Books That Work for You

Books That Work for You

Most expert books fail. Not because the writing was bad. Not because the author lacked credibility. Not because the topic wasn’t valuable. They fail because nothing was built around them. The author wrote the book, launched it, sold a few hundred copies through...
It’s July. Where’s Your Book?

It’s July. Where’s Your Book?

Half the year is gone. Pull out the list you made in January. The goals. The new revenue lines. The brand moves. The book you said you’d finally write this year. How much of that actually happened? If the book is still sitting there in the “someday” column,...
Why a book no longer takes a year

Why a book no longer takes a year

“I don’t have time to write a book.” That sentence used to be true. In 2014, writing a book was an eighteen-month project that included a year of evenings, a stack of false starts, and a manuscript that got rewritten twice. Most experts who tried it quit. The...