Non-Fiction Author Mistakes - 7 Things I Wish They Knew Before They Wrote Their Book
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2024
- Avoid these common non-fiction author mistakes by finding out the 7 things Julie Broad, founder of Book Launchers, wished every author knew before they wrote their book. Book writing is hard but book marketing is even more difficult. There are dozens or hundreds of books like yours, what makes yours stand out? And many other tips. After working with hundreds of authors, writing three books, and taking one book to the top of Amazon, this author knows what to watch out for.
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Learning & learning to minimize mistakes & lower expenses...tough!!
Great topic. It's DEFINITELY not a DIY job, especially the first time. Writing the book was the easy part!
Number 7 is the key point. Marketing a book is far more difficult than writing the book. Most authors don't know marketing skills very well which results in low boom sales. I learned this the hard way. I would never think of publishing another book until you research the marketing for at least a year.
Marketing is fun! Said no one ever :) There's a girl I know on Facebook who mapped out her marketing plan and followed it, even getting a BookBub spot. She's crushing it. The last I saw, she was in the 1000s for BSR. She rewrote the Book of Job, dark fantasy.
WOW!! That's amazing.
Thanks Julie...very nice video 🌎
I'm still glad you're consistently releasing such great videos!
More to come! Except I do take a month off in July every year ... but I'll be back in August with more great content. :)
This is really good stuff that is SO true. I’m so glad I found these videos and then Booklaunchers.
We're glad you did too!! It's coming along so wonderfully!
Wonderful content, as usual. Love your channel!
Awesome, thank you!
Great video!!! Thank you for the tips.
You are so welcome!
Writing a book is such a solitary thing that it is easy to think you are going the entire distance alone but then realize that you do need others, especially in the editing and marketing phases. Great advice as always, Julie!
Your content never disappoints
Thank you 🙏🏽
You're welcome. Happy Friday! Thanks for being a part of the #noboringbooks community and commenting the day a video is released. You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag. The next draw will be pre-recorded and then shared right here on June 15th BUT I’ll be posting it on the Community Channel and sharing a super special video for you because I’ll be at Legoland with my son!! You are going to LOVE this video though so I can’t wait to share it.
Great content again, Julie!
Thanks so much!
Thanks Julie.
Great content, took lots of notes.
Glad it was helpful! Thank you so much for saying hello!
If you liked this video you will LOVE my new book: Self-Publish and Succeed. You can grab it here: books2read.com/ap/RDOjGr/Julie-Broad
Hope to see you again soon!
The info and strategy that you provide is invaluable! I would have been in serious trouble if I hadn't watched several of your videos. Titles, chapters, hooks, even understanding the specific KIND of non fiction book I'm writing.
I would have already made expensive and book killing mistakes that I would have surely given up!
Happy Friday! Thanks for being a part of the #noboringbooks community and commenting the day a video is released. You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag. The next draw will be pre-recorded and then shared right here on June 15th BUT I’ll be posting it on the Community Channel and sharing a super special video for you because I’ll be at Legoland with my son!! You are going to LOVE this video though so I can’t wait to share it.
I just love your videos. You are always so upbeat. Makes me want to hire and join your team for experts for my next book. I am going to order your book today!
Oh that's wonderful. After you've read it, please write a review and let us know when it's up so we can invite you to our reviewer/supporter party! It's virtual and full of fun and swag and prizes.
These are great! I just finished your book (cover to cover with tons of highlighting!) - so much to learn about this process. Thanks for all the info!
Awesome! Thank you! Did you post your review? We're super close to having our reviewer party and I'd love for you to be there!! THANK YOU!!
@@BookLaunchers I just did!
Amazing content ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you 🙌 Happy Friday! Thanks for being a part of the #noboringbooks community and commenting the day a video is released. You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag. The next draw will be pre-recorded and then shared right here on June 15th BUT I’ll be posting the winners on the Community tab for the Channel and sharing a super special video for you because I’ll be at Legoland with my son!! You are going to LOVE this video though so I can’t wait to share it.
As ALWAYS your advice is right on 'point' 😉
Glad you think so! Happy Friday! Thanks for being a part of the #noboringbooks community and commenting the day a video is released. You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag. The next draw will be pre-recorded and then shared right here on June 15th BUT I’ll be posting the winners on the Community tab for the Channel and sharing a super special video for you because I’ll be at Legoland with my son!! You are going to LOVE this video though so I can’t wait to share it.
Thanks for this video, Julie. Marketing is hard, even if you are a marketer! But it's also fun. I like how you have shown your followers how to create short videos from your book, to market your book (which I have and have reviewed)!
Happy Friday! Thanks for being a part of the #noboringbooks community and commenting the day a video is released. You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag. The next draw will be pre-recorded and then shared right here on June 15th BUT I’ll be posting it on the Community Channel and sharing a super special video for you because I’ll be at Legoland with my son!! You are going to LOVE this video though so I can’t wait to share it.
Great advice, Julie! Yeah, I can do things to get my books out...but no one is good at everything (although my ego tells me I come close). :) That's why a good team is vital for success.
So true!
Excellent video, Julie. Thanks a lot for your orientations,. Felix D. Mendoza (USA).
You're welcome!
I wholeheartedly agree with this list! All seven are great points and ones I’ve run into myself.
Also - Julie’s book is indeed a MUST READ!! Highly recommend!!
Thanks for sharing!! :)
Yes Rachel I love her book too. Julie adds so much value to authors…..you connect with her examples too.
Yes Rachel I love her book too. Julie adds so much value to authors…..you connect with her examples too.
🤠 powerful points...
What a nice day! Hope you have a good one!
Thank you. Happy Friday! Thanks for being a part of the #noboringbooks community and commenting the day a video is released. You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag. The next draw will be pre-recorded and then shared right here on June 15th BUT I’ll be posting it on the Community Channel and sharing a super special video for you because I’ll be at Legoland with my son!! You are going to LOVE this video though so I can’t wait to share it.
Whew! I was a little nervous when this one came out, I was hoping I didn't make these mistakes with my upcoming NF book, but I'm good. Definitely a great list, though! 😁
I'm so glad!
"Writing with marketing in mind" - a simple way to remind oneself that writing the book is the first phase of the journey...
I love the cameo appearances by Dave lol!
Hi Dave :)
#noboringbooks
Also noboringvideos!
He loves when people think he's cameos are the best part so thank you for encouraging him. :) Happy Friday! Thanks for being a part of the #noboringbooks community and commenting the day a video is released. You’ve been entered to win our bi-weekly draw for some sweet swag. The next draw will be pre-recorded and then shared right here on June 15th BUT I’ll be posting it on the Community Channel and sharing a super special video for you because I’ll be at Legoland with my son!! You are going to LOVE this video though so I can’t wait to share it.
Great tips, I especially like tip number 5 about publishing not being the destination buy only a stop along the way. After all, publishing a book and being able to say that we are a published author is nice, but it will soon seem like a hollow victory if no one ever buys and reads our book.
Great tip to take away from this! Thanks for sharing. :)
Skills set...beyond the writer
To the Broad..Or her initial investigative team. There is an incalcuable severance achieved when rapid fire counsel proves so practically useful..so quickly. Not yet linguistically vetted I still perceive the crucial difference between merely pragmatic and the inspiring interface that is..J..the book..B. SELF P&S instantly focuses on title leading
to clarity of subject and initial approach. Thereafter I changed the title of my primary essay from:
..Cdn Essays of Interest to No One..into..Why Ms Trudeau Hates Cdns..or vice versa. (From 4 pages to 15)
PS Even north of Qualicum it snowed heavily..froze deeply..and then slowly recaptured the
greens and browns of a traditional Westcoast winter season. It is 9 am and 44F. Thanx Dan
Your use of the english language is quite comprehensive!
The change of title does make a difference! Nice work.
The good thing with West Coast snow storms is you only have to wait a few days and the rain cleans it all up like it never happened. Take care.
I blame Wittgenstein's Measure created as an antidote to the
aging Occams Razor..for my
aversion to Orwellian advice;
Never use big when small
words do the job..
PS..it took 72 hours of nonstop drops to force this landscape to change back from appearing as
..Hills like White Elephants..
Book launchers, great team... proof that one finger alone cannot wash your face :) . Great video 😘👍👍👍
HA! That's a good one. :) Thank you Guy.
Thanks
Thank you so much for saying hello!
If you liked this video you will LOVE my new book: Self-Publish and Succeed. You can grab it here: books2read.com/ap/RDOjGr/Julie-Broad
Hope to see you again soon!
I wish I could watch this before writing my book 😣
Now you've watched it before your NEXT book right? ;)
Hindsight is still only 20/40, unless you watch Book Launchers UA-cam videos! :)
A quote by Efren. :)
Julie will help you avoid expensive mistakes we all make… We all can’t be experts and everything
I'm not even an expert in all things publishing and I do this everyday ... there are so many facets to it we have a ton of people on our team that have to specialize in different aspects to be experts in just that one little piece!! Thanks so much!
I tried to find your office here is Los Angeles and the people at the facility stated that your company no longer exists please update the company new location ☺️
My book is in the publishing stage, going through editing
I must say it’s hard for me to detach myself from how I wrote the book
I cringe at every correction I see made in the book
I want to trust the editor, but I also feel the book is losing my voice and the way I want the readers to receive the message
How can I as a writer trust the editors to do their work without interfering and resisting change to the book?
This is a great topic that I think I could do a further video on but I do have a couple of videos I recommend, like this one: ua-cam.com/video/YArZYhU6MkY/v-deo.html on content editing and this one ua-cam.com/video/SRZzAMr1jr8/v-deo.html
Oh, my goshness! This was 21 hours ago?! Did I make the contest cut?
Technically .... yes!! :)
Team vs DIY ... may I ask what the 12 do? I can assume 6 ... what am I not thinking about?
1 - Author Concierge who is a project manager, 2 - Story Expert, 3 - Writing Coach or Writer, Content editor, 4 - Copy Editor, (Fact Checker is Optional but also someone different so this could be 1 more), 5 - Proofreader, 6 - Keyword & Category Researcher, 7 - Cover Designer, 8 -Interior Layout, 9 -Production Manager for Upload to Distribution Channels, 10 -Team Effort for Title/Table of Contents Brainstorming Session which the Production Specialist is in charge of, 11 - Marketing Manager for Strategic Direction, 12 - Media Specialist for Pitching, 13 - Online Marketing Specialist for Website and Social Media Audits and Amazon Ads Management ... phew!! :) Sometimes we have a second proofreader go through in layout too.
The book is not the destination. My favourite tips is also that you can’t do it alone nor can you ship it all off to someone else.
You've been an excellent team member and have really embodied that with us every step and your book has turned out fantastic as a result :) Thank you!! I'm planning to share the deep dive on Tuesday, June 15th. Is that going to be ok???
Good tips good videos.
Did you write a book like mine, I didn't finish mine because I needed help to write more ideas.
It was about a hamster that was found behind a rock .
After a UFO sighting at a music concert, the hamster was rolling down the hill and growing with the music up to 20 ft tall.
Second the hamster attack people cars, went into the city biting on buildings, and flipping cars.
Third, rescue team got there and caught it and took it into the zoo.
It shrink back into its normal size.
The lab don't know why the music makes the hamster grow.
To be continue...
Second chapter
The hamster escaped the zoo and found a female hamster both were biting on the buildings around the city. Hamster caused a lots of chaos around the buildings,parks, inside restaurants wherever there was music.
Julio V Brownsville Texas
Can someone help me sale this sharp , amazing, brilliant cartoon book. It's funny,scary about endangered hamster species.
Head on over to Keith Wheeler Books channel and share this with him. He's got experience in this genre.
Target...readers
Making money from your books is difficult. How can you help. What kind of real money can I make. So this hasn't worked and money spent
Is there a book to sale to Israel,Iraq with bad marketing and then arrest all the other bad man . Dubai too? Then I can make money ? Paraphernalia or DUI books internet arrest the bad man and bring back good veterans to Texas?
Correctional program?
Julio V Brownsville Texas
I'm not sure - sorry.