Review: Thank you!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 18, 2012
I have read a number of books related to publishing on the Kindle platform, only to walk away knowing no more than I did before reading them. So many of them fall short of their promise, at best. At worst are those which are little more than the Author's self aggrandizing account of all the reasons we should be as impressed with them as they are with themselves.This is not one of those books!Steve Scott's,How to Discover Best Selling Nonfiction eBook Ideas, is an excellent resource for writers new to publishing nonfiction, and those not so new.I have been wanting to publish on the Kindle platform for quite some time, but being a writer of primarily business topics, I grew discouraged after studying the Kindle success stories. Most of the big success stories were fiction writers, and the big sellers in nonfiction seemed to be celebrities and established writers who were already famous in the nonfiction world. I lost hope of ever finding my place at Amazon.After reading Steve Scott's book, I realized how wrong my thinking was. Steve shows us that we don't have to be the next big name, or even hit the Top 100 to make a good living publishing books for the Kindle. He explains Amazon's ranking system, and how to analyze the rankings in monetary terms.He also shows us his brainstorming methods and the tools he uses to come up with a list of potential topics, and how to determine the potential profitability of a particular topic. We also learn how to reach specific markets not currently being served within those generalized topics.To Mr. Scott's credit, there was no self appreciation here. This book was not about him, yet he kept it personal enough to create enthusiasm, and leave the reader feeling like, "I can do this!".My gratitude to Mr.Scott for putting together a wonderful, no fluff instructional guide. Great job!