Category Archives for "Self-publishing"

How to get influencers to endorse your book (aka: getting forewords and testimonials)

Have you ever noticed how successful books always seem to have quotes on the front cover? They’re usually written by someone influential and rave about how great the book is, how knowledgeable the author is, and how everyone and their cat should get a copy.Wouldn’t you love to have the influencers in your industry saying […]

New interview: Turning entrepreneurs into authors on Business Brainfood

Ever wanted to write a book but you don’t have the time and you don’t know how to get it out there?In this episode of Business Brainfood I share with Ben Fewtrell how you can finally make the leap. In this episode you will learn: How a book can help you stand out from the noise How […]

Is content king? Find out on Taking Care of Business

For the last few years, content marketing has been the king of marketing your business online.The theory is simple – if you provide your potential customers with enough value up front, when they are ready to buy you will be the first one they think of. The ultimate goal is to have them thinking, ‘If I […]

What goes on your copyright (or imprint) page?

Open up any professionally published book. On page 1 you’ll see the title. On the flipside, you’ll see a bunch of scary legal information – copyright symbols, disclaimers, ISBNs, Dewey numbers, publisher details and more. This is your book’s copyright page, or imprint page.If your book is being published by a traditional publisher, or if […]

Front matter and back matter (aka: what are all the things at the beginning and end of your book?)

One of the most common questions my clients ask, and one of the areas that’s most commonly forgotten, is what goes around your book’s content.What are all of those bits and pieces that should come before your introduction and after your conclusion if you want your book to look like a high-quality, professional product, rather […]

Think publishing a book’s too expensive? Here are 4 steps to raise $1,000s with sponsorships

Self-publishing a high-quality business book isn’t cheap, with quotes ranging anywhere from $3,000 to $15,000+ depending on the suppliers you use, the number of rounds of editing you need, how many books you get printed and more.The problem is as a business owner, that level of investment needs to make sense. When making any investment, you […]

Top 10 publishing posts of 2015

As the year winds to a close it’s easy to get caught up in the silly season. Suddenly, it’s mid-January and you haven’t written anything for a month. Your editor is impatiently tapping her toe and you need to push your entire self-publishing process back.Not anymore – check out Grammar Factory’s 10 most popular publishing […]

The power of a paperback (and why you shouldn’t just write an eBook)

With growing numbers of qualified professionals offering their services to first-time authors, the power of publishing for entrepreneurs is becoming more widely recognised. After all, publishing a book establishes you as an instant expert, which then leads to a range of opportunities that come with expert status – media appearances, keynote gigs, charging higher rates and, […]

3 steps to project manage your first book

So you want to write a book… but where do you start?What most people do is set the goal of writing a book, set themselves a deadline, and then write ferociously until they run out of steam (this usually takes two to four weeks). Soon the weeks turn into months, and by the time their […]

Opening the kimono: Behind the scenes of my self-publishing journey

Last year I started to get a strange feeling in the pit of my stomach. I’d worked with tens of entrepreneurs on their manuscripts by that stage and printed book after printed book started arriving in the mail. As my pile of client books grew, a nagging little voice spoke up in the back of […]

Will a book really boost your business? The cold, hard stats

Everyone says that the benefits of writing a book are enormous for you and your business, but are they really?Here at Grammar Factory we have helped over 200 entrepreneurs take their business to the next level through writing their own books. But don’t just take our word for it. We sent out a survey to 150 […]

5 tips to get your book in stores

Today’s post is by author and Grammar Factory editor Sara Litchfield. Sara is the author of dystopian thriller The Night Butterflies, and recently discovered that as a self-published author, getting your book in stores on the shelf of a major bookstore chain can be as easy as simply asking the question. Read on for her top five tips […]