscription sites that are from US$10 per…

April 17, 2025

Self-Publishing, Selling eBooks and Media

Why ISBNs Are Killer for Your Book Sales

The Overlooked Superpower in Book Marketing Self-publishing is full of decisions: cover design, editing, distribution. Whether or not you use a hybrid publisher usually comes down to fear. What if I don’t know how to fill out an ISBN? What if I get stuck as there is no guidance for uploading to Ingram and KDP? (See our Self-Publishing course and Q&As if so!) That’s why you might think it too difficult to take control of your own ISBNs. This article explores how ISBNs can boost your credibility, visibility, and long-term sales. I cover Why ISBNs are good for indie authors. What’s an ISBN and Why Should You Care? An ISBN—short for International Standard Book Number—is a 13-digit code that uniquely identifies your book in the global publishing ecosystem. Think of it as your book’s fingerprint. Every format of your book…

May 14, 2025

Book Writing, Writers Mindset

Writing is a Process and a Habit

It’s good to keep in mind that writing is a habit — and a book is one potential outcome from that habit. So many want to have the outcome, but they haven’t got room in life for the habit, especially if research is also involved. Let’s take my client BD, a very busy 71-year-old who advises his old business. With overseas trips, interstate trips and 100 family members, he’s got a lot on. His first step involved writing once a week, answering a question on his life (this was a different, automated program). Then he had a weekly or fortnightly call with me for several months to go over small pieces he added to his manuscript. It expanded and I also structured the chronology of events. At the end of nine months, it was almost there. Now just for the…