My slides for Ignite DC #10. Start writing! You don't need permission to self-publish a short eBook that results in cool speaking gigs, more clients, higher revenues.

1. The Publishing Revolution
SHORT
Is the New LONG
Ignite DC #10
Debbie Weil
09.26.12

2. Readers want information in small bites.

3. Phew… a short book is doable.
Charles Dickens

4. Write for Kindle.

5. Hey, I’m a
real book

6. Isn’t the goal to “tell your story”?

7. No! Your eBook has a business goal: to leverage revenue.
Nic McPhee http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/

8. An author is an entrepreneur.
Flickr

9. Example of self-published eBook.

10. Got his eBook sponsored by GoToWebinar.

11. Collected blog posts make him a published author.

12. Help your
readers make "
one small
change.

14. Your book needs a stylish cover and a title that makes readers say…

15. I gotta know
what’s inside.

16. How will readers find your book?

17. Start blogging now. Build your tribe. Listen to your readers.
Be
relentlessly
useful

18. Ingredients of success: 1. Think like an entrepreneur "
2. It’s all about your readers 3. Practice…

19. Practice… practice… "
It takes a lot of sweat to write a book.

20. Start writing…
Big Ideas. Short Books.TM
Debbie Weil
debbie@voxiemedia.com