Writing For Riches With Booklets

About Me

Kim Hillman

Kim Hillman

In the early ’90’s, I dreamed about writing a book.  In 2005, I was struggling to make that dream come true.  Frustrated by a lack of material from which I could do my research, my dream had become a long, tedious project.  In short, it was a nightmare.

To compound the problem, I was a stay at home mom of three small children and thus, money was always in short supply.  I remember breaking down and crying one winter because I didn’t have just $13.00 to buy my two year old daughter a warm coat.  So, no matter how frustrated I was with my book project, I was determined to see it through.  That book was going to be my way out of financial despair.  Or so I thought.

After several months of working on my book, I came up with an idea.  Instead of writing a book, which was taking an eternity and getting me nowhere, I decided to write something smaller – a booklet.  I knew that it would cost me far less to produce a booklet and I could get it to market much faster – meaning I would profit from my efforts much sooner.  What I didn’t realize, however, was just how fast everything would happen once I set things in motion and wrote that first booklet!

One booklet quickly turned into two, and today I am the author of six booklet titles as well as the owner of a publishing  company called Up & At ‘Em Publications, through which my titles are published.  My booklets sell to a variety of markets, including both the business and medical communities.   When my third title was published, one company told me they wanted to purchase 600,000 copies to distribute across the United States inside their product packaging.   And that’s just the beginning of what’s possible in this little known publishing arena.

Now, I help other authors write and produce booklets of their own.   How about you?  Are you ready to jump-start your writing career, make more money and enjoy all the success that comes with being a published author?  If your answer is yes, then I encourage you to subscribe to this blog by clicking on one of the links at the top right of this page.

My hope is that with this blog you’ll see that if I can do it, so can you!

To your riches,

Kim

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11 Comments

11 responses so far ↓

  • sune // June 20, 2008 at 8:59 pm | Reply

    Hi, Kim

    Your experiment is Brilliant..!!
    Thank you so much for writing this blog with your creative ideas to deal with the market.
    Way to go, Kim…Easy, Fun ways to publishing..I look forward to reading your blog more often..!
    Thank you!!
    sune

  • Qais Sami // July 23, 2008 at 10:44 pm | Reply

    Hello Kim,

    I liked your posts, there were interesting and helpful. I need your email, I have some questions to ask about booklet writing. Your help would be appreciated.

    Thank you.

  • katie ernst // September 29, 2008 at 6:15 am | Reply

    Kim….thanks for being so generous with your insights and info.

  • kimhillman // September 29, 2008 at 8:30 am | Reply

    Thanks, Katie! I’ll do my best to keep the good stuff coming! -Kim

  • Vikram Narayan // September 27, 2009 at 5:45 pm | Reply

    Hi Kim,

    It’s a fantastic idea to create booklets rather than full-fledged books. I have so many ideas in me but am having a hard time bringing them all together under a grand, unifying book concept. It’s much easier to create smaller booklets.

    Cheers,

    Vikram Narayan
    http://www.bookbuzzr.com
    Free, Online Book-Marketing Technology for Authors

    • kimhillman // September 29, 2009 at 8:27 am | Reply

      It’s also much more profitable to create smaller booklets. Your book might sell for as much as twenty dollars. Your booklets might sell for five dollars each. If your book is only ten chapters in length, you would make fifty dollars from the sale of your booklet series as opposed to the twenty dollar sale of your book.

  • Elizabeth // October 7, 2009 at 8:18 am | Reply

    Hi Kim,
    I don’t see any other way to contact you concerning a half hour consultation with you than in a comment section. Is the fee still $149 for 30 minutes. If so, I would like to set up an appointment time. I live in Atlanta, thus in the Eastern time zone.
    Liz GIbbons

  • Christine // October 13, 2009 at 3:57 pm | Reply

    Hi Kim,
    Great information on your site.
    Can you give me an idea of the average size of an e-booklet in terms of words or pages and what prices they might range? Thanks so much. Christine

    • kimhillman // October 13, 2009 at 4:14 pm | Reply

      Hi Christine!

      Thanks for stopping by. I don’t know if there is an average size e-booklet since everyone who publishes one does something different according to their needs and the needs of their market. But, I’d have to say definitely no more than 50 pages and that’s really the high end. My printed booklets, which are also available as e-booklets, are only 24 pages each and that includes the cover.

      As for price, it really depends on what your market is willing to bear and how exclusive your information is. If you’re selling information that is available elsewhere and your booklet is just a convenience item, you’ll want to price it considerably less than if your information is hard to find or exclusive. From glancing at your website I’d say you’re on the right track. If your booklets are not selling, it’s probably not the price, but rather a marketing issue.

      Thanks again for checking out my blog!

      Kim

  • Christine // October 13, 2009 at 5:11 pm | Reply

    Hi Kim,
    Thanks so much for your help.
    I just put the web site up this week so my next step is to work on my blogs and submit articles on similar topics. Hopefully this will work. I look forward to reading more of your posts. Keep it up!
    Christine

    • kimhillman // October 13, 2009 at 5:31 pm | Reply

      No problem, Christine. Good luck with your articles and blogs, and I promise to do my best to keep the good stuff coming! -Kim

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