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Originally Posted by Lou Schuler
Thanks for these suggestions.
First, and most important, we have to make sure the books have broad appeal. Conventional publishing is an expensive and inefficient business. It costs a lot to produce and publicize a hardcover book. Since the word "lifting" is in the title, we're already going after a niche audience, and with each book we have to ask ourselves which niche of that niche we'll be serving.
The short answer is, I listen to everyone and consider everything, but for practical reasons I have to create books with the broadest possible appeal.
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Mr. Schuler, this wasn't long or rambling at all, IMHO. I'm actually honored that you noticed this thread!
I'm a freelance writer with NO published book experience so this appeal came purely out of the place of a fan of the book and its' principles.
I'm one of those people who had massive weight loss and I partially accomplished this with weights (though on much less organized programs). When I read NROL4W I knew we were a matched set!
Having worked in the writing *and* book selling businesses I can tell you that many people already interested in your books would want to know things such as:
1. how to keep exercising around an injury;
2. when to back off and recuperate (some folks don't understand that body weight workouts can produce serious injuries, too);
3. how to modify the NROL4W exercises when - you've got a gut (large breasts, etc.) to work around;
4. you've lost the weight but the damage has been done - arthritis and how to do progressively intense lower body work;
5. you're just rebuilding your energy/strength after having been out of the gym for some time.
Those are just a few suggestions. Maybe I'm only speaking from my own experiences here but after cruising around this site for a few weeks I see the threads for those with lots of weight to lose, older women, lots of questions on modifications for various reasons, etc. I think you would have a built-in audience here - even if you did it as a chapter by chapter e-book subscription while you shopped the booked around to publishers or if you just wanted to do it as an e-book for followers like myself. The publishing expense in either case would be small.
What do you think?
MB