Here are a couple of reasons why you should write shorter books:
- They take you less time to create
- They take your customers less time to read
A win-win
You can list them for $0.99 on Amazon
And if you feel guilty about charging money for a book that’s too short, donate your proceeds to charity
I’ve done this multiple times
Here are 3 book examples:
Book 1: Rule #1 for Nonfiction Authors
Inspiration: A build-in-public project to show others that you can repurpose your older content into a short book
Strategy: Used a chapter from one of my other books called “Write Your Book on the Side.” Sifted through the “popular highlights” feature in Kindle to know which sections stuck with readers and used that to write the book
Time to write & publish: ~4 hours
Length: ~1,600 words
Check out “Rule #1 for Nonfiction Authors” by clicking here
Book 2: Inverse Leadership
Inspiration: A suggestion by the CEO of OpenAI that someone should write a book called ‘the areas where you have to do the opposite of conventional management wisdom’
Strategy: Used ChatGPT to help me come up with a title, outline, and structure for the book. Also wrote it with the help of ChatGPT and refined the output based on my experience in management & leadership
Time to write & publish: ~48 hours
Length: ~3,400 words
Check out “Inverse Leadership” by clicking here
Book 3: This Book is One Page Long
Inspiration: A response to a common question that I usually get: “How short can a short book be?”
Strategy: Wrote a 1-page book as a joke. Focused on explaining why and how others can write short nonfiction books. Made it inspirational.
Time to write & publish: ~4 hours
Length: ~440 words
Check out “This Book is One Page Long” by clicking here
Results
Every one of those books hit the Amazon #1 best-seller list in different categories when they launched
And each sells around 1 to 2 copies a day in steady-state (i.e., no marketing or shout-outs; just organic marketing via Amazon’s marketplace).
So if you’re thinking about writing your own book but don’t know where to start, check out this free book: “Write Your Book on the Side.”