Should I Outsource the Research or Writing Part of My Book?

All writers agree that the more books that you write, the more likely that you will have some that sell and make you money. However, you have a limited amount of time every day to spend writing. Because of this, many writers (and business owners who are not writers) hire someone to help them with the research and writing of their e-book.

Here are some reasons why you might want to outsource the writing of your book.

You are not the best writer. Not everyone is good at writing. Even if you think that you are a decent writer, you might not be the best person to write a whole e-book.

Many business owners hire ghostwriters for their business e-books because they simply do not have the time to devote to them. Even if they have been working on them for years, they still haven’t finished them. At that point (or much sooner), it might be worth outsourcing them so that they finally get done.

Your book will get done faster than if you wrote it. Professional ghostwriters can put together a book much faster than you could. They know how to put together an outline, do the research, and write it as quickly as possible. What could take you months could take them a few weeks.

Even if you proofread and re-write the book to ensure that it is in your voice, your book will still get done faster. Instead of spending weeks and months on it, the final edits could come together quickly for you so that your book is ready to go faster than you ever imagined!

You have no idea how to write a book. Writing a book can be hard. It takes a lot of trial and error, as well as hard work to see a book go from start to finish. If you don’t want to go through that process, have someone else do it for you.

If you are trying to publish a book on a subject that you don’t know much about, it might be easier to hire someone else to do it for you. Though you should publish books on topics that you know something about, many people look for topics that are going to sell. Then, they have a lot of research to do before they can even get started! By hiring someone who is already knowledgeable about the subject, the book will be ready much sooner than if you tried to do it.

So, why wouldn’t you want to outsource these tasks?

Many writers feel like it is cheating to have someone else write their book. It can be hard to publish a book under your name when you are not the actual writer.

Ghostwriters know what they signed up for. They know that they won’t get credit for their work, but it can still be hard to pass off work as your own when you know that it is not. Because of this, many people outsource the research and then write it in their own words.

It can be expensive to have someone else write your book. Besides, if it doesn’t sell as well as you thought, you might have trouble getting your investment back. The cost alone is enough to deter many people from hiring someone to write their book.

It can also be hard to determine how good the book will be. Hiring someone to write your book costs a lot of money with no guarantee that their book will be any better than the one that you would have written if you tried.

It will still take time to get your book published once it is written. Even if you don’t edit it and write it in your own words, your book is still not ready. You will have to get it formatted, design a cover, and promote it.

Whether or not you get help at this stage, it is up to you. However, you have to be comfortable with the choice that you have made.

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This is an excerpt from my e-book, Your Questions Answered: Top Questions About Writing E-books, which is available on Amazon and wherever you buy your e-books.

Previously published on Medium and/or Newsbreak.