It is estimated that only one in twenty authors become a bestseller.
What's worse is that about one in a hundred authors actually earn a living from their book . In fact most authors find it very difficult to make back what sunk into their book.
How does that 1% do it? More importantly, how can you be one of them?
They've discovered the secret for how to write a book, make it a bestseller and earn lots of money.
It isn't just a lucky strike, because some are able to do it over and over again.
There are many success factors to writing a good book, but I would like to focus on the three key success factors to writing a bestseller and making a lot of money from it.
If you learn and put these factors into practice, you could add an additional 6 or 7-figures to your income from each book you write in the future.
Key Factor 1 - Design a business from each book so that you are creating highly desirable products that go with the book.
A book is more than just paper with words all over it. Your book communicates your knowledge in a familiar format that others can enjoy and use. You'll have a far greater level of success when you realize that you can transfer the exact same knowledge in other forms that sell just as effectively. When you're thinking about your book, proactively plan out your other products and services so that your book fits into your business in an intentional way. Not only will you have a very extra system of marketing, but also extra income streams, because everything sells the book and the book sells everything.
Key Factor 2 – As your write the book, add in all of the necessary ingredients and most of the enticing ones, and you'll find your book is quite simple to promote, market, and sell.
There are several components which cannot be ignored when creating a bestseller, and some must be designed in from the start. There are also some very desirable features which help to increase the marketability and value of your book. For example, you must have an ISBN number and a bar code, plus certain bindings and features so that retail stores can sell your book for you. There are also about 10 features that make your book much easier to market and are therefore very desirable. Having resources listings, captivating stories that make a point, relevant quotes, testimonials and an index are some of the top features of every New York Times Bestseller.
Key Factor 3 - Proactively begin pre-selling your book while writing your book and control pre-sales to as much possible so that your books will be purchased in the way and time that will do you the most good.
You need to learn what what criteria make your book a bestseller. For example, not all sales of books count toward bestselling status and it's extremely important to know which ones don't. Keep the focus to only those that matter and compress the sales during an appropriate span of time. If you have learned what you need to and created the right sale quantities you'll have a guaranteed winner.
ACTION POINT: If you want to learn how to write a book that makes money and becomes a bestseller, then follow the secret recipe that others use to hit that goal. Choose to use the Key Factors outlined above and keep your eye on the ball, and you'll hit a home run every time.