Writing a Book

GreatLakes

I'm a student athlete at a mid-sized college in the US that plays soccer and studies there. For the past year, I've been thinking about writing a book on many things related to the US, college, and sports. For example, I would talk about the recruiting process of college, scholarships, US education, college lifestyle, travel etc.

My question is, do ye see a big enough audience for writing a book on these matters?

silja

Do you have a publisher?

A lot will depend how you write it...
-funny anectodes. Could sell well and become a TV series if you are good
- "how to get to america and not pay uni fees" type book- probably would not sell, other than maybe as a 99 cent e-book. And frankly, I don't really see someone who is still in college and has no experience helping others get recruited/ get scholarships as expert enough to write such a book
- Cultural differences between Ireland and the USA in college (if so, will it be a scholarly book, a fun book, or a layman's sociology book?). I bought a couple of books about cultural/ language differences before I moved over and I think they were helpful. Very small target market though.

InTheTrees

The commercialization of college football is an interesting topic.

My better half worked in Admissions at a major University for years and the Football program was run completely separately almost as a business. They were "recruited" just like any professional athlete, except the process has to be disguised because the university is a "non profit" academic institution.

She was given a list of athlete's to admit every year.

There was also a list of academic programs the athletes would sign up for that would require the absolute minimum of attendance or attention.