Writing Nonfiction, 4th Edition: Turning Thoughts into Books

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Customer Reviews:

Fully Explains The Process  [Posted on 2008-01-19]
This is a book full of useful information from someone who knows the subject. I had the opportunity to attend a seminar where Dan Poynter spoke on writing nonfiction. It is great to have this book to bring back everything from the presentation. If you want to write nonfiction, this book will guide you though the process. If you already write nonfiction, this book will make you much more efficient. Highly recommended!

Helped me Write and Publish my Book!!! [Posted on 2008-02-07]
I ordered this book when I was working on my own book. I found it to be a good reference book and provided a lot of useful information! I often referred back to the book! Now, I have my own successful Non-fiction book!!!

Michelle L. Long, CPA, MBA
Author of: Successful QuickBooks Consulting: The Comprehensive Guide to Starting and Growing a QuickBooks Consulting Business
Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor
Member of Intuit's Certified Trainer Network

A better book model [Posted on 2008-02-08]
Dan Poynter presents a new model of book writing that makes it simple for authos to organize various sections of their book. Portions of the book, such as the introduction, preface, notes about the author and reference sections are outlined in easy format for authors. This organization allows the author to focus his attention on the heart of the story line or theme. This is a great model that is easily followed. I am going to use it for my current and future manuscripts.

GREAT and to the point. Publish it your self and profit!! [Posted on 2008-06-22]
This is a good book, and a short version of the THE SELF PUBLISHING MANUAL by the same author; both books are good, however I enjoyed best THE SELF P.M. which I will rate it 5 starts. Enjoy!!

Poor Editing and Production [Posted on 2008-10-13]
The good point of this book is his "new book model" which advocates developing the cover and frontal and back matter while doing the initial research, before you start to write, to help you clarify your audience and the breadth of your book.

On page 114 he claims to employ "professional editors, proofreaders, ...", but there are more typos than there should be in a published book and several dangling references - for example on page 40 he writes, "See the ISBN discussion later in the book ...", but there is no discussion of ISBN; also I checked the index for "ISBN" and it referred me to page 37 rather than the correct page 40. While I was checking the index, I noticed references to HTML and XML, but could find no mention of either in the text. I suspect he revised the book and forgot to update the index.

The production, editorial, and other problems with this book have given me serious doubt as to whether his "Self-Publishing Manual" will be worth the time to read -- sure "The Self-Publishing Manual" has lots of good reviews - but so does this marginally useful book.

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