Good book ideas feel obvious in your head and fall apart on the shelf. This workbook walks you through a research process so your idea gets tested before you write a word. It does not promise income, and it does not guarantee sales. It gives you worksheets and a decision framework.

You start with niche idea capture pages: the idea, the audience, the pain point, the format fit. Then demand check pages with guided fields for recording what you actually find: what search results show, what existing books do, what gaps you spot. Competition audit pages give you fixed fields for recording competitors' prices, page counts, strengths, weaknesses, and the review themes you observe.

Then it turns constructive: keyword list builder pages, title and subtitle brainstorm pages with a subtitle formula worksheet, cover and angle comparison pages. At the end, a scored go/no-go worksheet totals your idea out of 30 with honest score bands, a decision page records your verdict and your first three steps, and a 30-day research action plan turns the decision into weekly tasks.