How Self Publishers Can Publish Books on Their Own
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Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 |
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This is a common problem for many writers who are yet to get recognition, they often visit, iUniverse, and other online sites that advertise themselves as an easy way to self publish a book. But many of them can actually self publish their book and keep control over the whole process.
Well, most of the time, the online sites take some fees for their service hence you increase your book price, now an increased price may cause fall in sales. So better you try to keep the price down.
Here is a quick and easy guide for self publishing, go through it and you will be able to publish your own book.
The process of self publishing is straight forward; here is the step by step guide.
1. You should Write or Edit your book in Ms Word or Works. Many authors do not understand that they need a qualified editor or proofreader, to make sure that the book is always on the track and there is no mistake.
2. Type your book in such a format so that you can print it and publish, after you complete typing then you have to convert it into PDF. You can search for an editor, who can type too, so he can do this for you.
3. You need to design a cover so that your printer can print it a cover pages. But it is recommended that you hire a professional cover designer for your book, he has to adjust or best fit the title and text if you want any like your name and a tagline.
4. Now you have all ready, books, edited properly, cover page done, and that is in pdf format, now all you need is a printer to take printouts, or you can simply out source it to some sites who prints, they are usually very cheap and with good turnaround time.
5. Now you have given to get prints, you should start publicizing your book, you should have a marketing plan in mind, and it may involve email marketing or free ad posting too. And a popular method is getting reviews by real readers for your book. Some authors giveaway free copies to readers to get reviews.
6. Now it is time to sell it, so email the potential buys, and contact distributers and book stores, also, carry few copies with you so that if you meet a potential buyer you are not without your book that you want to sell. Also remember that your book should be reasonably priced to set new selling records. And lastly, if you need any help, do not hesitate to ask people who has experience or search the internet again about it.
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