How do I find investors willing to advance me cash so that I may complete a book I'm writing?
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Send a letter and the the first few chapters to 50 publishing houses. Get signed. Get an advance on your royalties. Done.
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You may want to go and pitch your ideas where investors gather. Here are some places where angel investors come and those looking for funding can come and pitch their business plans. Be sure to have a strong business plan and describe what makes your business idea stand apart:\n\nAngel Capital Association http://www.angelcapitalassociation.org\nAngel's Forum http://www.angelsforum.com \nBand of Angels http://www.bandangels.com \nCommon Angels http://www.commonangels.com \nKeiretsu Forum http://www.k4forum.com \nLaunchpad Venture Group http://www.launchpadventuregroup.com\nNew World Angels http://www.newworldangels.com \nNew York Angels http://www.newyorkangels.com \nPrairie Angels http://www.prairieangels.org (charges $125 to submit idea)\nRobin Hood Ventures http://www.robinhoodventures.com (charges $250)\n\nAnd don't reveal too much of your business idea to others. They may just run away with it :o)
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People do that all the time - paying someone else to write their business plan for them. In fact, there are people who specialize in writing business plans. You just have to guide them if you know more about the industry than they do. Work closely with the writer and make sure that the business plan captures your business objectives. You may want to have the writer sign a non-disclosure agreement though to make sure that priviledged information does not leak out.\n\nAs for investors, you may want to go and pitch your ideas where investors gather. Here are some places where angel investors come and those looking for funding can come and pitch their business plans. Be sure to have a strong business plan and describe what makes your business idea stand apart:\n\nAngel Capital Association http://www.angelcapitalassociation.org\nAngel's Forum http://www.angelsforum.com \nBand of Angels http://www.bandangels.com \nCommon Angels http://www.commonangels.com \nKeiretsu Forum http://www.k4forum.com \nLaunchpad Venture Group http://www.launchpadventuregroup.com\nNew World Angels http://www.newworldangels.com \nNew York Angels http://www.newyorkangels.com \nPrairie Angels http://www.prairieangels.org (charges $125 to submit idea)\nRobin Hood Ventures http://www.robinhoodventures.com (charges $250)
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Yes I know many people who made money selling ebooks online. You can actually hire a ghost writer to write the ebook for you and you will be listed as the author.\n\nVisit http://www.MyWebsiteBusinessTrainer.com for training and to get connected with ghost writers. \n\nGood Luck!\n\nMiss Wealth Builder
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You get an account with book wholesalers such as Ingram Book http://www.ingrambook.com/ They have a page specifically for book sellers like you with the instructions on how to order from them and get an account with them http://www.ingrambook.com/new/booksellers.asp\n\nI also suggest you attend the Book Expo America http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/App/homepage.cfm?appname=288&moduleid=42 which is a major and definitely one of the biggest trade shows ever. Next year it will be in New York, so start making plans to attend. I attended this year's expo in Washington DC and all the book publishers big and small are represented in the expo. This is the best place to create accounts and meet book publishers.\n\nAlso, get a copy of the book Writers Market for listings of book publishers. Contact each individual publishers and create an account with them. For example, Time Warner Books (Hatchett Group) has a page on their website for Bookseller Services including their catalogs and backlists http://www.hachettebookgroupusa.com/catalog/index.shtml\n\nThe trade magazine Publisher's Weekly website has a list of important industry links http://www.publishersweekly.com/industryResources.html from publishing associations to publishing industry. \nhttp://www.publishersweekly.com/industryResources.html
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Try finding a publisher.
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Try Writers' Market 2006. The publication isn't free but it has a listing of literary agents.
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Search on yahoo.com for business start up, venture capital, angel investors, and such.  These kinds of web sites will direct you to places that promote ideas rather then just products.  If you're idea is more of a book, movie or play type of thing search on self publishing.
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Start with Ingram Books http://ingrambook.com/start/ - they're the largest\n\nGet hold of a copy of the book Writers Market as that book contains lists of books wholesalers
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I suggest you contact your local writing or editing groups. There are writers who specialize in doing business plans.
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first you need to notorized and copyright them so you can prove your Ideas then you need to find some that has money to invest that is confadent in your abilitys
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I can't recommend a book but FOREX.COM is an excellent place to start.  Just subscribe to their mailing list and pick out the news you might want to read.\n\nBe warned though, it's not as easy as you think and if you want to make money off of it, you need professional tutoring.
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There are several avenues to attract capital. In all cases, investors want to see a project plan or the actual idea in beta version. In your case (small scale business), friends & family are most likely the best option. These are the people that are familiar with your thoughts and ideas and will hopefully respect them enough to provide some starter capital. \n\nIf that fails, then you can look at approaching your local SBA center. They can help you with small federally backed loans from local banks. In addition, there may be some grants or special programs available to you. \n\nThe next step is angel investors or venture capitalists. Angel investors are usually individual and wealthy people that will fund an idea if they believe in it. Venture capitalists will only fund more mature ideas with management and some proof of concept.
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Make a list of companies that may be interested to reach your audience and advertises to similar websites.\n\nGet their contact person (you can try sending an email first, without sounding spammy). Submit your proposal -- e.g. instead of spending X amount of dollars advertising, you can reach X number of users by simply donating prizes.\n\nIn our case for example given that we are an online publisher for home business entrepreneurs, we get donations from book publishers who give us their newly published books for free that we give away to our subscribers. One of the big publishers send us regularly 10 copies of each title -- and it's because we are reaching an audience that they want. \n\nSo we had to create a Book Store page that features the new titles that come out and review their books. It's a perfect tit-and-tat arrangement that has worked for several years now, and more publishers are coming on board and giving us books.
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post a listing on www.craigslist.com thier are some listing for grant writers on contingency.  I have wrote grants for a contingency fee, good luck keep me posted.
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Send me an email to make some money with no investment.  I'll show you what I am doing and it works.  Also, I did a few of these in the past....but what I am making now does not compare to these.
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If you want a good one you will pay about 60% of the royalties from the book. I suggest you look on college campuses. Interview each one and have them submit a portfolio.