How I Organize and Write My Books — What I Use AI For In this behind-the-scenes video, Author Jonathan David begins organizing years of mathematical writing, study guidance, references, and individual documents into a consolidated manuscript. He demonstrates his file organization and Microsoft Word workflow while explaining where AI assistance...
How to Write a Book
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Finalizing Your Book — Print Formatting, PDF, EPUB, and Kindle In this lesson, author Jonathan David demonstrates the final stages of preparing his manuscript for publication: creating separate editions, adjusting the print layout, updating the table of contents, exporting a PDF, and using Kindle Create to prepare ebook files. Lesson...
Lesson 3 — Using ChatGPT to Summarize a Transcript for a Book and WordPress Learn how I turn recorded podcasts and lessons into organized book material and WordPress posts. This lesson demonstrates creating transcript summaries, consolidating a Microsoft Word manuscript, managing formatting problems, and publishing matching website content. Lesson Summary...
Podcast 8 — Book Size, Pricing, Publishing Platforms, and Selling at Events What physical size should your book be, how should you price it, and where will you sell it? Author Jonathan David discusses his approach to handmade editions, reader preferences, bundles, direct sales, art events, and introducing books to...
Podcast 7 — Social Media, Paid Advertising, and In-Person Book Signings How do you connect with readers and turn interest into book sales? Author Jonathan David discusses using social media alongside an author website, testing paid advertising, presenting handmade books, and developing a clear sales pitch for in-person events. Podcast...
Podcast 6 — Building an Author Business, Publishing Options, and Making Your Own Books Do you want to publish a book for personal satisfaction, or build a business around your writing? Author Jonathan David discusses his approach to direct sales, memberships, publishing, book production, and the ongoing expenses behind his...
Podcast 5 — Editing Your Book, Using AI, and Choosing the Right Length How long should your book be, and where does AI fit into the editing process? Author Jonathan David shares his approach to short stories, chapter length, personal revision, spoken-text playback, and preparing fiction for audiobook narration. Podcast...
Podcast 4 — Should You Outline Your Book or Freestyle It? Should you plan your chapters before writing, or discover the story as you go? Author Jonathan David shares why he outlines nonfiction, prefers freestyle fiction, and combines drafting, revision, and audiobook narration in his writing process. Podcast Highlights I...
Lesson 2 — Turning a Podcast Transcript into a Book Chapter with AI Assistance Learn how I turn my spoken material into a nonfiction chapter using a podcast transcript, AI assistance, and a formatted Microsoft Word document. This lesson demonstrates preparing a chapter file, requesting limited transcript cleanup, pasting plain...
Building a Website — Creating WordPress Lesson Posts with AI and Video Transcripts Turn your recorded lesson into a readable WordPress post with an embedded video, a consistent thumbnail, and detailed instructions. In this lesson, Author Jonathan David demonstrates using a video transcript and AI assistance to organize his teaching...