I have many friends who want to write a book someday. On occasion, they’ll write me to ask what I’ve learned about it…
The thing is, I don’t know anything about writing and publishing books because I’ve never done it. That said, I’ve had the chance to learn from a few authors, and I’ve compiled some of their best written advice for my own use later. It would be selfish not to share, so here are a few resources I’ve found:
Seth Godin on Writing and Publishing Books
- Advice for authors
- Purple Cow promotional tactics
- Moving On
- Why write a book
- You should write an ebook
- An End of Books
- The Roller Coaster of Shipping
- Books for Money
- So what, exactly, do you do, Seth Godin? [Interview]
- A talk on the dynamics of book publishing
- And everything from The Domino Project
Tim Ferriss on Writing and Publishing Books
- How to Write a Bestselling Book This Year: The Definitive Resource List and How-To Guide
- 12 Lessons Learned While Marketing “The 4-Hour Body”
- How Bestseller Lists Work… And Introducing the Amazon Monthly 100
- Behind the Scenes: How to Make a Movie Trailer for Your Product (or Book)
- How to Create a Viral Book Trailer (or Get 1,000,000 Views for Almost Anything)
- How Tucker Max Got Rejected by Publishing and Still Hit #1 New York Times
- How Does a Bestseller Happen? A Case Study on Hitting #1 on the New York Times
- How a First Time Author Got a 7-Figure Book Deal
- How Authors Really Make Money: The Rebirth of Seth Godin and Death of Traditional Publishing
- Jedi Mind Tricks: How to Get $250,000 of Advertising for $10,000
Ryan Holiday on Writing and Publishing Books
- Behind the Book Campaign: How to sell 30,000 copies in six weeks
- How to Get a Book Agent
- How and Why to Keep a Commonplace Book
- How I Did Research for Three New York Times Bestselling Authors (in My Spare Time)
- Everything You Need to Know to Create a Bestselling Book
Other Great Resources on Writing and Publishing Books
- 7 Rules for Writing by Dan Pink
- The Email I Sent Announcing My Book to My Network Last Year by Adam Grant
- What Makes for a Brilliant Book Cover? by Kyle Vanhemert
- The Complete Guide to Book Marketing (or How to Launch a Book to #1 on Amazon) by Tom Morkes
- 24 Things No One Ever Tells You About Book Publishing
- The DIY Book Tour by Chris Guillebeau
- Marketing Tools for Any Self Published Book by Paul Jarvis
- How to Self-Publish a BestSeller: Publishing 3.0 by James Altucher
- The Robert Greene Method of Writing Books by Paulo Ribeiro
- The Self-Publishing Hangout from Justin Jackson, Paul Jarvis, Nathan Barry, and Sacha Grief
If you know of other top notch resources on writing books, by all means shoot me an email. I’ll use this post as a running list of the best resources out there on how to write and publish a book… Particularly on how to do it well.
Thanks to James Clear for the push I needed to write this post.
