Joe Barnes: "Writing for fun and money - 
How to make money writing and selling simple information

Important note: This is a critical book-review and not a salesletter or an ad!

Number of pages

192 pages
 

Content

In this book Joe Barnes teaches you...

• how to find saleable subjects to write about and publish
• about the importance of writing the ad first
• how to research the subject you have chosen
• what to do if you can't or don't want to write yourself
• some special techniques to make it much easier for you to write
• how to copyright your work
• how to find good illustrations for your product
• what kind of binding and cover you can chose for your work
• how to find the right printer for your information product
• how to price your products for maximum profits
• how to sell your information products by advertising
• description of some important books on the information business

Review

This book is one of the classics on how to write, selfpublish, market and sell a book, booklet, manual or report.

I personally think that this book is very good, and I found it to be very helpful. So did apparently a lot of other people. At least Joe Barnes says that many successful infopreneurs have been students of him. For instance he says that one of his most famous students is Dr. Jeffrey Lant, who is famous for his many books.
 

"Writing For Fun and Money" contains a lot of step-by-step instructions and exercises. You really feel that the author takes you hand-by-hand through the writing process.

And I feel that it is precisely on teaching it's readers the process of writing that this books has it's strength. Barnes covers most of all the basic aspects of how you can write and publish your own information products.
Joe Barnes really shows his readers how the process of writing a book, manual, etc. can be broken down in several small steps that are relatively easy to follow.

In opposition to some of the other books on how to create information products, Joe Barnes really tries to guide you step by step through the writing process.

In some respects the book is somewhat dated. For instance the book is written before the computers became owned by almost every man and woman. Consequently the description of the whole writing process, the illustration process etc. doesn't take into account that these tasks are much easier if you use a computer.

Don't let this fact hinder you from buying this book, though! For even though the book is somewhat dated on some the technical aspects, this book has so much to offer in helping you to write that information product.

So this book has many strenghts. Though, I must say, it isn't as detailed on some points as for instance the books by Don Bice. But then on some other points, it gives you some invaluable advices that you won't find in most other books on how to write, publish and sell information material.

Consequently this should absolute belong to any self-publisher's library. And he would do wise to read it through periodically.
 

About Joe Barnes

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Buying information

The book can for instance be bought through:

http://www.marketingresource.com/
 
Leigh's Place - http://lp-web.hypermart.net/catalog.htm