Writing & publishing

non-fiction books

Martin Bamford

What you need to know…

• Anyone can become a published author

• Self-publishing is a the new traditional

publishing

• Importance of a well crafted new book proposal

If he can do it…

The Money Tree

Brilliant Investing

How to Retire 10 Years Early

Self publishing

Collaboration

Publishing models

• Traditional publishing

• Self-publishing

– Print-on-demand

– Upfront fee model

New book proposal

• 10 second sell

• Why it will sell

• Longer pitch

• Main messages

• Contents

• About the author

• The competition

• Marketing

Writing & publishing tools

• Evernote

• FreeMind

• People Per Hour

• Lulu

• Kindle Direct Publishing

Some final thoughts…

• Have a good reason for writing your book

• Will it sell? How will you sell it?

• Consider other mediums

• Set yourself deadlines

• Collaborate to win

Get in touch

martin@icfp.co.uk

www.icfp.co.uk

@martinbamford

@informedchoice