How to Create a Bestselling Book and a Million Dollar Business

Most people never write a book because they see the problems associated with both ways of getting a book published and they stop trying. If you try the big New York publisher route, the first step of finding an agent is not easy and it's extremely difficult to get the publisher to take a book and pay an advance.

If you try the self-publishing route you right away are faced with a very steep learning curve as you are forced to accomplish dozens of technically difficult tasks. The total cost for self-publishing has been in the range of $30,000 to $40,000.

Fortunately for the smart person who wants to write a book and use it to make money, there is a new alternative. Anyone can avoid the publishing catch 22 and get the benefits of a big New York Publisher combined with Self-Publishing.

Strategy 1 – Don't let go of your copyrights.

Two of the biggest benefits you want are being in creative control and making money from your book. You need to find a New York Publisher who doesn't buy the copyright to your book, but allows and encourages you to use the information in your book to create other products that fit in with the book.

Strategy 2 – Get your book distributed as widely as possible.

Having a wide dissemination of your book with give you an advantage in sustaining sales as buyers/readers because they will be drawn to your website where you have other high-profit items for sale, exponentially increasing your income. Wide distribution is the biggest benefit of a New York Publisher.

Strategy 3 – Turn your book into a business with a great marketing plan.

A great benefit of using a big publisher is being forced to have a good marketing plan. But the smart authors today take it to a whole new level. From the get-go, as soon as you have a book idea, you should start turning your book into a bestselling business build around your book. You will begin making money from your book right away, long before it is actually published. This can even bring in more money than you'd ever get from a publisher's advance. And your book will sell more copies when it is ready to be printed and shipped, because everything you create will be advertising your book.

ACTION POINT: You can get the advantages of both worlds if you use these 3 strategies to select the best publisher for your book. You'll make money all the way through the entire process from book idea to New York Times Bestseller. You'll be able to create a book that becomes an automatic bestseller and might even earn you a passive 6 or 7-figure income.