Podcasting Church--Topics?

[sempei13]

November is "Write Nonfiction in November" month. I've had the idea of writing a book called "Podcasting Church". I'm about 10,000 words in of my goal 50,000(rough draft ) and don't know if it will be worth anything, but if it is, I'll put it on Amazon so it can be on the Kindle, in print (print on demand), and ebook (probably pdf).

Anyway, this isn't an ad (as I'm not sure I'll sell it). I'm looking for topics. I have:

Introduction*
Why (and why not) podcast*
Basic equipment*
Genre*
Format*
Podcasting to the Unconvinced*
Editing
Submitting to iTunes
Making and Tweaking RSS
Private Feeds
Storage and Bandwidth
Copyright (Copyright of your podcast and using other people's content)

*Already written.

Anymore ideas for chapters or stuff I'm missing?

Paul

[sempei13]

Update:

Here's what I've written so far (about 50 pages):

Introduction
Chapter 1–What is a Podcast
Chapter 2–Why You Should (and Shouldn’t) Podcast
Chapter 3–Equipment pt.1 Audio
Chapter 3–Equipment pt.2 Video
Chapter 4–The Stages of Production
Chapter 5–Genre
Chapter 6–Format
Chapter 7–Branding & Promotion
Chapter 8–Blogging
Chapter 9–Podcasting to the Unconvinced
Chapter 10–Copyright (Yours and Others’)
Chapter 11–Archive, Backup, Save Copies
Chapter 12–Storage and Bandwidth

If you want to read any of what I have, check out http://www.trinitydigitalmedia.com/podcasting-church/

I'd love any additions, comments or another set of eyes on it. I think I'm going to make at least an ebook when I'm done.

Paul

[[Director] Joseph B]

Paul, read a couple of chapters and it looks good -- have you tried lulu.com?

[sempei13]

Thanks Joseph. I'm thinking Amazon Create Space b/c it would go on Amazon and be available for the Kindle (and Kindle app on iPhone, iPad, Android, etc.) and also recording the whole thing as audio.

It's just shy of 25,000 words now, but I still have more to write. Here's the latest update of chapters:

Introduction
Chapter 1–What is a Podcast
Chapter 2–Why You Should (and Shouldn’t) Podcast
Chapter 3–Equipment pt.1 Audio
Chapter 3–Equipment pt.2 Video
Chapter 4–The Stages of Production
Chapter 5–Genre
Chapter 6–Format
Chapter 7–Editing
Chapter 8–RSS, XML, and Feeds Oh My
Chapter 9–A Word about iTunes
Chapter 10–Branding & Promotion
Chapter 11–A Word about the Web
Chapter 12–Blogging
Chapter 13–Podcasting to the Unconvinced
Chapter 14–Copyright (Yours and Others’)
Chapter 15–Archive, Backup, Save Copies
Chapter 16–Storage and Bandwidth

[sempei13]

So far:

Introduction
Chapter 1–What is a Podcast
Chapter 2–Why You Should (and Shouldn’t) Podcast
Chapter 3a–Equipment pt.1 Audio
Chapter 3b–Equipment pt.2 Video
Chapter 4–The Stages of Production
Chapter 5–Genre
Chapter 6–Format
Chapter 7–Editing
Chapter 8–Naming, Framing & Taming
Chapter 9–RSS, XML, and Feeds Oh My
Chapter 10–A Word about iTunes
Chapter 10b–Submitting to iTunes
Chapter 11–Branding & Promotion
Chapter 12–A Word about the Web
Chapter 13–Good to Great
Chapter 14–Blogging
Chapter 15–Podcasting to the Unconvinced
Chapter 16–Copyright (Yours and Others’)
Chapter 17–Archive, Backup, Save Copies
Chapter 18–Storage and Bandwidth
Chapter 19–This is the End…

I'm hoping for a good draft before Christmas and something I can distribute by January 2011. Not bad for a book that I started writing November 2.

Paul

[[Admin] osborn4]

Do you cover the difference between podcasting and just putting audio (or video) of your weekly sermon on your web site?

[sempei13]

That's actually in the "What's a podcast?" and "RSS, XML, and Feeds, oh my" chapters. Feel free to read those and tell me what you think.

Paul

[sempei13]

I finished the rough draft. Not bad for 40 days (actually around 30 with some time off). So the "Podcasting Church" Chapters are:

Introduction
Chapter 1–What is a Podcast
Chapter 2–Why You Should (and Shouldn’t) Podcast
Chapter 3a–Equipment pt.1 Audio
Chapter 3b–Equipment pt.2 Video
Chapter 4–The Stages of Production
Chapter 5–Genre
Chapter 6–Format
Chapter 7–Live From My Spare Room…
Chapter 8–Editing
Chapter 9–Naming, Framing & Taming
Chapter 10–RSS, XML, and Feeds Oh My
Chapter 11–Them Bits Hertz
Chapter 11b–Resolutions about Codecs
Chapter 12–A Word about iTunes
Chapter 12b–Submitting to iTunes
Chapter 13–Branding & Promotion
Chapter 14–A Word about the Web
Chapter 15–Streamable, Downloadable, and Playable
Chapter 16–Good to Great
Chapter 17–Blogging
Chapter 18–Podcasting to the Unconvinced
Chapter 19–Copyright (Yours and Others’)
Chapter 20–Tips and Tricks
Chapter 21–Archive, Backup, Save Copies
Chapter 22–Storage and Bandwidth
Chapter 23–This is the End…

Paul

[[Admin] skstarkiller]

Great job Paul!

[sempei13]

I'm done editing the first 13 chapters. 10 to go. Then I can tweak another draft. I really hope I can get this released by 2/1/10.

"Video Production for Small Churches" next?

Paul

[sempei13]

Wow, 2/1 became 6/1. I wish I'd sent it to the editor first before I did it myself. Anyway, I'll be releasing it really soon.

Paul

[[Admin] osborn4]

Originally Posted by sempei13

"Video Production for Small Churches" next?

That's something we'd be interested in.