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Business Book Writing Mistake Number 5 - Waiting too long to publish

11 Jan 2023 · 1 min

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Short YouTube advice from Julie Broad (video titled "Business Book Writing Mistake Number 5 - Waiting too long to publish"). She warns that delaying publication of a business book wastes years of potential benefit, invites endless updates as the business changes, and often prevents a book from ever feeling finished. Her recommendation: set a firm due date and publish even if the book "might not feel done."

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Mistake number five Waiting too long to publish if your business is anything like mine, your book would have helped your business years ago. The sooner you can get a book done and into the world, the sooner your business and your brand can benefit. Spending years tooling away on a business book is missing out on years of potential benefit. Every year you're in business you'll have new lessons and new things to add. The longer you sit on the book, the more updates you'll find yourself wanting to do and your book can end up in a cycle of never ending editing and adding your your business is going to change and evolve and you'll find yourself constantly needing to update any book that's in progress. If it's taking too long, your book is never going to truly feel done so you just have to put it into the world. Give yourself a due date and say it might not feel done but it is due.