Archive for November, 2005



Ghostwriting fascinates people—not just the ethics of being a ghostwriter, but the mechanics of it. Lately I’ve had a lot of people asking me “So how do you work?” To me, that question breaks down into two parts: “How do you do what you do?” and “What’s it like to be your client?”
I addressed […]

In “Blog + Book = Opportunity,” I talked about different ways to turn a blog into a book, also called a blook, or using a blog to write a book. This isn’t the only possible relationship between a book and a blog, however. You can also market an existing book by serializing it in […]

In the publishing world, POD usually stands for Print on Demand, a technology which lets you print books in small quantities so you don’t have to store thousands of them in your garage and pay large up-front fees for more traditional self-publishing.
But POD has another meaning: Play on Demand. That means watching or listening […]

Thanks to everyone who showed up at my “Talk Your Way to a Book: Why Speakers Make Great Authors” presentation for Business Speakers by the Bay last Friday. Contributions from the audience made it a much better experience for everyone.
For those who couldn’t make it, I’ve now uploaded an MP3 recording (see end of post […]

 
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