Indie Publishing Made Easy

By Eileen Sheehan

An easy to follow How To Booklet for the the Indie Publisher of novels created by a former traditionally published author, turned Indie. Take the confusion out of producing a professionally looking eBook or Print novel.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Earth Wise Books
• Release date: Mar 10, 2018
• ISBN: 9781370914043

Eileen Sheehan

Eileen Sheehan is a best selling author who primarily writes hot, steamy romances (mostly New Adult) with a sexy male and strong female. A few are steamier than others (see their description). The majority of her novels are paranormal, but some are just plain novels about people in love (contemporary or historical with the author name of Ailene Frances). ALL of her stories have a bit of naughtiness, some excitement, a few thrills, and maybe a touch of mystery mixed in with sometimes naughty, sometimes sweet lovin'. She strives to write a novel length that will allow the busy woman to be able to sit down in an evening or two and be taken on a romantic journey without having a week go by before she gets to the end of the story.An incurable romantic, she has a love affair with at least one of her characters... one book at a time. She hopes the same thing happens to you.***Eileen Sheehan started out as a freelance writer for periodical magazines and newspapers. From there, she tried her hand at writing screenplays. Her screenplay, "When East Meets West" was a finalist in the 2001 Independent International Film and Video Festival at Madison Square Gardens, NYC. Finally finding her niche, she lets her imagination loose with new adult/paranormal romance/thrillers (some are steamy and some are tame) with the author name of Eileen Sheehan. She creates steamy historical and contemporary romances with the author name of Ailene Frances. Seeing how far out of the box she could stretch, she crafted an alternative romance with the author name of E. F. Sheehan and has a few self-help books under her work name of Lena Sheehan.Her stories can be found in eBook, Paperback, and Audio formats.Some comments from readers about her novels:"I found this very well written the plot and story as well as the flow of events were perfect in this book I liked both main and second characters Casey and Geo I liked the suspense mystery action twist and turns it kept me on my toes and surprised the whole time I liked and enjoyed the end as well awesome work I recommend this to everyone.""I loved this book! The characters are engaging and have depth. This book draws you in and absorbs you in the story...""I thought the book was very well written. Characters are well developed. The story moves at a decent pace very intriguing...""This book was so good! From the first page I was hooked and it only got better. The romance was sweet and a bit forbidden. The story was intense and fast paced and kept my attention the entire time. The characters were very well developed and relatable. I just really enjoyed this story and highly recommend it.""I love PNR and this book has all the right ingredients. Especially the characters... it makes a very fun read. I have a weakness for strong heroine and the author delivered on that. And the fact that it's a contemporary settings is a bonus for me. Also, the suspense added to the mix makes it even more enjoyable! To read!""Being an avid book reader means that I nearly always suss out the plot before it unfolds, I, therefore, was delighted that I didn't see the twist coming. This is a sweet romance vampire/superhuman thriller! That's quite a mix, but it actually works beautifully, Eileen unfolds the story with really good pacing, I often skip pages if I think I know whats coming, but I had to read every word of this gripping tale. I simply loved it.""There was plenty of mystery, action, drama, and lore in this book. ...This is definitely a great paranormal romance!""Well written book, loved the twist the author gave in the story to reveal the bad guy. The romance was good, there was enough action to keep one turning the pages"

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Indie Publishing Made Easy

*Publishing Freedom for the Serious Author*

By

Eileen Sheehan

©2018 Eileen Sheehan

Printed in the United States of America

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This guide is a compilation of information gathered (with source ref. provided when available) and personal experience. It has been created to assisting the indie author of fiction in producing a quality product to be released to the public. Examples and instructions for formatting are given for Microsoft Word for electronic and Adobe InDesign for print. Although this guide focuses on fiction, much of what is in here can and does apply to non-fiction.

CONTENTS

Introduction

Creating Your Story

The eBook

Print Books

Release and Reviews

About the Author

INTRODUCTION

So, you’ve written a novel, or want to write a novel, and you’ve decided to publish it yourself. Good for you. With all the latest technology and websites available for self-publishing, this is completely doable. Before you start, let’s make sure that you have a clear idea of the world you’re about to step into. What to expect from it and what it expects from you.

Because of the wide spread acceptance of home computers with user-friendly computer programs and self-publishing websites that have popped up over the last quarter century, the number of books being published in the U.S. (and around the world) has simply exploded. Bowker, the leading bibliographic database for publishers, retailers, and libraries around the world, reports that over one million books were published in the U.S. in 2009, which is more than triple the number of books published four years earlier in the U.S. (ref. April 14, 2010 Bowker Report). More than two thirds of these books were indie-published books, reprints of public domain works, and other print-on-demand books vs traditionally published books. There’s also the fact that hundreds of thousands of English-language books are published each year in other countries.

Bowker’s 2016 report states that the number of authors who are opting to self-publish continues to rise, with a growth rate of 21% between 2014 and 2015 for print and eBooks combined. ISBN registrations for self-published titles have grown more than 375% since 2010; climbing from 152,978 ISBNs to 727,125 ISBNs. That’s just the self-published books. There’s still traditionally published books being distributed as well as eBooks that don’t require an