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Try this. Go to Amazon.com. From the tabbed menu walking along the highest of the Amazon home page, click "Top Sellers."
Copyright law protects the way in which in which authors express their thoughts, so you desire to to you'll wish to do not plagiarize or copy book text outright. Additionally, you cannot use the title word-for-word either. But nothing is stopping you from creating a book that covers the same subject with a unique voice. It's legal and guilt-free. This is why having a look at bestseller lists are a great option to get book topic thoughts.
Selecting a hot topic for a book is so easy. People are hungry for information, and people are buying books and e-books to feed their starvation. After you read this article, you will know how to opt for your own book topic and feel confident possible write a best-selling book founded on your topic.
The straightest path to book profits is the nonfiction book market. This is true for a quantity of reasons. Fiction readers prefer to curl up in a chair with a physical book. Fiction readers tend to buy from authors they know and like. Fiction can be more demanding to write and deliver well. Also, many of the classics in fiction are available as free books. A reader interested in fiction could just download those. So stick with nonfiction unless you're feeling particularly bold and experimental.
Here is a few more good news... thoughts are not copyrighted, therefore any idea you see, hear, or read anywhere anytime, is yours to use for a book! You can create books round the same thoughts that are covered in the Amazon best seller list, and turnaround and create a book on the actual same subject!
I did this one day in March 2008 and found a Harry Potter book, several other fiction books, and titles such as Natural cures "they" won't tell you about, How what you wear can change your life, How to profit from the demise of the dollar, and The official SAT study guide. I've paraphrased to a point, but you get the idea.
Step 3: And concurrently you're on the Internet...
Step 1: Observe what's going on round you.
Find out the hottest nonfiction books from the New York Times bestseller list, Amazon, and a Google's "search for books." Your findings will tell you what book subjects people are buying right now.
The Internet is a glorious option to find what people are having a look for at any given second. You can search for well-nigh anything. Search Google, or possible use Yahoo! or Bing.com. Type in phrases like "top concerns of Americans," "best-selling nonfiction topics," or "popular how-to manuals." Common worries of 2009; etc.
Step 2: Spend a few minutes searching the Internet.
* How to lose the last ten pounds.
* The truth about UFOs.
* The straightest path to becoming a millionaire.
* From your personal corner, your step-granddaughter is pregnant at age 14?
* Your grocery bill is double what it used to be?
* Your roof leaks?
So, brainstorm a list of problems in your life and in the lives of people round you. Your friend Bob lost his job? Your sister's youngster had chicken pox? How did they cope or find solutions? While you're at it, start another list of unsolved problems evident in your corner of the world. Write down problems you desire to you had solved. A-ha! These subjects will really interest people!
These are problems waiting for book solutions! Unsolved problems make great book topics.
Here's what I learned from spending a few minutes on Amazon that day. People are reading good fiction from already bestselling authors (Da Vinci Code, the Harry Potter series, and others). Secondly, Amazon buyers, buying over the Internet, are interested in non-fiction topics such as improving their lives and making more money. For these books, virtually any author will do, even unknown authors or people who went to prison for lying to the American public.
