About Writer Peter Bowerman is the self-published author of The Well-Fed Writer titles (http://www.wellfedwriter.com), multiple-award winning selections of Book-of-the-Month Club. Over 50,000 copies of his first two books in print have earned him a full-time living for over five years.
Getting Started In Online Freelance Writing The online market is as robust as it has ever been. And this time around, unlike the late 90's, companies are actually putting money in their web sites.In 2004 Google had 4.28 billion pages in its database .The real figure of the number of web pages on the internet is predicted to... Similar Editorial : Freelance Writing by Gary McLaren. | Source : Writing Advice
How To Make Your Book Title A “Promise” Got a Non-Fiction Book? Tell Your Reader What’s In It for Them! by Peter Bowerman(Adapted from The Well-Fed Self-Publisher: How to Turn One Book into a Full-Time Living, by Peter Bowerman. Fanove, 2007. www.wellfedsp.com). NOTE: the following suggestions apply t... Similar Editorial : Is Your Title Compelling by Nick Vernon. | Source : Writing Persuasive Essay
Eight Reasons Self-Publishers Fail And How to Easily Avoid These Pitfalls! By Peter BowermanCommon, easy-to-avoid mistakes. Self-publishers make them all the time, and as a result, make the publishing process far more difficult than it needs to be. No, steering clear of these blunders won’t guarantee riches be... Similar Editorial : Reasons For Divorce by Karl Augustine. | Source : Writing Persuasive Essay
How To Turn One Book Into A Full-Time Living Self-publishing: easier, more viable, and more lucrative than ever beforeby Peter Bowerman“The only reason to self-publish is because you can’t land a publisher.” Call me crazy, but I disagree. For me, self-publishing was the first choice. Why? I wanted to keep c... Similar Editorial : Want PRs Full Value by Robert A. Kelly. | Source : Writing Persuasive Essay
Does Your Book Have A Chance? Make Sure Your Book Has Potential Before Writing It! (Excerpted from The Well-Fed Self-Publisher: How to Turn One Book into a Full-Time Living, by Peter Bowerman. Fanove, 2006. www.wellfedsp.com). “Crazy” Lives…We’ve all known people who talk about their “c... Similar Editorial : A Second Chance by Tom Ambrozewicz. | Source : Writing Persuasive Essay
Print-on-demand: Publishing Revolution Or Exploitation The Down-and-Dirty on Publishing's Over-Promoted Technology (Adapted from The Well-Fed Self-Publisher: How to Turn One Book into a Full-Time Living, by Peter Bowerman. Fanove, 2007. www.wellfedsp.com). In a recent year, Xlibris, one of the big names in POD (Print-on-Demand), celebrated paying out their one-millionth dollar in royalties. The prior year, they helped authors publish more than 7...... Similar Editorial : The House Of Print by Tony Dean. | Source : Digital Camera Printing
Eight Reasons Self-publishers Fail.. And How to Easily Avoid These Pitfalls! By Peter BowermanCommon, easy-to-avoid mistakes. Self-publishers make them all the time, and as a result, make the publishing process far more difficult than it needs to be. No, steering clear of these blunders won't guarantee riches beyond your wild imaginings, but it'll clear some of the more typical stumbling blocks from your path. Mistake #1: You...... Similar Editorial : Reasons For Divorce by Karl Augustine. | Source : Digital Camera Printing
Is Your Book's Back Cover Selling For You? How to create powerful and compelling back cover copy that sells books! (Adapted from The Well-Fed Self-Publisher: How to Turn One Book into a Full-Time Living, by Peter Bowerman. Fanove, 2007. www.wellfedsp.com). Note: The following guidelines for the layout of your back cover are for non-fiction, where my expertise lies. Needless to say, fiction, where you simply need to entrance someone with a...... Similar Editorial : EBOOKS Are Books Too by Shadha Kudrath Ali. | Source : Online Magazine Articles
How To Make Your Book Title A "promise" Got a Non-Fiction Book? Tell Your Reader What's In It for Them! (Adapted from The Well-Fed Self-Publisher: How to Turn One Book into a Full-Time Living, by Peter Bowerman. Fanove, 2007. www.wellfedsp.com). NOTE: the following suggestions apply to non-fiction works. Some time back, I got an email from an ebook author who wanted a blurb for his upcoming book on writing. I couldn't help but...... Similar Editorial : Is Your Title Compelling by Nick Vernon. | Source : Online Magazine Articles
Copywriter: Assemble & Present A Winning Portfolio Every new copywriter starts with a "lightweight" portfolio, but there are ways to build it quickly. My own method was to write free for an organization in return for samples. In my case I wrote the press releases and monthly newsletter for the (now defunct) Oregon Direct Marketing Association. This not only gave me samples for my portfolio, but it got my name in front of the membership and led to...... Similar Editorial : Becoming A Copywriter by Kevin Browne. | Source : American Copywriter
Freelance Personal Coaching Business Back in 1985 when I first started copywriting, the only helpI could find on the subject were books by Herschell GordonLewis, Bob Stone, David Ogilvy, and a few others. I didn’teven look for books on how to build a copywriting businessbecause it never crossed my mind that one would exist.Since that time copywriters have access to some very fine bookson how to build their businesses, most notably...... Similar Editorial : Business Coaching by crackmarketing. | Source : Business Email Directory
