HandysHowTo: How to Write a Book and Get Paid (how much you really make❓)

Thursday, 8 March 2018

How to Write a Book and Get Paid (how much you really make❓)

If you have a book idea, how do you take that from idea to getting that book out there?

How do you get published?

How do you get paid?

I want to share my journey of becoming a published author with you today.

My 1st book, Soldier of Finance, released in 2013. You can check it out here: http://amzn.to/2oUa6FV

Be sure to stick with me to the end to find out how much I got paid.

So first my idea – it actually came from a moment of disappointment.

I was contacted by CNBC who wanted to interview me as an Independent Certified Financial Advisor for a show they were doing.

The flew me out, did the interview, and then the show was cancelled.

But the producer said to me, “You know you should write a book that talks about the soldier’s discipline to investing.

Boom! This really resonated with me and I knew I had to write this book.

So I have the idea, now how to get published?

I know I had the option to get published on Amazon, but I wanted to use a traditional publisher. I wanted to be able to go into the book store and see my book on the shelf.

I contacted multiple agents — with zero success. All the big publishers said No!

While they liked the idea, I was a new author and they wanted to focus their time and resources on promoting their top authors.

But I kept trying and I finally found a Publisher that said Yes! The publisher was Amacom.

Now that I have the book and the publisher, how do I get paid?

For me, as a new author, I received a [have to watch the video to find out ] advance for projected sales, up front. I also receive residual checks twice a year based on actual sales.