10 Tips before you publish your first book

Answer Questions/Solve a Problem/Demystify the unknown;

When writing your book, keep in mind you want to solve a problem, answer questions and or demystify the unknown. This way your readers will feel they are reading a book of value.

Add your own experience to enforce points

Whenever possible, Include your own experiences, even trials and failures to reinforce points in your book. Readers like this because they know that you understand what it's like to do something for the first time.

Try to write at least 20,000 - 40,000 words

Don’t write any less than 20,000 words. Your Readers may feel "gipped" if it takes them too little time to read your book.

Add Value to your book/eBook as much as possible

Adding value to your book means giving your readers even more than they expected. Read the part about how to ad value to your book/eBook

Make your book into an eBook

EBooks are the entire new craze in reading now a days. Publishing the eBook version of your book, will increase your sales.

Put a picture of yourself or a person on your front cover

People like to see a face on the front cover of a book; it makes them feel like they can trust you as an Author more if it’s a picture of you. Or if it is a picture of a person it can make the book feel more personal.

Choose a book cover that is white yellow or red in background...

Choose a book cover that is white, yellow, red they sell more. I chose a green cover for my book "white Rastafari" that may be the reason it hasn’t really been moving. I chose a white cover for "how to date a Jamaican man" and that book one sells! Yellow will stand out among the other books, and red is a color that stimulates people to take action (buy).

"How to" Books sell well

People like titles that begin with "How to." A book title that begins with How to tells your potential buyers indicates to buyers that they will gain knowledge or a skill that they did not have before.

Demystifying the unknown, it pays!!!

When I wrote my book, "How to Date a Jamaican man," I knew there were women dating Jamaican men who knew nothing of Jamaican Culture. I knew it was my job to demystify the unknown. That book sells! Many women who live in the United States buy this book to learn about Jamaican men and their culture.

Build trust with your Readers

When I wrote my book "How to Become a Rasta," I included examples from my own life, to back up points in my book. This gives the book/eBook a human element, and helps the reader build confidence and trust in your knowledge as the Author because it shows you have experience on your book topic.