the writer's room discussion

do any of you guys have tips for self-publishing?

No, but there's this blogger (and vlogger on youtube) Abbie Emmons, who self published her book 100 Days of Sunlight, and she offers a lot of tips on self publishing. I'm planning on Traditional publishing, so I use her blog for her writing tips.

I've done self-pub., also been published by a big house and smaller houses. I think self publishing can be a legitimate option, but I do hate to see up and coming authors taken advantage of by what are essentially vanity presses.

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ gabby the certified simp ☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙ wrote: "do any of you guys have tips for self-publishing?"

I've self published 3 books and am about to release the 4th. What would you like to know? I also have a youtube channel where I talk about writing, and I have this video about my experience self publishing if you're interested!
https://youtu.be/Zu_I9G9yMcQ

Hello everyone!
I genuinely have a question. As a writer who has been writing stories & even poetry for years now, I’ve done tons of research on how to get a book published & I’ve gotten vague answers. Does anyone know if it would be best to self publish OR, through agent? If so or not so for either or, how can I get my book published so that it can be sold? 🥹

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ gabby the certified simp ☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙ wrote: "do any of you guys have tips for self-publishing?"

I don't know much about any kind of publishing but you might want to check out kindle direct publishing(if you haven't already.)

Nashalee J wrote: "Hello everyone!
I genuinely have a question. As a writer who has been writing stories & even poetry for years now, I’ve done tons of research on how to get a book published & I’ve gotten vague answ..."

If by "through an agent", you mean traditional publishing, meaning you get an agent and then get your book published through a publishing house, then here's a few articles listing the pros and cons of self publishing vs. traditional publishing, and vise versa.

https://goteenwriters.com/2021/04/21/...

https://www.tiffanyhawk.com/blog/self...

https://www.thecreativepenn.com/self-...

Nashalee J wrote: "Hello everyone!
I genuinely have a question. As a writer who has been writing stories & even poetry for years now, I’ve done tons of research on how to get a book published & I’ve gotten vague answ..."

I have been published with an agent, and unagented. One thing you have to understand is that agents, like publishers, may subspecialize. They don't represent all material. So if you are writing middle grade fiction, you don't want to submit it to an agent who only represents non-fiction, or adult historical, or political biographies. Agents and publishers maintain web sites where they will give very specific instructions regarding what they represent, when they read, how an author goes about submitting. Also many organizations - the Mystery Writers of America for example - will maintain lists of approved publishers.
Also - your manuscript should be complete and in its best shape Even if the agent or editor only asks for the first three chapters, you must have a complete manuscript.
Another caution, one that speaks to the times - please make sure that your social media content would not reflect negatively on a publisher.
You may want to check out a few sites:
Writer Beware - A very good site for tracking cautions, pitfalls, scams. https://www.sfwa.org/other-resources/...
Agent Query assists writers in finding an agent who represents the writer's genre https://www.agentquery.com/

I self-published a book on Amazon KDP, and made it available as both a paperback and an eBook. The publishing process on this platform is chronological and fairly simple. If you want to have your own ISBN for the book, and not have one assigned to you by Amazon (can only be used on their platform), you'll need to buy one on Bowker and then type it in when they ask for it during the publishing process on Amazon.

Angelina wrote: "I self-published a book on Amazon KDP, and made it available as both a paperback and an eBook. The publishing process on this platform is chronological and fairly simple. If you want to have your o..."

how did self-publishing work out for you? did you have to pay to have your book published?

No, publishing on KDP was free. The only thing I paid for was the ISBN, because I decided to get mine outside of the Amazon platform, which was a choice.

I have used RWG Publishing since 2017. The Team at RWG designs my covers, edits my pages, formats my book, lists my title online. I just hand them a manuscript and they do the rest. Through RWG, the options of Paperback, Hardcover, eBook and Audio books are made.

RWG Publishing is responsible for the creation of 12 of my books. This Publisher is a small, Indie Publisher and only takes clients who write Inspirational, Christian, or clean stories.

The President of RWG Publishing is Bill Vincent.
His email address is: bill.vincent@yahoo.com

Just said SUNSHINE RODGERS referred you.

Amelie wrote: "Angelina wrote: "I self-published a book on Amazon KDP, and made it available as both a paperback and an eBook. The publishing process on this platform is chronological and fairly simple. If you wa..."

KDP is free on the front end, and I believe Ingram Spark has moved to the same model; that is, they take a split of the revenue on the back. For those who inquired about poetry, the poetry market is very difficult for the simple reason that it is often not a paying market, unless you are a very well known name in literature or a celebrity, perhaps. If I were publishing poetry, I would definitely self-publish.