The Art, Science, and Business of Speaking
This week’s newsletter is inspired by a statement from Mark Schoenwald, the new CEO of Thomas Nelson (the sixth largest American trade publisher and world’s largest Christian publisher, according to Wikipedia): We can no longer think of ourselves as just a book publisher, but as a content provider. That means […]
Brendon Burchard’s new book, The Millionaire Messenger, is #1 on both the New York Times‘ and USA Today‘s paperback advice/how-to bestseller lists. How did he do it? Well, I got an email from Brendon this week and he broke it down into eight steps: Write a great book with a […]
Who wouldn’t like a #1 best-selling book? But with upwards of 300,000 books published on a yearly basis (in the United States alone), how do you make it happen? Contrary to popular opinion, it’s not as simple as “write a great book.” Also contrary to popular opinion, your publisher isn’t […]
Anyone who knows me well knows that I love the NFL, and during the NFL season, there are three regular components of my life: watching the Dallas Cowboys, watching the Tennessee Titans, and reading Peter King’s Monday Morning Quarterback column on CNNSI.com. I like to read Peter’s column not only […]
[This is a guest post from John Fayad, aka The Literary Coach.] There are many executives, professionals, and creative individuals who would love to have their book idea published but have little to no knowledge of the publishing industry. Many have no idea how to develop a marketable book concept […]