Posted by on Jun 25, 2010 in
Writing Books Groups of people willing to buy nonfiction books include hobbyists. At any given time, these people look for ways to spend their money on their hobbies. Their passion is your financial gain.
What avid hobbyists want and desire will always make great book material. Note: I did not say what hobbyists need. You may have certain opinions on what certain people should need or should read. But those are not necessarily good topics for immediate book profits. Those topics may be areas for you to dabble in at your leisure. However, if you want to make money at this, find what niche groups want, and hit those groups with your book.
Find hobbyists and niche groups by searching the web for “popular hobbies,” “enthusiasts,” or “what America is buying.” Or, you can search for forums and discussion groups for hobbyists. In the forums, people talk with each other to share ideas. They exchange testimonials for equipment, upcoming events, and books.
One popular site where hobbyists hangout online is Yahoo!. Check it out. Go to Yahoo.com. Click “groups.” On the group’s page, you’ll see a list of categories such as Business & Finance, Religion, etc. Click on “Games.”
On the Games screen, Yahoo! lists game subcategories followed by numbers. The numbers indicate how many discussion forums are available for that subcategory. These numbers reveal a lot. Notice how “role playing games,” and “video & computer games” have factors of ten, or in some cases, factors of 100 more forums than other subcategories. “Wargaming” and “paintball” don’t even come close, although those categories are much more discussion-laden than “horseshoe pitching.”
For fun, one day I continued selecting subcategories until I arrived at a list of over a thousand (yes a thousand) discussion groups on Yahoo! having to do with vampire role-playing.
Here’s how I got there: Games — Role Playing Game’s — Live Action — World of Darkness — Vampire: The Masquerade.
Some forums are open to new members, and you can join to read what everyone’s discussing. Once in the forum, you can review discussion threads from today, yesterday, or a year ago. Don’t go back too far if you want to find the hottest possible book topics. You can participate in discussions if you like. FYI, do not drop into a discussion group just to market a book; hobbyists consider this spam and will drop you from the group.
When you read and/or participate, you’ll find what this group is buying. Skim the discussions to find what questions they are asking each other about products or traveling or information. What they are interested in buying is vital because passionate consumers love to research before they buy. This is an immediate book market. Create a book on how to select the best this or that on the market, related to the current wants of the enthusiasts.
Enthusiasts come in all shapes and sizes. Think brides-to-be, golfers, whitewater rafters, people who collect vintage baseball cards, wine connoisseurs, gardeners, frequent vacationers, video gamers, and parents who put their children into private tutoring, ballet, and violin lessons before age 3.
Some hobbies continually attract enthusiasts, like playing golf, watching football, restoring old cars, and listening to music. These are classics. Some hobbies seem to come and go in waves, such as Red Hat Societies participation, snow boarding, or line dancing. Pick either a classic hobby or a fluctuating hobby in its peak season for your best odds.
A big market on the Internet is the 20-30 set. Here’s what they are doing right now, according to one survey. They’re snowboarding, wakeboarding, traveling, camping, listening to music, taking photographs. They’re drinking gourmet coffee, rock climbing, playing guitar, camping, dancing, looking for online love, shopping for computers and other electronics, attending sports events, studying the Bible, exercising, trying to find jobs, and watching movies. Any one of these subjects make a great book with a buying market.
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Posted by on Jun 9, 2010 in
Custom Essay Writing In this competitive world it is really very hard to survive and only the fittest will come first. To be recognized among others and reach the heights it is important to be very innovative ones, the work must be extraordinary. Nowadays starting from the middle school to the colleges writing research paper is considered to be vital. Many students consider that researching or analyzing on paper presentation is a headache or a burden. When seen from outside the paper seems to be very difficult to write, but it is based solely on the topic. So before developing the paper it is very important to select the correct essay topic. While starting the paper one should plan out the whole work that is to be done and then based on that the topic is determined. The matter that is to be written must have some topic that is related to ones own personal interest. Only then writing papers will be interesting and will draw ones full attention on the work one is doing. Research is one of the most interesting subjects that any student will opt for, who has the desire to do specialization in certain subjects.The essay topic must be selected in such a way that one must be able to express all his ideas and thoughts about the subject. The topic must be very impressive in such a way that it attracts all the readers. There are few tips to choose an attractive topic. The topic may be based on ones personal experience. If such topic is selected then one can add strong valid points and real strong information. The topic must have all the facts and should hold the interest of the readers. Once the essay topic is finalized then the research work can be started.Usually the research paper is made effective based on the topic preferred. The research paper is valued based on the information it contains, so it is very important to refer various reference sources to collect relevant information. As already said if the topic is about ones personal experience then personal information will help. Information can be composed from sources like the books, almanacs, magazines and encyclopedias. Internet is another step from which rich source of information can be collected. Then a bibliography must be prepared for all the information collected. There are many ways of writing the bibliography and one can select the preferred method.Once all this is written then an outline for the research paper must be prepared. The outline must contain the topic and related topic and the details the paper must contain. With all this a rough draft can be prepared and then every thing is checked finally. All essential correction needed in the grammar and the spelling can be done in the rough draft. The changes are done to make the paper presentation perfect and the idea of the writer must be clearly presented. The completed work must contain the title page; a table that has all the contents, all the pages must be numbered correctly and a perfect bibliography all this together will make the paper presentation valid.
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Posted by on May 16, 2010 in
Writing Books These days more people are flocking to purchase self-help books. Self-help books are leaping off shelves at brick and mortar book stores and online stores. People want to feel that if they read a self-help book, they have the power to change their lives. Whether or not this is true is arguable.
Changing your life, soul searching, and helping thyself, are all great book topics.
As much as ever before, people want to know how to find peace with their pasts, how to be creative or spiritual in a consuming society, and how to find true love. There is no end to how-to books you could create in the category of self-help, or life enrichment. Here are a few more ideas:
* How to marry for life
* How to unbreak your heart
* How to stay sane in a crazy world
* How to meditate
Health is a concern to anyone who is growing old, ill, or faced illness with a loved one or wants more energy or, basically, everybody. Health books are a good investment for you to make. Doctors don’t have to be the authors. Anyone with any credentials, or no crendetials at all, can write books on health. Just make sure you don’t claim to be a doctor if you’re not one.
Use any of these health topics and guarantee yourself immediate interest, readership, and book sales!
1. DISEASE PREVENTION AND CURE. As our baby boomer population ages, health concerns will afflict them, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, dementia, or some other malady. Give these people some hope. Create a book on how to cope, how to find the best practitioners, how to avoid disease triggers, or cures that American doctors are unaware of.
2. NATURAL REMEDIES. People are curious about alternatives to standard medicine, and are anxious to try herbal, natural, or holistic treatments. Create a book on any disease that covers alternative cures. For example, “How to Treat Lymphoma, Naturally.” Or, you could address natural supplements in general, “The best natural remedies for common ailments,” or “Holistic health.”
3. DIET. What we eat is always a hot topic. Dozens, if not hundreds, of diet fads exist. Pick any one of them for a book. Then there’s obesity, general health, and also diet supplements like vitamins. Think “How to equip your kitchen for macrobiotic dieting.” Or, “Eat to cure cancer.”
4. HOW TO SURVIVE ANY PHASE OF LIFE. People face numerous demons and battles as they live their lives. For many, when they’re in need, they reach out to others for help. Support groups, private therapy, being with friends, starting over – these are all solid topics for a book. You could also reach out to certain people needing emotional assistance, such as:
* How to get through the terrible two’s,
* How to cope with a cancer diagnosis,
* Living with your own shortcomings,
* How to live with someone who is dying,
* Surviving high school.
Any of these book topics will do.
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Posted by on May 16, 2010 in
Writing Books The marketability of how-to books is limitless. Everyone wants an instruction manual, advice, and encouragement. Anything you know how to do, anything you’ve ever wanted to learn, or anything that’s teachable at all, can become a how-to book.
How-to books for hobbyists are a good way to go, and this overlaps with the discussion above. A hobby how-to book could be anything from how to build a home from hay bales, to how to play Texas Hold ‘Em, to how to understand Shakespeare.
One book publisher knows how hungry we are for how-to information, and has created a whole series of “Dummies” books around the market. The industry has similar book imprints, and all of them do quite well! “The Everything” series, “Idiot’s Guide” series and others are cashing in on the how-to phenomenon.
You could cash in by creating books on any or all subjects covered in any of those books. Go to Dummies.com, and check out their list of titles. Pick one you like, and move full speed ahead!
Even though the books have “Dummies” in the title, these books are popular because the authors do not treat their readers like dummies at all. The authors cater to a person who wants to find the easiest way to do something. When you’ve written your book and you’ve chosen a title, make sure you appeal to your readers’ interests and intelligence!
If you use words like stupid, dumb, or hopeless in the title, make sure the meaning is clear and you are not insulting the individual reader.
Books can also target smaller niche groups.. You don’t have to write a universal book like How to use a computer (which may not be interesting enough to sell anyway in this decade). Books can cover more specific topics.
You can: 1) create your book in a specific way for a specific niche readership; and 2) create additional books for different facets of the same subject, and sell each one separately!
Let’s say you’ve decided to write a book on fishing. (FYI, this is one of those hobbies where enthusiasts are willing to spend money!). You could create: “How to Catch Freshwater Trout,” “How to Tie Your Own Flies,” or “How to Plan a Successful Deep Sea Fishing Trip.”
Almost anything related to the hobby can become a separate book depending on how much detail you include. Clearly, “How to put on waders,” probably isn’t a great choice (though some would say it’s impossible to underestimate today’s consumer), because you would have to strain to fill up 60 to 100 pages on such a simple topic. You get the idea. You need to create a “book-worthy” book topic. Use good judgment.
Life itself requires instructions, as we know from “Life’s Little Instruction Book.” Life also qualifies as a good how-to book topic. There are numerous subtopics, and you’ll never run out of ideas. Here are a few examples:
* “How to ensure your child gets an A+ in math”
* “How to have a successful garage sale”
* “How to organize your home office”
While we’re on the subject of how-to books, I’d like to make a quick point: you do not need to create a incredibly clever book title. Make sure the words “How to” are the first part of the title, and the rest should tell exactly what the book is about.
For example, which of these three titles would be best?
1. “How to have a successful garage sale.”
2. “One weekend away from a cleaner house”
3. “How to sell your old shoes for a profit”
Although numbers 2 and 3 are clever, a little punchy, and correspond with the book content, I would recommend title number 1. “How to have a successful garage sale” sums up the book’s topic; it will catch the eye of an Internet surfer who is interested in putting together a garage sale, and needs a how-to manual.
Anyway, back to the point. Any phase of life, way of coping with life, or large or small thing about life, can be the subject of a how-to book.
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Posted by on Mar 29, 2010 in
Academic & Commercial Writing “What Should I Write About” How to Select Your Topic
At the beginning of this process, you may feel as if you have entered a strange territory without a map. You need guanidine for choosing your topic if you must select your own or for narrowing a general topic assigned to you. This section shows you how to get ideas for topics and what subjects are best to avoid.
Three Criteria for a Topic
Whether you write a literary, argumentative, position, or description paper, the subject you select must meet three important criteria.
The first criterion is the most important. Something besides fear of failure has to sustain you through all the hours it takes to research, write and revise a report of term paper. Make the paper a process of discovery for yourself, something you want to know or say about a topic. That desire will help to see you through to the end of the project.
The second criterion is also essential. You may be interested in a topic, but not have the background of ability to handle it in a paper. Say, for example, you are interested in the flights or voyagers 1 and 2. You want to do a report on some of the computer programs that send commands to the small spacecrafts. The scientific journals are filled with complex diagrams and explanations, but you find none of it makes any sense to you. You have no background in computer programming and no ability to translate technical information into plain English.
You will either have to find a book or an article that translates the material for you or find another topic—perhaps what voyager 2 revealed about the rings of Uranus or the surprises the spacecraft uncovered as it passed by the outer planets. Although the topic about the computer programs fulfills two of the three criteria—it interests you and there is plenty of information—if it is beyond your abilities, you will not be able to complete a paper successfully.
Finally, make sure enough information is readily available for you to develop your paper. For instance, you may have heard about rock-and-roll bands springing up in Tibet. The subject intrigues you, and you feel you have enough musical background to write about it. But your preliminary research turns up only a half-page article in a weekly news magazine. Obviously, you are not going to be able to build a ten- or fifteen- page report on one short article. A better topic may be the rise of rock bands in China and Japan, a phenomenon covered in the U.S. and international press.
Finding a General Area of InterestSuppose your must choose the topic of a paper yourself. Although this task might seem somewhat overwhelming at first, it can be broken down into manageable steps. The first step knows where to go for ideas about general of broad subject areas.
There are several major sources for topic ideas; textbooks; reference books that list term paper or report topics; teachers and librarians; your own or your friends’ interests and experiences; and on-line databases, Internet, and Web sites. If you must do a term paper for a history course, for example, skim through your history textbook to find a broad subject area that interests you. Perhaps you find the European voyages of discovery appealing. Or your interest may be piqued by the medical practices of the Middle Age or the complex politics of the Balkans in the mid-1990s.
If your textbooks do not provide a topic of interest, investigate the reference section of any bookstore or library. You are likely to find books that list hundred of term paper or report topic under all subject areas—history, literature, art social science, political science, and psychology. One of these topics may appeal to you.
Teachers and librarians are also good sources for ideas. They can help you to pinpoint an area of interest or can suggest topics that you haven’t considered. It is a good idea to get to know your reference librarian, and this can be one way to introduce you. Good reference librarians are invaluable guides through the maze of research and reference sources. Their expertise can save you hours of effort.
If none of these sources yields any result, you can fall back on yourself or on your friend. Think about the movies, magazine, books, or activities that interest you: science fiction, sports, the war on drugs, international relations, music, the environment, psychic phenomena.
What would you like to know about these topics? What opinion do you have about them? Do you think drugs should be legalized? Do you feel that the government should do more or less to help protect the environment? In your opinion, have science fiction movies or TV series had any impact on shaping our current world? Should professional athletes be allowed to play in the Olympic Games? Are psychic phenomena real or imaginary?
One of these four sources—textbooks, reference books, teachers and librarians, your own or your friend’ interest—will give you a general topic area for your paper.
Subject Areas to Avoid
Part of the process of choosing a topic knows which subjects not to use. In your search for a topic, keep in mind these guidelines for subjects to avoid.
· Subjects that is too recent. If a new law has just been passed, for example, there will not be enough information about its impact to serve as the subject of paper.
· Subjects that is too sensitive or controversial. Some issues, such as the firing of a popular principal or a recent racial incident in school, are highly emotional and likely to provoke strong reaction on all sides. It is often difficult to find objective information to present a fair treatment of the topic.
· Subjects that is hard to investigate. This can include subjects that are too narrow or specialized to have much information, too technical for your own and the readers’ background, or for which information is too difficult to acquire. For example, the information may be in specialized libraries closed to the public, in international institutions, or written in a language you can not read.
· Subject that are distasteful or uninteresting to you. You may be tempted to accept any topic just to have something to write about. However, material that is unappealing to you at the beginning will tend to become more so as you would on it. If you dislike the subject of your paper, it’s a good bet your readers won’t like the way you write about it. Your own distaste or boredom will come across in your writing.
Remember the three criteria mentioned previously as you search for a usable topic: It must interest you, it must be within your abilities, and there must be enough information readily available on the topic to complete a paper.
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Posted by on Feb 18, 2010 in
Essay Paper Planning your essay is without doubt the most important stage of the essay writing process and yet, for hundreds of students, it is the stage that is given the least time. Planning your essay well will have a huge impact on the final product.
The planning process starts with the essay question.If you’re a UK student, you’ll probably find your topic or question has been set for you (unless you’re researching a dissertation). In this case, don’t be quick to jump in and start writing just yet – you need to think VERY carefully about what you have been asked to write. Evaluating the question is essential – you need to think carefull about the meaning of each word used. As you unpack your question, ask yourself what type of paper you are expected to produce. Is it a narrow specific paper on a particular area or a general analysis of a subject? If it is to be a narrow paper, make sure the title of your essay reflects this – so rather than calling your paper “The Economy” you might name it “A Study of the Economy in the UK between 2000-2005″.
Where the topic has not been given to you, then you have a lot more scope to write about something that you will enjoy and that will impress your lecturer. Choose something you find interesting (this will come through in your writing) and don’t pick the same subject that every other student picks – when your lecturer has read through 25 versions of the same title, they will be less inclined to hand out a good grade, however great your essay turns out to be.
The next stage is to write an essay statement. It will help you a great deal to decide on where you are actually going with your essay. You can do this by writing out a statement of what you hope to achieve, or a viewpoint that you hope to prove. You will of course want to include opposing viewpoints in your essay, and consider all angles of a particular topic, but the statement will help you refine the research process and keep you focused on what you hope to achieve.
Write your essay goal or purpose statement on a sticky note and put it somewhere you can see it while you’re writing. It will help you stay focused!
When you’ve done these initial planning stages, you need to find ideas for your essay. This is the stage where you decide on everything you want to include in your essay – in no particular order. It’s a good time to use some special techniques to help you generate ideas. A great technique is brainstorming – in its simplest form, you just write down your issue in the middle of the page and ‘add in’ anything else that comes to mind round the edge – you then decide what are the most relevant ideas you’ve generated. It’s a great idea to give someone else a sheet with your issue in the middle and see what THEY think are the most relevant issues too. If the project is particularly important, you might want to carry out a full brainstorming session before you plan your essay in more detail.
The next, and extremely important stage, is the core of the planning. It is highly unlikely you’ll achieve a decent grade if you don’t do a little planning in advance. This stage helps you to sort out the information you have collected and to organise your ideas and develop an appropriate structure for the essay. A plan should not be regarded as fixed – as you write your essay and review your notes and the information you have collected you are likely to alter and change your plan. The purpose of a plan is to provide a starting point and to act as a document against which you can check your final essay – you can then ask yourself whether you have left anything out. You will need to take the relevant ideas you have identified and structure them so that the reader is taken on a clear and logical journey through your essay.
As part of the planning stage you may wish to think about how you will allocate your allowed word count. Most universities will restrict the number of words you can use in the essay although CHECK to see if this includes (a) references and (b) the bibliography (it usually doesn’t). For a basic essay, a good structure will have roughly the following word usage:
Introduction – 10%
Body – 70 – 80%
Conclusion – 10 – 20%
As word counts are often strict, every sentence included in your essay should be relevant to the question asked.
You may also feel it useful to break up your word count further for the ideas that you have identified for the main body of your essay. It is always easier to write to a limited word count for each issue than to try to cut down a paragraph later.
When you have finished, you have the basic structure for your essay and are ready to continue. You’ll find the additional time you’ve spent on planning will make a huge difference to the quality of your final piece. Do you enjoy essay writing? Do you have at least a 2.1 degree? Consider applying to http://www.academicknowledge.com/writer-apply.php (Academic Knowledge) and getting paid to do what you enjoy.
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Posted by on Feb 14, 2010 in
Research Term Papers The most common writing requirement in upper-division courses is the term paper. The importance of the term paper tends to be neglected. Why is a term paper so important? The main reason is that it will make up a big part of your final grade. You might be deceived as to its importance because most teachers will not give much class discussion time to these papers. When your instructor does not give you detailed instructions for your term paper writing, it is up to you to become informed on your own.
The first and perhaps the most important step towards writing an incisive and inquisitive term paper is choosing the topic of the term paper. When choosing a topic for your term paper consider the following points
1. Interest in the subject? Are you really interested in the subject?
Most well written term papers are borne out of student’s pursuit to be aware of the subject. If a student is not interested in the subject than writing an interesting and thought provoking term paper is almost impossible.
2. Scope of the Topic
Before choosing the subject or topic of your college term papers, one must analyze the scope and importance of it. If the subject is too old or the topic has been discussed several times, your term paper may fail to get the attention.
The length of your term paper also considered when explaining the importance of term paper topic. If your term paper is 5 – 10 papers long, than you should narrow down the subject and address the specific topic but if it’s a 10 – 20 pages term paper than you may cover the topic in a broader way.
3. Research material
One more thing to consider before finalizing the topic for our term paper is the availability of the research material regarding the topic. If the pre research on the topic is too less than it may be difficult for you to get your term paper finish before the last date. You may search the internet and ask in your library about the books on the topic of your term paper so that you may find all the material you want.
Choosing the topic can make or break the scope of the paper and with it your academic performance. So make sure when you decide upon a topic for your college term paper, that you have answered all of the above questions with conviction. Once you finalized on the topic – make a proper format, scope of the topic and how you will go about doing research and what will be the prospective outcome and consult it with your professor.
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