#014 – Stephanie Chandler, Author of The Nonfiction Book Publishing Plan

Stephanie Chandler is the author of several books including The Nonfiction Book Publishing Plan: The Professional Guide to Profitable Self-Publishing and The Nonfiction Book Marketing Plan: Online and Offline Promotion Strategies to Build Your Audience and Sell More Books.

Stephanie is also founder and CEO of the Nonfiction Authors Association, a vibrant community for writers, and the Nonfiction Writers Conference, a traditional writers’ conference experience conducted entirely online. A frequent speaker at business events and on the radio, she has been featured in Entrepreneur, BusinessWeek, and Wired magazine.

Tips:

  • Beware of doing it all yourself. You need developmental editing, proof reading, cover design, typesetting, etc.
  • You don’t want your book to look it was self-published. You want it to look like it was published by a big NYC house.
  • If you plant 3 seeds a day, every day, over time, you’ll have a beautiful garden. The same is – true with marketing. It all adds up.
  • Don’t write an encyclopedia. If you have so much content, write several books. Series books sell well.
  • Make sure your proofreader knows Chicago Manual of Style.
  • The book that costs $20,000 to produce could lead to hundreds of thousands of dollars. A book can change your life.

Book: The Nonfiction Book Publishing Plan (Amazon Paperback/Kindle)

Website: The Nonfiction Authors’ Association