Think of the areas of life in which you would like people's respect. On what topics do you wish people would listen to your opinion? Better yet, why does it matter to you that the world takes you seriously here? Influence is power. If you care about something, you should seek influence around it. Your place in society should be...
The mass publishing of printed books in America began in 1638 when a printing press was imported to Cambridge, Massachusetts from England. Since then, it has grown to over 2,500 publishing houses and billions of dollars in revenue each year. Benjamin Franklin maintained a print shop in Philadelphia, authoring and publishing countless books. By the...
In 1686, at the insistence and expense of his friend, astronomer Edmund Halley, physicist Isaac Newton agreed to write and publish his three-book series, Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (which, in English, translates to "mathematical principles of natural philosophy"). Newton's work began simply as a discussion with Halley about the...
Some authors want to write. They are addicted to putting words down on paper. It is cathartic and entertaining. They love the social identity that comes with the territory of being "a writer." Such people define themselves by their struggle as bleeding artists for a noble cause that few others can understand. Talking about the book they are working...
After a much older personal mentor died a few years after I met him, I was left to reflect on how our relatively brief interactions had affected my paradigm and personal development. As the years went on, I often wished I could hear what he would say about certain issues I was dealing with or just experience his personality and perspective again....
A book with a valuable message can feed a specific hunger held by thousands of readers for generations to come. It can be a medium of information that adds longevity to the most valuable products of its author's life, even long after they are gone. So, if you think you desire to write and publish, you must ask yourself what...
