Are You Ready For The Publishing Revolution?

Writing has traditionally been considered a solitary craft.\rYou wrote you article or book in seclusion. You submitted\rit to an editor or publisher and prayed it would be\rpublished.

Along comes the Internet and the monsters out of the cage.\rYou now have the ability to self publish your work. You can\rthrow up a Blog, hook up to an RSS feed and syndicate your\rwriting.

You can form online communities with other writers. Readers\rcan give immediate feedback on your work. You can promote\ryour work in the virtual book stores such as Amazon.

The Internet has become a writer¡¯s paradise.

With the advent of the Internet, you no longer are limited\ras a writer,. With a little research you can become a\rwriter/publisher. Think of the possibilities.

Every word you write can travel the globe in the blink of\ran eye.

Why would you want to be a publisher?

* You can make money before your book is even written.

Before the Internet, writers had to find ways to support\rthemselves while working on their novels or stories. Now if\ryou¡¯ve got a book that will take any length of time to\rcomplete, you can still make money by joining affiliate\rprograms for books by other authors.

* You can start an online newsletter.

What an advantage you have over writers of the past. With\ryour newsletter, your readers get to know you and your\rwork. You have a waiting audience for the day your book is\rreleased.

* You can start your own Blog.

You can plug your Blog into an RSS feed and your work can\rbe accessed on the entire network.

* You can start your own affiliate program.

Sites such as Clickbank take the hassle out of having an\raffiliate program. They process the orders and pay\rcommissions to your affiliates. It¡¯s a turnkey system for\runder $50. Your affiliates are an army of salesmen ready to\rpromote your work around the globe. They can reach more\rmarkets than you could on your own. It¡¯s leverage in\raction.

* You can build a theme oriented site drawing readers and\rwriters from around the world. It¡¯s like having your own\rDisneyland for writers.

* You can set up your own autoresponder course geared to\ryour market. Educating and selling on autopilot.

* You can create free ebooks. Take a few of your chapters\rand create the book as a preview. You¡¯re giving readers\renough information to decide whether they want to buy your\rbook.

You can also add links to your website, Blog and other\rbooks in the free book. .

* You can write for the online newsletters in your target\rmarket.

As an ezine writer there are times I¡¯ve had an article\rcirculated to millions of readers in a single week.

* You can allow webmasters to host your articles on their\rsite.

Imagine thousands of websites promoting your work.

Think it can¡¯t happen. Think again.

Without even realizing it was happening, my articles are\rpublished on 4000 websites at any given time. Most of those\rarticles are there for the duration.

Imagine what you could accomplish if you put some effort\rinto self promotion.

I¡¯ve just scratched the surface of the possibilities.

The difference between being a writer or a writer/publisher\ris just a shift in mindset. If you¡¯re willing to get out of\ryour comfort zone, the skies the limit.

There¡¯s a cartoon that illustrates the mindset of a winner.

There¡¯s a little boy throwing the football with his father.\rHis father looks at him and says, ¡°Son, with a little\rpractice, you can be making the big money they¡¯re paying\rprofessional football players.¡±

The little boy smiles and looks at his father and says,\r¡°Dad, I don¡¯t want to be a football player. I want to be\rthe man who can afford to pay all those salaries.¡±

From the mouth of babes.

It¡¯s in your hands. Do you want to stay in your comfort\rzone and limit your possibilities, or do you want to expand\ryour thinking and build a publishing empire?

In the immortal words of Shakespeare,

¡°Why, then the world¡¯s mine oyster, Which I with sword will\ropen.¡±

Is the world your oyster? If not maybe it¡¯s time you\rexpanded your thinking.

Wishing You Success, \rJohn Colanzi

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