PART 6: FINISH YOUR MANUSCRIPT 6.1: PICKING THE PERFECT BOOK TITLE .......................................................................183 6.2: WRITE YOUR BOOK DEDICATION ..........................................................................203 6.3: WRITE YOUR BOOK ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...............................................................207 6.4: WRITE YOUR BOOK FOREWORD ...........................................................................215 6.5: HOW TO GET INCREDIBLE BLURBS FOR YOUR BOOK ...................................................221 6.6: LOCK IN YOUR MANUSCRIPT: COPYEDITING ............................................................233 PART 7: DESIGN YOUR BOOK 7.1: HOW TO WRITE A BOOK DESCRIPTION THAT SELLS ..................................................... 241 7.2: HOW TO WRITE YOUR AUTHOR BIO (AND WHY IT MATTERS)...........................................253 7.3: HOW TO TAKE THE RIGHT AUTHOR PHOTO ...............................................................267 7.4: HOW TO GET A GREAT BOOK COVER ......................................................................279 7.5: DESIGN YOUR BOOK LAYOUT ..............................................................................293 7.6: HOW TO PROPERLY PRICE YOUR BOOK ..................................................................305 PART 8: PUBLISH YOUR BOOK 8.1: HOW TO PICK THE RIGHT BOOK PUBLISHING OPTION ..................................................313 8.2: HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO SELF-PUBLISH A BOOK?................................................331 8.3: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SELF-PUBLISHING BOOK DISTRIBUTION ...............341 8.4: HOW TO WRITE A NONFICTION BOOK PROPOSAL (WITH TEMPLATE) .................................349 CONCLUSION: PUBLISH YOUR BOOK ...........................................................................359 PART 9: REFERENCE MATERIAL 9.1: REALISTIC AND UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS FOR A BOOK ............................................363 9.2: HOW WRITING A BOOK CAN BUILD YOUR BRAND.......................................................375 9.3: HOW TO MAKE MONEY WITH YOUR BOOK ...............................................................385 9.4: WHAT’S THE (INTANGIBLE) IMPACT OF A BOOK? .......................................................399 9.5: HOW MUCH SHOULD YOU “GIVE AWAY” IN YOUR BOOK? THE QUESTION OF ADVERTORIAL VS. EDITORIAL CONTENT .......................................................................409 9.6: HOW MUCH OF YOUR STORY SHOULD BE IN YOUR BOOK? ............................................415 9.7: DON’T PUT EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IN ONE BOOK .................................................... 421 9.8: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BOOK CHAPTERS ..........................................425 9.9: HOW DO YOU BEAT WRITER’S BLOCK? ................................................................... 431 9.10: THE ONLY SOFTWARE YOU NEED TO WRITE A BOOK IS ALREADY ON YOUR COMPUTER ..........437 9.11: HOW PEOPLE REALLY JUDGE A BOOK ...................................................................443 ABOUT THE AUTHORS ............................................................................................449