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Self-Publish & Succeed
Julie Broad’s Self-Publish & Succeed is a practical guide to creating a nonfiction book that actually connects with readers and has a shot at selling. What makes it work is that it’s not just a publishing manual. It’s a book about purpose, positioning, and audience. Broad keeps returning to one central idea: a useful book starts by serving the reader, not flattering the author. That ethos gives the whole thing a clear spine, and it’s why the advice feels grounded. As she puts it, “The book may be about you, but it’s not for you.”
The book is organized like a full publishing roadmap. Early chapters focus on finding the hook, defining the ideal reader, and pulling stronger stories out of lived experience. From there, Broad moves into structure, drafting, ghostwriting, and the mental blocks that keep people from finishing. Later sections shift into editing, cover design, interior formatting, audiobooks, distribution, Amazon, bestseller strategy, and the economics of actually making money from a book. That range is one of the book’s strengths. It treats publishing as a whole system, not a romantic writing exercise.
Broad’s voice is a big part of why the book holds together. She writes like someone who’s done the work, made mistakes, and doesn’t have much patience for vague advice. She’s direct, a little punchy, and often funny, especially when she’s warning writers away from lazy conventions and generic thinking. Her repeated push against bland nonfiction gives the book its personality, and the message works because she backs it up with stories from her own career and from clients she’s helped.
Self-Publish & Succeed is not a literary meditation on authorship. It’s a hands-on, business-aware guide for people who want to create a strong nonfiction book and get it into readers’ hands. Broad is especially good with the connection between content and marketing. She argues that the hook, the subtitle, the chapter titles, the opening pages, the cover, and the sales copy all need to work together. In her view, a book isn’t finished when the manuscript is done. It’s finished when the whole package can persuade the right reader to care.
Self-Publish & Succeed is a focused, energetic playbook for nonfiction authors who want to be intentional from page one to launch day. It’s strongest when it pushes writers to stop centering themselves and start thinking about transformation, clarity, and usefulness. Even when Broad is talking about ads, metadata, or royalties, the core subject stays the same: how to make a book that matters to a reader and can survive in the real market. That gives the book a satisfying sense of unity, and it leaves you with the feeling that writing and publishing well are inseparable parts of the same job.
Pages: 263 | ASIN : B0FVZNJR19
The #noboringbooks Process
Self-Publish & Succeed provides readers with a guide they can follow to get write, publish, and promote a nonfiction book that sells. Why was this an important book for you to write?
There are some great books on writing and some good guides on self-publishing but there wasn’t a comprehensive guide on writing a book with marketing in mind and setting it up for self-publishing success. This is the #noboringbooks process for writing a book with the reader in mind, publishing a top quality book, and setting yourself up sales success.
What is a common misconception you feel authors have about publishing a book?
That writing the book is the hardest part. I believe marketing the book is actually the most difficult, and if you haven’t positioned the book for marketing success right from the start you’re setting yourself up for a lot of additional challenges and struggles.
What is one piece of advice you wish someone had given before you published your first book?
Focus on the reader with everything you do. If you focus on your goals and your desire to be a bestseller you become the product instead of the book and it puts your ego in charge. Your ego doesn’t make good decisions when it comes to your book. Your book might be about you, but it’s not for you. It’s for your reader.
What is one thing you hope readers take away from your book?
The inspiration and steps to write a book that will have a massive impact on both the readers life and the life of the author.
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Writing a book can be one of the smartest moves for your business success. But you need more than writing skills to create an impressive book that readers will love. You also need a plan to market, sell, and leverage your book into a new level of leadership within your industry to reach your professional goals.
In Self-Publish & Succeed, trusted best-selling author and entrepreneur Julie Broad shows you that writing a successful nonfiction book starts long before you write your first chapter. To write a book that boosts your brand, generates a profit, and makes you an influencer in your industry, you need the #noboringbooks way.
You’re about to discover:The reason why you’re not finishing your book—and how to overcome it.
Why most books are boring, and how to keep yours from being one of them.
Which editors you need to perfect your story and where to find them.
The one simple page that could generate thousands of sales.
Seven places to sell your book (and only one starts with “A!”).
Nonfiction doesn’t mean no fun. Write a money-making book that delivers meaningful impact. Self-Publish & Succeed is your step-by-step guide to writing, publishing, and marketing a book that will get attention, explode your career, and change people’s lives—including yours.
Self-Publish & Succeed: The No Boring Books Way to Writing a Non-Fiction Book that Sells
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Self-Publish & Succeed provides detailed step by step instructions, along with motivational anecdotes, that will help aspiring nonfiction writers understand everything they need to write and publish a book. I was amazed at how defined all the steps were and how it literally takes you from ideation, to publishing, to promoting and selling. Author Julie Broad has provided authors with an informative authorship guidebook that provides easy to understand advice and actionable information with proven techniques that she has used for her books and other authors at Book Launchers.
Each chapter covers a new topic and each topic is like a brick in the road to self-publishing a nonfiction book, from start to finish. With an easy and conversational tone readers are provided with plenty of anecdotes from the authors life and experiences that help set the right expectations and puts readers in the right frame of mind to absorb the information that is about to come. What I liked about this book the most was that it provided detailed instructions on how to specifically put into action the advice provided in the book. This is a nonfiction book about writing a nonfiction book. I say this because, along with all the tips in the book, you get to see the lessons put into action within this book. From the hook, to chapter titles, and down to starting a chapter by grabbing the reader’s attention. All of this helps to understand the points being made and provides great examples of how to execute it. This is like having a full publishing seminar all in one book. Where the information is too dense, the author provides links and resources for continued learning outside the book.
The title of chapter one is, “The Life Changing Book”. This is can be a life changing book for any aspiring nonfiction author that is struggling to get started, has no idea where to even begin, or anyone that has the desire but needs a roadmap. Self-Publish & Succeed delivers specific guidance and encouragement all in a friendly tone and easy to follow process.
Pages: 239 | ASIN: B08R16WBPT
