Wow, thanks man. I appreciate the kind words. Keep in mind there are tons of guys on here who know far more than I do! But, that's where implementing mixed strategies works. Having multiple minds and perspectives in one place is great!I am re-quoting your post, @mws87, because you have really inspired me!
I have already transferred my rep to you for your advice and I am very happy to have joined this amazing forum
Thanks to you I changed my purpose for my book #4.
My previous plan for book #4 was, as I said a couple of days ago, to write a novel with a dandy main character.
But now I am focused on a different project.
As you adviced me, I decided to set aside ( for the moment ) the project of this dandy novel to start writing a " how to " book for my next project. In particular, I am going to write a book for farmers in which I explain an innovative agricultural technique I already use with good results on my own.
I knew this technique from the Internet and from a book, but there are very few sources ( especially in English language ) which talk about it... in fact it's almost unknown. So I think my book will fulfill the golden rule of ENTRY.
Furthermore, it's gonna fulfill the golden rule of NEED too. ( In fact when I think of this project I hear MJ's voice in my head: " Stop chasing money. Start chasing needs " 😀 ) .
Why?
Because this technique enable farmers to save water, money, work and time. So I think the need does exist. Moreover it's a very environmentally friendly technique and it works fine with no chemical products.
This time my plan is to write the book not only in Italian language but in English too, because I want to conquer the US market ( and therefore the whole world) .
So these are the road trip stages I thought:
- Writing the Italian version of the book before the end of August. Absolutely no delay admitted.
- Writing the English version before the end of September.
- Publish globally before the end of the year ( but this point doesn't depend only on me ).
Now I have 4 questions for the forum:
a) As you may see from my posts, my English maybe is not so good to write a book. Should I outsource the translation on could I do it by myself?
b) I guess most of you on this forum are from the U.S.A. As I previously said, my goal for this book is to 'attack' the US market. In your opinion on which aspect of the technique must I focus more on? The ecological one? Or that it make save you money, work and time?
c) Which pre-publish marketing could I do?
d) Is it better to change my pen name, since I'm gonna start a very different genre?
My stand on your questions:
A) unless you're fluent, I would outsource translation for an English version. Your English seems good, but American readers take grammar pretty seriously.
B) why not do both? I will tell you this: California has a serious drought right now. The media is taking it and turning it into full-force fright fest. If you could implement strategies to help people save water, it could be a big tjing! Of course you want to demonstrate how you can help others save time and money as well, everyone wants time AND money.
C)you can do all kinds of things man, setup a YouTube account explaining your book, make a few landing pages with different copy to create a funnel and see which does best. Start blogging with little aspects here and there.
D)you're going to get tons of mixed answers on this. Authors use different pen names for various reasons. It kind of comes down to preference and what your goals are. Using one pen name could be a problem if you have all sorts of material on several different topics, or it could help out.
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