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How to share the burden of a book with a coauthor

How to share the burden of a book with a coauthor

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How to share the burden of a book with a coauthor

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- I'm going to share a secret with you. Chances are, you aren't going to get rich from technical book royalties. The real payoff is the reputation you earn by producing a great book, and having lots of folks see it. Particularly if you are an author and consultant like me, you might get emails from complete strangers that want to work with you because they've read your book. So here's my advice: splitting the royalty doesn't really impact you that much. Sure, you only get a fraction of the royalty, but you get all of the real benefit, which is getting your ideas out there, and building your personal brand. Here's a good way to get started. Years ago, I was getting serious about writing my first book. It was going to be an introduction to some analytic software that I knew very well. I started searching for books on the subject, and there were essentially none, which is good news for an author. Then I reached out to the…

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