Or go for the $35 e-book for iPad here, or for the Kindle HDX here! WINNER OF THE 2015 CHAIRMAN'S PRIZE, LOUIS ROEDERER INTERNATIONAL WINE WRITERS AWARDS "The Essence of Wine is a kind of sensual geography that no wine lover should miss." -- Karen MacNeil, Author of The Wine Bible "Alder Yarrow's The Essence of Wine is an inspirational guidebook in flavor exploration. His descriptions and wine suggestions paired with the gorgeous and evocative photos by Leigh Beisch will help you recognize aromas and flavors as you embark on the experiential journey of truly tasting wine for pleasure." -- Joyce Goldstein, Chef, Author, and Culinary Consultant"Astoundingly beautiful" -- Food & Wine Magazine"...winsome descriptions, gorgeous photographs and suggestions of wines in which those characteristics might be found. Great fun." -- The New York Times A coffee table book of amazing photographs about the flavors and aromas that make wine magical. With wine recommendations and essays.

This book is unlike any wine book ever produced. It is first an art book — an incredible collection of intimate images and accompanying prose that celebrate the different individual flavors and aromas found in wine. It is also an educational book and a wine guide, directing readers to easily findable wines that can broaden their horizons as wine drinkers. The book will appeal to anyone who enjoys indulging their senses, from the foodie who wants a wine book that doesn’t read like a dictionary, to the wine novice looking to educate their palate. Even the wine connoisseur will return again and again to savor the beauty of these images with wine glass in hand and the book in their lap. Here is a preview of some of the pages of the book: The Essence of Wine by Alder Yarrow Make Your Own Book In January of 2012 I began a collaboration with award-winning food photographer Leigh Beisch and art director / stylist Sara Slavin. The idea was to celebrate some of the singular flavors and aromas found in wine with a gorgeous photograph and a bit of prose.

I called this series of vignettes The Essence of Wine, and it quickly became one of the more popular features on my blog. Now the series of images, essays and wine recommendations are available as a stunning coffee table book, thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the printing. Press Coverage of The Essence of Wine: Hawk Wakawaka Wine Reviews Tasting the Visual: A Conversation with Alder Yarrow + His Book, The Essence of Wine Uncorked In Italy: The Essence of Wine Domaine Tim: The Essence of Wine Santa Barbara Independent: Sniffing out Alder Yarrow's The Essence of Wine St. Helena Star: Wine Writer to Speak at Books on Wine Festival Juicy Tales by Jo Diaz: The Essence of Wine Palate Press: Book Review: The Essence of Wine The Press Democrat: Wine Books for the Holidays The New York Times: Best Wine Books of 2014 's Wine Walk: Christmas Shopping for Unique Wine Related Gifts Bottlenotes: Ideal Holiday Gift for Wine and Food Lovers Alike

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: Joe Roberts reviews The Essence of Wine where you can purchase the book and have it sent directly to you. Or go for the $35 e-book for iPad here, or for the Kindle HDX here!Lonely Planet's Wine Trails, the first book in Lonely Planet’s “Perfect Weekends” series, introduces the secret gems in well-known regions such as Napa and Sonoma, Tuscany, Burgundy and Rioja, and also explores off-the-beaten-path regions in Georgia, Greece and beyond. Detailed itineraries recommending the most interesting wineries and the best places to stay and eat in 52 wine regions near major cities make this perfect for travel enthusiasts who enjoy wine. Winemakers offer personal insights into what wines to taste and why they’re special and help you to understand a place, its people and their traditions through the wine that is made there. Gorgeous photography, maps and in-the-know authors complete the package. ISBN: 9781743607503 Language: English Dimensions: 185mm x 240mm

Next edition due: Oct 2018One part story, one part photos, one part recipeUse one of our free easy-to-use cookbook templates to make your next cookbook beautiful and professional.We have formats for every project—from standard paperbacks and hardbacks to beautiful photo books and magazines.Print one book at a time or print in volume with offset for deeper discounts and a lower per unit cost.RAW VEGAN On The Fast LaneBy Alicia Ann LipTrade Book (6×9 in., 15×23 cm)Trade Books start at Make a Trade BookThe Insatiable LensBy Jonathan Gayman PhotographyMagazine (8.5×11 in., 22×28 cm)Magazines start at Make a MagazineThe Essence of WineBy Alder YarrowPhoto Book (12×12 in., 30×30 cm)Photo Books start at Make a Photo BookReady to make your book?Visit Just Kindle Books's profile on Pinterest. Get free and deal-priced Kindle books delivered once a day.This post is part one of a three part series on building a niche business by publishing ebooks. I will cover finding your niche to hiring reliable workers through to marketing and launching your book and blowing away your sales goals.

To follow this series, subscribe to our newsletter Part 1 – Finding Your Niche Part 2 – Hiring Your Writer and Designer Part 3 – Marketing Your Book The purpose of this post is to show you exactly how in 6 months, I built a $2700/month passive income, side business by self-publishing niche books on Amazon Kindle. Niche-books are nonfiction books that provide solutions to people’s problems, desires, and frustrations. Here’s some screen shots of recent royalty payments. The first image is a one-month snapshot of my digital sales, and the second image is a 2-month snap shot of my paperback sales (both dated on August 8, 2014). As you’ll notice, my monthly average is just over $2,700 In this series, I will include email templates, screenshots, and details you need to replicate EXACTLY what I’ve done. Download Kindle AutopilotCan't wait, get the ENTIRE system, by clicking hereClick Me! This is an example of how to make your money work for you, as opposed to you working for your money.

That being said, you’ll be required to hire people to work for you. Take this post as an informative comfort challenge. I’ll teach you how to find the right people and I’ll teach you what to look out for so you don’t get burned hiring the wrong people. To help you along the way, I’ve split this post into 3 separate sections – this being the first. These 3 sections will be: 1. Finding a profitable niche 2. Hiring reliable workers to make you a bestseller 3. The book launch formula to kick start your book sales Let’s dive in to part 1 – Finding a profitable niche. Publishing books is a very turnkey process. Once you learn the system, it’s very easy to turn the dial and scale up. Where most people fail is the attention to detail. It’s very easy to cut corners by penny pinching on your hires. Publishing poor quality content does not work and will not sell. Pay for good workers to do good work that you’d be proud to call your own.

Here’s everything you’ll need to successfully self-publish a book: The only things you’ll need to do yourself are choosing a niche to write about, getting reviews for your book, and marketing your book. For everything else, you’ll need to hire the right people to do the job. The first thing you’ll need to do is figure out what niche you’re going to pursue. The reason I love self-publishing is because it’s a cheaper form of real estate. You purchase property that pays you back in monthly dividends until you’ve received your full return on investment. After that, you’re receiving an infinite return forever without having to do anything at all.Picking the right real estate to invest your money into. It won’t matter how well the book is written if you get into the wrong niche. You’ll waste your money and you’ll lose your motivation. Visit the Kindle Bestsellers site and choose a category that interests you. I’ve chosen Cookbooks, Food, and Wine for this example:

Scroll through the books and look for trends in the books that are selling well. I noticed a couple books on grilling recipes, so I dug a bit deeper by checking out categories related to grilling to see how well they were doing, and what people are saying about them. I checked out Outdoor Cooking, and Special Appliances (for BBQs). Remember to write down which categories you’re going through so you can use them when you’re submitting the book onto Amazon. What you’ll need to do next is go through the books that have a lot of reviews, and look through the reviews to find out what people are asking for by reading their complaints and criticism. I recommend reading through the 2-4 star reviews to get a good grasp of what people in that niche are looking for. This is when you’ll want to take out a notepad and copy over all the juicy info you’re going to use to create your book. Here’s some stuff I found for grilling books in this bestsellers list: Notice a trend in what people are saying?

It appears that a lot beginner cooks, and beginner grillers are looking to learn the basics. Simple Grilling for Beginners has the potential to be a good, evergreen topic that you can dominate. Your next step is to further validate your idea to see if it’s worth putting your money into. These are the 3 criteria for publishing a successful niche book: If you’re selling to a low-income demographic, you’re going to get low-income results. Target people who have money. Over 75% of Kindle users are above the age of 35 and close to 60% of these people are women with good jobs, busy lifestyles, and money to spend. Keep this in mind when you’re deciding on who to talk to in your books. You already know that people are asking for your niche topic, because you’ve read through their comments and your building your book around the feedback from your target market. You’re basically giving them exactly what they’re looking for. There are countless, wide-open, niches on Amazon.

There’s no need to do what everybody else is doing. Why compete with everyone when you can compete with very few people instead? The less competition you have, the more exposure your book will get (if you followed my research steps above), and the more sales you’ll get by becoming the authority in your niche. Let’s go over how to measure this so you can finalize your decision on a niche and move onto the hiring process to get your book creation in motion. For this step, you’ll need to put yourself in the shoes of your target market. You’ll have to search through Amazon like your customers would. This way you’ll have a good idea of how easy it will be for people to find your book. Use Amazon’s search bar to type in different keywords that you think people would use to find your book. The more specific you are, the better. If Amazon suggests the keyword you’re searching (see below), then you can be sure that it’s a frequently searched term on Amazon.

Also notice that when we searched for the term grilling, 810 books are populated in the search. This means you’ll have to beat out 810 people to rank your book for the term grilling, so it might not be a good idea to create a general grilling book. Lucky for us in this case, our topic is grilling for beginners, which is the third most searched term according to the suggest tool, so there may still be hope for our niche to be a valid one. As you can see below, the term grilling for beginners only has 25 results, and after going through these results, I noticed that only one book is a Grilling for Beginners Cookbook. The book cover looks amateur, and the book only has 1 review, which is a good indication that the books not doing so well and it will be an easy book to take over in this niche. The book’s bestsellers rank is higher than 150,000 so it’s selling copies, but it’s not selling enough for us to see it as a strong competition. You can do this same analysis for any keyword that’s relevant for your book.