Value Proposition of Illumination Book Club
Why subscribe?
Dear book authors or aspiring writers who want to be published authors, I created this publication to inform, educate, inspire, and empower you with the support of the ILLUMINATION community and our educational resources. This is our second public publication after the ILLUMINATION Writing Academy to support book authors and avid readers of our publications.
This new publication is an advanced version of the ILLUMINATION Book Chapters established on Medium in 2021. Due to the limitations of Medium, book authors can no longer thrive on that platform; therefore, I decided to create a more advanced and functional version on Substack. I will introduce the details and chapter submission guidelines in a newsletter soon.
In the meantime, you can subscribe to get full access to the newsletter and publication archives. I uploaded some valuable stories for you. Soon, you will find many free articles and audio or video resources. We will provide updates and some resources to free subscribers, too, as part of the Illumination Friendship initiative.
Although I established it under my name, this is not a personal publication; it is our community publication. It will be like the ILLUMINATION Book Chapters on Medium, allowing authors to share their book chapters, book introductions by authors, and reviews by other writers.
What we publish and post will be an ideal newsletter for avid readers to get book chapters from contributing authors. I will gradually introduce hundreds, even thousands, of book authors, including books from different genres and topics, both fiction and nonfiction. We have over 36,000 contributors to our publications, and our administrators add and onboard hundreds daily.
Benefits of Paid Subscription for Three Groups
1 - For book authors, this publication can be an ideal platform to showcase your books, sharing sample chapters with our subscribers. You can share reviews of your books, and our editors will also review your books. So, it is an excellent low-cost marketing tool for book authors.
2 - For aspiring authors, this publication can serve as an educational source, offering guides and inspiring articles, podcasts, videos, and sample book chapters. It also allows you to collaborate with book authors and learn from their experience.
3 - For readers who love reading books, this publication will serve as a book club, allowing you to access book chapters shared by your favorite authors. You will be able to engage with authors by leaving comments on their chapters and having conversations with them via moderated chat groups. You will be able to discuss books with other book lovers and publish your own reviews of books you read and enjoyed. My goal is to make it like the Goodreads platform sponsored by Amazon. I will secure some sponsors for this global book club community.
4 - For paying members, as a seasoned author, I will create a publishing, marketing, and sales plan for the success of your book. I will create landing pages for each book author and also help them to have their own author platforms by partnering with a global development company, which will support our journey.
5 - I will write a review article about your book and publish it on Substack, Medium, my website, and social media like LinkedIn, Facebook, X, Reddit, Typepad, and Quora. I will also introduce your books to segments of my email list, which is over 700,000. I am the author of the Smart Email Marketing and Content Integration book. I will also share all chapters of my upcoming book, The Zen of Book Authoring.
I designed this publication as an educational, low-cost marketing, and community-building resource. So, welcome to our second public publication and community on Substack. I look forward to supporting you and learning from your insights, too. Collaboration and meaningful engagement are key success factors for book authors.
$5 for 5 Publications Deal Until the End of June, or Grab your 40% discount today for Book club membership
Paid members of this publication will have complimentary access to all our publications and benefit from tier 2 services of the Substack Mastery Boost Pilot.
To be an author on this publication, please send me a request via this form on my website. I will onboard and guide you through the ILLUMINATION Slack workspace, which is free, secure, and moderated.
