Book Publishing

Publishing a Book Can Have Many Benefits

But Be Prepared for a Colossal Commitment of Time

By Gene Walden

While there’s no question publishing a book can have many benefits for professional service providers and other business owners, do you really have time to write one?

Writing a quality book is a major undertaking. Even with the help of a ghostwriter, you can plan on spending most of your spare time for the next six to 18 months getting your book written and published—and that’s just the beginning.

But if a book burns within you, writing and publishing it can certainly give you a competitive advantage in your field.

 

Being an author elevates your status as a professional in your field, as a speaker, as a writer, and as a media source. In other words, it’s a great way to get yourself and your business in front of a lot of people.

 

A book can also serve as the perfect gift—personally autographed—to give to every client and prospect.

 

The cold reality, however, is that as difficult and time-draining as a book may be to write, getting it publish is just the beginning. Getting the maximum marketing bang for your business from your book requires a long, aggressive promotional campaign that takes both time and money.

Not that that should be of any concern to you right now. First step, get something down on paper—an outline, a title, a concept—for this book you hope to write. Figuring out how to promote it is likely years away.

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About Gene Walden: Gene Walden is the best-selling author of more than a dozen books on business and personal finance and a ghostwriter of books for investment and professional services executives. He is the founder and Editorial Director of InvestmentWritingServices.com.