You will find links to the other posts in the series at Self-Publishing Primer. Writers who expect to sell their books in personal appearances or through brick-and-mortar stores may not see the value of having a Web site. But even if you don’t want to sell your books online, it’s important to have your own … Read more
You will find links to the other posts in the series at Self-Publishing Primer. Many of the tasks you will need to accomplish to publish your book must be done simultaneously, and you can self-publish a book much faster than the timeline below. In fact, Fern Reiss has a book, The Publishing Game: Publish a … Read more
You will find links to the other posts in the series at Self-Publishing Primer. Every author considering self-publishing wants to know how much it will cost. I’ll give some general ideas, but there is a huge variation in costs based on many factors: the length of your book, the method of printing, what kind of … Read more
You will find links to the other posts in the series at Self-Publishing Primer. Writers often ask me if they need to copyright their book before they send it into the publishing world – either to a freelance editor or book doctor to polish the manuscript or to agents and editors to seek publication. In … Read more
You will find links to the other posts in the series at Self-Publishing Primer. You’ve written or are writing a book. Now you understand what self-publishing is and you’ve decided to self-publish your book. Where do you start? Decide what type of business to establish: sole proprietorship, LLC, or corporation. Most self-publishers start as proprietorships, … Read more
You will find links to the other posts in the series at Self-Publishing Primer. Advice on writing your book would fill volumes, but I will give you a few tips and some good resources to get you started. As a freelance editor, I do sample edits for prospective clients. Frequently, I point out some major … Read more
You will find links to the other posts in the series at Self-Publishing Primer. We’ve looked at the pros and cons of self-publishing, but that doesn’t answer the question of whether self-publishing is appropriate for you and your book. Let’s look more closely at who should self-publish: You might be a good candidate for self-publishing … Read more
You will find links to the other posts in the series at Self-Publishing Primer. The pros and cons of self-publishing may seem self-evident from the description in the previous post. However, let’s break down the characteristics of self-publishing into benefits and disadvantages. Advantages of self-publishing include: You, the author, are in complete control. Your book … Read more
You will find links to the other posts in the series at Self-Publishing Primer. We’ve talked about other kinds of publishing, including subsidy publishing. Sometimes authors believe that subsidy publishing is the same as self-publishing because the author pays all the costs of production in both. In Subsidy Publishing vs. Self-Publishing, Writing-World gives a good … Read more
You will find links to the other posts in the series at Self-Publishing Primer. We’ve talked about traditional publishing and vanity publishing. In the middle of these extremes are subsidy publishing and self-publishing. We’ll talk more about do-it-yourself publishing in a future post, but here we’ll address subsidy publishing: A vanity publisher can look deceptively … Read more