Business Writing For Dummies, 3rd Edition

Chapter 16

Ten Steps to Writing Your Own Book

IN THIS CHAPTER

Considering print versus ebooks, traditional versus self-publishing

Finding your subject niche and aligning with readers

Organizing your project, the easy way

Creating proposals to guide yourself and pitch publishers

Adopting book-style writing techniques and ideas for content

For many people and for many reasons, writing a book feels like a paramount achievement. It’s an “end product” of our knowledge, experience and professionalism. There’s something exciting about the idea of holding your book in your hands, giving it to people, even signing copies or seeing it in a bookstore — though this is no longer where most books are sold. A book feels like the ultimate way of sharing, branding and making a mark.

If producing a book is a dream or a practical business tactic for you, there’s never been a better time to do it. Publishing ...