..do i need to be a professional dietician or nutrionist? Can I not just do some very thorough secondary research, and credit my sources?
2) Would you buy my book (assuming that you are interested in diet and nutrition)?
2007-09-03 05:06:29 · 4 answers · asked by Chimera's Song 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Hi Bemo - I said I am willing to do the research and this will be taken from reputable, established sources.
Are all people who write books like this academics?
2007-09-03 05:28:44 · update #1
hey artacus, thanks for your response. Pardon me for being a little vague but i dont want anyone poaching my idea ...Actually its more than about diet and nutrition, its more specific than that, very niche. Thanks for your advice
2007-09-03 10:57:18 · update #2
It depends on your appoach; some fools will buy anything especially if you are really unscrupulous and make wild and rash promises.
Maybe you should go for a niche market. Books about baby and child nutrition sell well even though loads of them are rubbish because new parents are paranoid and want to do things right. (Personal experience)
I would buy any book with recipes that tasted nice for coeliac disease and which didn't fill half the book with wheat free recipes. Maybe one for children?
others that sell well seem to include recipes but again go for a specific market, vegetarian, vegan, something free.
Actually, I've just thought of a niche market that I don't think has been tapped, but it's so good I might save it for myself!
2007-09-03 09:09:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't buy it .. there are so many stupid books like that ... if I need an information, i get to the net, and if I didn't have net, I'd ask someone to recommend me something .. most likely a nutritionist ... a specialist who doesn't really have much respect for amateurs, and people who wan to earn quick money doing a bit of copy/paste, taking everything out of context, and promoting their own vague opinions ... just because something is on paper, it doesn't mean it's worth reading
sorry, but I do believe you wanted an honest answer
2007-09-03 07:01:05 · answer #2 · answered by tricky 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Anybody can write anything they want. There's no guarantee that anybody will buy it but you don't know until you try. You might become the J.K.Rowling of diet books.
2007-09-03 06:41:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you want me to buy it , please don't put that picture on the cover.! LOL
If people were to buy your book , wouldn't you want to be sure that your information was accurate and, would cause no harm ! Nah ! I think you need some serious study first .
2007-09-03 05:12:14 · answer #4 · answered by Bemo 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋