8 Signs Your Idea is Ready for a Book Deal

  1. This idea is unique to you and hasn’t already been made into a book yet*

  2. This idea is more than an idea — it is a framework, a methodology, or an approach.

  3. You have shared this idea, gotten feedback, and refined the idea over time**

  4. This idea has gotten results for hundreds of people**

  5. Readers can learn this idea in book form (i.e., you don’t need video/audio/to be in person)

  6. You are known as the creator of this idea

  7. You have grown an audience of preferably 100,000+ who have proven they will spend money to fix the problem you solve

  8. This idea is similar to other ideas that have been turned into successful books*


Thanks to Spring for submitting the question that inspired this blog post!

*do your research
**with preferably hundreds/thousands of people that you don’t know. 

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