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Published: March 06, 2011
Words: 8,316 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781458080523
Short description
Not everyone has dreams of writing and publishing dozens of books, but it seems that every time I turn around I meet someone who has at least one book they would like to publish, but they don't know where to begin. Most haven't begun because they don't know where to start, or are concerned about the costs. Here I share tips from my exciting self-publishing journey over the last year.Extended description
Self-publishing contains a whole new series of options today that never existed before. From specialty websites like CurrClick.com, to a number of other great places like Amazon and Smashwords, publishing your own materials is so much easier and cheaper than it used to be!I have been writing books, booklets, and games for 20 years. But until my sister-in-law introduced me to CurrClick last year, I never realized what types of options I had to share my materials with others outside of my little corner of the world.
Not everyone has dreams of writing and publishing dozens of books, but it seems that every time I turn around I meet someone who has at least one book that they would like to share with a larger portion of the world.
In this short book, I share with you my journey through a number of self-publsihing options, and tell you how easy and inexpensive (usually free!) it can be for you to get your book published.
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self publishing, how to, author, selfpublish, self publishAvailable ebook reading formats
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Review by:
Ruth Ann Nordin
on March 11, 2011 :
This is a great book for someone to begin in the world of self-publishing. It discusses different places you can self-publish for free or cheap (which is important because I wasted $10,000 on vanity presses over six years and wish a book like this came to my attention when I started out in 2002 on my journey). The author gave great tips on formatting the interior file for both paperbacks and ebooks.
She also gave tips on making book covers. All I can add to what she did is to say places like www.dreamstime.com and www.shutterstock.com have royalty-free pictures ranging from $5 to $10 you can safely use on your cover. I didn't realize you couldn't use Microsoft Word's clip art on a cover, and thankfully, I haven't, though I almost did one time. So that was a very useful tip.
She also discusses ISBNs, links to useful sites, and good reasons to self-publish. She also gave a couple of marketing tips, and I have to echo her in not wanting to come off being obnoxious about having your book out there by mentioning it all the time. I like her marketing approach and think other authors can benefit from it as well.
This is a great guide for someone new at self-publishing, and the easy to understand language is a huge plus. So yes, this is worth the read, and even if you're not so new, you might learn something new.
(reviewed the day of purchase)