Are You Ready For The Publishing Revolution?

Writing has traditionally been considered a solitary craft. You wrote you article or book in seclusion. You submitted it to an editor or publisher and prayed it would be published.</p><p>Along comes the Internet and the monsters out of the cage. You now have the ability to self publish your work. You can throw up a Blog, hook up to an RSS feed and syndicate your writing.</p><p>You can form online communities with other writers. Readers can give immediate feedback on your work. You can promote your work in the virtual book stores such as Amazon.</p><p>The Internet has become a writer's paradise.</p><p>With the advent of the Internet, you no longer are limited as a writer,. With a little research you can become a writer/publisher. Think of the possibilities.</p><p>Every word you write can travel the globe in the blink of an eye.</p><p>Why would you want to be a publisher?</p><p>* You can make money before your book is even written.</p><p>Before the Internet, writers had to find ways to support themselves while working on their novels or stories. Now if you've got a book that will take any length of time to complete, you can still make money by joining affiliate programs for books by other authors.</p><p>* You can start an online newsletter.</p><p>What an advantage you have over writers of the past. With your newsletter, your readers get to know you and your work. You have a waiting audience for the day your book is released.</p><p>* You can start your own Blog.</p><p>You can plug your Blog into an RSS feed and your work can be accessed on the entire network.</p><p>* You can start your own affiliate program.</p><p>Sites such as Clickbank take the hassle out of having an affiliate program. They process the orders and pay commissions to your affiliates. It's a turnkey system for under $50. Your affiliates are an army of salesmen ready to promote your work around the globe. They can reach more markets than you could on your own. It's leverage in action.</p><p>* You can build a theme oriented site drawing readers and writers from around the world. It's like having your own Disneyland for writers.</p><p>* You can set up your own autoresponder course geared to your market. Educating and selling on autopilot.</p><p>* You can create free ebooks. Take a few of your chapters and create the book as a preview. You're giving readers enough information to decide whether they want to buy your book.</p><p>You can also add links to your website, Blog and other books in the free book. .</p><p>* You can write for the online newsletters in your target market.</p><p>As an ezine writer there are times I've had an article circulated to millions of readers in a single week.</p><p>* You can allow webmasters to host your articles on their site.</p><p>Imagine thousands of websites promoting your work.</p><p>Think it can't happen. Think again.</p><p>Without even realizing it was happening, my articles are published on 4000 websites at any given time. Most of those articles are there for the duration.</p><p>Imagine what you could accomplish if you put some effort into self promotion.</p><p>I've just scratched the surface of the possibilities.</p><p>The difference between being a writer or a writer/publisher is just a shift in mindset. If you're willing to get out of your comfort zone, the skies the limit.</p><p>There's a cartoon that illustrates the mindset of a winner.</p><p>There's a little boy throwing the football with his father. His father looks at him and says, &quot;Son, with a little practice, you can be making the big money they're paying professional football players.&quot;</p><p>The little boy smiles and looks at his father and says, &quot;Dad, I don't want to be a football player. I want to be the man who can afford to pay all those salaries.&quot;</p><p>>From the mouth of babes.</p><p>It's in your hands. Do you want to stay in your comfort zone and limit your possibilities, or do you want to expand your thinking and build a publishing empire?</p><p>In the immortal words of Shakespeare,</p><p>&quot;Why, then the world's mine oyster, Which I with sword will open.&quot;</p><p>Is the world your oyster? If not maybe it's time you expanded your thinking.</p><p>Wishing You Success,</p><p>John Colanzi <br><a href="http://www.thesimplesystem.net" target="_new">http://www.thesimplesystem.net</a></p><p>About The Author</p><p>Copyright (c) John Colanzi.</p><p>John has been writing on the Internet for 5 years and has a special gift for you. Sign up for your complementary e-Course "How To Build Your Business With Free Advertising." Visit: <a href="http://www.thesimplesystem.net/cashflow.html" target="_new">http://www.thesimplesystem.net/cashflow.html</a></p><p><a href="mailto:jcolanzi@johncolanzi.com">jcolanzi@johncolanzi.com</a>