My first business book :)

[frheimen]

This is a new experience, and what a joy!

This has been a dream for many years. Not to publish, but to manage to write one And I was finally finished. And I sold one the first day (No not to my mom, friends or family) (and yes it has been slow with sales since the first one )

I am norwegian and it is written in english. And Twitter was a cool aid. I asked for a proofreader and got one after two minutes. Well it took me four years to finish it.. Mostly because this have been a real free time project.

I'll think I will hide in a hotellroom for a few days when I start my next book, to get a real kickstart.

I also found a cool cover design action script for photoshop and after testing on my facebook friends, I chose this cover.

http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/frheimen

But there is one thing I am unsure of.. I have no feeling with the "right" price. And since I am not in this to get rich, I think I might have over priced it? But I have read 100+ business books the past few years and I think it is ok according to the price of the books I have bought.

Well have a great day, and thanks for reading

[roymigabon]

It's really rewarding once people get to recognize your works. 

Good luck to you and for your future books.

By the way if you need any artistic assistance, illustrations and cover designs, please view my portfolio.

illustrationsroymigabon.tk

Thank you and best of luck.

Roy

[Peter May]

Hi Frode

Congratulations - most of us struggle to write a book in English when its our native language!

You preview doesn't give any of the text of the book - I suggest modifying your preview so we can see some sample pages .

My comments are

- the @ in the title suggests to me this book is about computers or emailing

- Americans use the # sign to mean number. Since the N in ISBN is short for number you effectively have ISB Number Number. Lose the #

- The table of contents takes up too much space and is confusing with a multiplicity of fonts and sizes. Stick to one font and size, reduce the size, remove the blank lines and try and get it all on no more than 2 pages. Get the numbers right aligned insetad of waving over the page. Better still remove some of the sub headings from the TOC and get it all on one page.

- BTW - it is Table of Contents, not Context

- On the back cover, department is misspelled

[frheimen]

Hi Peter.

Thank you for good feedback. I will get back to fix this after easter.

Thanks again.

[matthewcchiversathotmaildotcodotuk]

Norwegians work hard and play hard It does not surprise me his English is top notch.

Obviously a different story in Britain...we know two languages. English(UK) and English(US).

Looks to me like a good, professional book - the cover speaks of it being awesome already without having to look at the pages.

Keep it going mate, and I'm glad you have achieved your dream in publishing

[frheimen]

Hi Peter.

Thanks again for your comments. I have now made the corrections. The TOC is still longer than you advised but I reduced it to only two levels of headings.

Frode

[frheimen]

Hi Matthew.
Yes we do - My english is not perfect, but I had a proofreader to fix my faults, and I am very happy with the results.

And thank you for your kind words.

[Peter May]

Hi Frode

Better

Look at Chapter 5 in TOC - italics there

Also, sort out Chapter Thirteen, edit TOC to get page number on same line, drop 'always' and it should work. eg 'Be The Star Player.'

Your Foreword has the last two lines on their own page. Remove the blanks between paragraphs (and use indents) and you'll get the foreword all on one page.

Justify text

The preview still doesn't give any of the contents of the book, just acknowledgments and an intro, your book is expensive for 120 pages but it may contain pure gold that will repay the cost many times over. However you don't give any chance to see it in a sample

[frheimen]

Hi Peter.

Thank you for great advice and a trained eye for details. Made the changes for my paperback book. Are going to update to PDF version tomorrow.

I am going to make another pdf with a sample chapter and add a link to it from my blog. - this is the best I can do.

Still not rich from my book sales, but could afford to buy you a beer as a thank you

Have a grat weekend.

Frode

http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/frheimen