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Review the 12 important characteristics of meaningful books before writing your first, or your next, nonfiction book

My recent survey of the 12 Important Characteristics of Meaningful Books has been added to the Sample Content Area of Published & Profitable. These characteristics reflect years of experience analyzing what it takes to successfully publish a book that creates a powerful brand for its author and opens doors of opportunity.

I created Published & Profitable to help nonfiction authors avoid some of the mistakes I made writing 38 books that have sold over 1.6 million copies around the world.

By analyzing the 12 characteristics that show up over and over again, and applying them to your particular goals, interests, and topic, you'll be better able to plan, write, promote, and profit from a meaningful book. You can access 12 Important Characteristics of Meaningful Books here.

In addition, you can access my writing tips blog which contains daily posts relating to the 4 major tasks creating a meaningful book:

1. Planning: Tips and resources for analyzing your market, the competition, and your goals.
2. Writing: Tips and tools for writing your book as easily and efficiently as possible. 
   
3. Promoting: Tips for creating a marketing plan and promoting your book online, offline, and in person.
4. Profiting: Tips and examples of authors who have created an empire based on a single book.

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8 tips for selling more books described in recorded live book coaching session

Visit Roger C. Parker's Published & Profitable's Sample Content page, where you can listen to a recording of a live coaching call with author Tim Baretto. Listen as I ask Tim to describe the origins of his Searching for Joy book and offer 8 specific ideas Tim can use to jumpstart sales of his widely-acclaimed book.

A published book's second year is often the hardest. The author's initial euphoria has frequently worn off, and the book appears to lose "news" value.

As this call shows, however, authors can play a major role in maintaining their book's sales by taking consistent action, even if the action is only an hour, or two, a week.

One of the major points discussed during downloadable call is the importance of authors searching for special markets, i.e., concentrations of book buyers, beyond traditional outlets like bookstores and online retailers.

Newsletter describes how to avoid the 12 biggest mistakes of first-time authors

Often, new authors experience detours on the path to becoming successfully Published & Profitable. To help them avoid the mistakes that others have made before them, Roger C. Parker has created a short newsletter that describes the most common mistakes. You can download my 12 Biggest Mistakes of First-Time Authors here. 

This popular newsletter has helped numerous first-time authors avoid the most common mistakes. It provides an informed perspective on what's really important when writing a book to establish a brand and open the doors to new business opportunities.

Roger C. Parker is known as the 32 Million Dollar Author. His experiences learned while writing 38 books that have sold 1.6 million copies, and his ongoing individual and group book coaching is reflected in his freely downloadable newsletter's recommendations which you can obtain by clicking here.