My Book: The Small Cap Investor: Secrets to Winning Big with Small-Cap Stocks

posted by   Ian Wyatt   |    March 9, 2009

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This blog has recently taken a back seat to a much larger writing project - my first book, The Small Cap Investor: Secrets to Winning Big with Small-Cap Stocks.

The Small Cap Investor is scheduled to be published in September, 2009 by John Wiley & Sons, a well-known publisher of business and investment books including the For Dummies series, I.O.U.S.A., and Louis Navellier's The Little Book That Makes You Rich.

As the title of my book suggests, the topic is investing in small cap stocks. Small caps are those with market capitalizations below $2 billion, and often represent some of the highest growth and most innovative publicly traded companies. Small caps are a focus of my investing strategy, and a core aspect of my company, through our web site SmallCapInvestor.com and Small Cap Investor PRO service.

How did I end up writing a book?

In late 2007, a publisher at John Wiley & Sons approached me about writing an investment book. She had seen our classifieds ad for a research analyst on Craig's List NYC, and after looking at our web site, she realized that we were a growing publisher of investment research and stock picks. Wiley had previously forged a successful publishing partnership with Bill Bonner's Agora Publishing in Baltimore, and was seeking similar partnerships.

Writing a book sounded fun. Who doesn't want to write a book, right? Every American seems to think they have a great idea for a book.

The idea was to write a book on small caps, since the focus of my investment research. Wiley assumed we had lots of content on hand already, and suggested that we hire a freelance ghost writer to help put things together. This sounded easy enough. This spring I signed a contract with Wiley and slowly began working on the book.

Completing a 256-page book is much easier said than done. Even with some existing content and a ghost writer to help put things together. The project was overwhelming and frustrating at times, giving me second thoughts about whether this was a worthwhile use of time and effort.

After three ghost writers, two research analysts, and numerous rounds of editing by colleagues at Business Financial Publishing, my father, and my wonderful wife Carrie (she was the best, most thorough editor of all who contributed much to the book), the book was completed and manuscript delivered to John Wiley & Sons last Friday night. Which meant I got to spend a weekend without writing or editing chapters.

Was all the work worth it? Time will tell. But I definately think so.

I'll be writing more about The Small Cap Investor book and why I decided to write a book. With the book now behind me, I'll be back to blogging more frequently.

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