Writing, Editing and Publishing

Past experience shows that many writers and desk top publishers end up as part-time, low income businesses. Your service(s) must be unique and high value added.

• Book publisher.
  
• Author - hard to get distribution. Self publishing is hard to do - must be a good promoter.
  
• Book writer for the Self-Counsel Series.
  
• Desktop publisher - flyers, menus, letters, business forms, banners, price tags, newsletters, catalogues, resumes, cover pages, address typing on envelopes, etc.
  
• Design and lay out: creative services in producing documents and reports.
  
• Editing and proofreading for authors and book publishers.
  
• Foreign languages translation of technical journals, etc.
  
• Freelance researcher for authors, book publishers, etc.
  
• Graphic and computer generated art.
  
• Magazine publisher.
  
• Newsletter publisher.
  
• Mail order services - selling mailing lists, compiling and updating lists for organizations, mail merging, composing sales letters, envelope stuffing, etc.
  
• Publicist - speech preparation for politicians, business executives, etc.
  
• Research specialist for writers.
  
• Screen manuscripts for book publishers.
  
• Song writing and comedy material for professionals.
  
• Technical writing and editing - training and seminar materials, technical specifications, product use instructions, computer software instructions, product use instructions, computer software instructions, product packaging, prospectuses, proposals, reports, etc.
  
• Transcribing medical or legal dictation/court recorder.
  
• Word processing and editing - rush jobs and office overflow.
  
• Writing a cookbook - one of the most lucrative sectors for publishers.
  
• Writing memoirs for others, eulogies, personalized poems, real estate ads, ghost writing term papers and lecture summaries for college courses.