Get Started In Self-Publishing

by Kevin McCann, Tom Green

LEARN HOW TO WRITE, FORMAT AND RELEASE YOUR OWN BOOK VIA THE INCREASINGLY SUCCESSFUL METHOD OF SELF PUBLISHING.

If you've ever wanted to publish your own book, either in print or online as an ebook, this book is the indispensable guide you need. It covers absolutely every aspect of self publishing, from the different platforms and formats such as Amazon kindle or Apple ibooks, to the practicalities of ebook technology. It takes a creative look at the self-publishing process, encouraging you to think out of the box, as well as giving you inspiration and advice for the writing process. You will recieve practical advice on manuscript preparation, editing, cover design and other production issues, along with successful strategies for marketing, distributing and selling your book - and writing another.

Anybody can upload a file, but it takes skill to really publish a book. With 'Try it now' exercises, key facts and case studies, this book is all you need to publish your book beautifully and prominantly.


ABOUT THE SERIES
The Teach Yourself Creative Writing series helps aspiring authors tell their story. Covering a range of genres from science fiction and romantic novels, to illustrated children's books and comedy, this series is packed with advice, exercises and tips for unlocking creativity and improving your writing. And because we know how daunting the blank page can be, we set up the Just Write online community at tyjustwrite, for budding authors and successful writers to connect and share.

Genres: Nonfiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published April 30, 2010

Reviews

[da AL · Rating 5 out of 5]

Straightforward and practical, this book does a great job of explaining the basics as well as offering first-person examples from other self-publishers.

[Nicholas Zacharewicz · Rating 3 out of 5]

McCann and Green offer a few practical writing exercises I'd never seen before, but most of the advice is similar to what's found elsewhere. However, it's written in an engaging way. And I appreciate how the authors are open about how the book is addressing all authors-to-be, whether they plan on writing and publishing as many books as they can or just putting together a single title.

[Christine J Randall · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent guide.

[Ciara Daly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Straightforward guide to self-publishing, nice to have all the information in one book. I know when I published my first book I found discerning through all the information available online very overwhelming. This book is quite generic and mirrors what you'll find online but if you are an anxious, new writer sometimes having a physical guide is really assuring and constructive.

[Maya · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is a little outdated but still has some good sound information and the way it was all presented was very engaging