Money Making Books: Become an Author of Spirituality and Self Help Books

Every day, people are making thousands off of those one-page websites that begin with something like, "Dear Friend, You're here because you want more happiness/more money/to find love..." and a myriad other topics that basically promise to give you a quick fix. It's like that cliche - All I need is a million bucks, a fast car, and a good lawyer. For better or worse (and in some ways, despite my cynicism, it is for the better), we're a culture that's obsessed with doing more, having the best, and living to the fullest.

The problem with all those one-page websites is that there is really no such thing as a quick fix. You can't read an ebook and suddenly fill that hole that you imagine gaping inside you. It only takes a couple of naiive moments purchasing these hundred-dollar-fixes before people either turn their back on self-help completely, or look somewhere else.

It's to authors - ones who really have a good insight to share, and have been able to prove it to a publisher - that people turn.

If you're a spirituality, self-help, or personal growth expert, you have a lot of reasons to become an author today. Right now. Authors are recognized as being experts because they have published a book with their name on the cover. This alone can do more for your income than any amount of advertising - "Jane Doe is a personal coaching expert who has published the book Jane Doe on Personal Coaching" - you've got to admit, you're more likely to give respect to a published expert than the one who you have to track down references on. This doesn't even go into the media impact - media loves authors, considered to be experts, and will use them often. Once more, you've got free advertising and your opinion suddenly holds much more weight in the world.

Speaking engagements become much more likely to be paid, too, so while your book may not become a Times Bestseller, you really improve your chances of increasing your income. (Hey, maybe this could be one of those one-page websites, with the promise of a better  future - only I'm not going to ask you to shell out hundreds for the observation.)