A Guide to Successful Self-Publishing: Books for Writers and Authors, #1

By Connor Whiteley

• Do you want to publish your book?
• Do you want to free from traditional publishers and looking to self-publishing?
• Do you just want to get your book out into the world?

If the answer is yes to any of those questions, then this is the book for you. As in this book you'll learn about all the different self-publishing options as well as the amazing tools and opportunities that are available to us as self-published authors.

 

By the end of this book, you'll know all the major options that are available to use as a self-published author and you'll know of the tools you'll need to be able to successfully self-publish.

 

If you like this book, then please check out Human Branding for Authors: How to be Human in an AI World?

 

This book is perfect for anyone interested in self-publishing.

 

This is the perfect gift for any author, writer or anyone interested in self-publishing this Christmas!

• Language: English
• Publisher: CGD Publishing
• Release date: Jun 23, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393068587

Connor Whiteley

Hello, I'm Connor Whiteley, I am an 18-year-old who loves to write creatively, and I wrote my Brownsea trilogy when I was 14 years old after I went to Brownsea Island on a scout camp. At the camp, I started to think about how all the broken tiles and pottery got there and somehow a trilogy got created.Moreover, I love writing fantasy and sci-fi novels because you’re only limited by your imagination.In addition, I'm was an Explorer Scout and I love camping, sailing and other outdoor activities as well as cooking.Furthermore, I do quite a bit of charity work as well. For example: in early 2018 I was a part of a youth panel which was involved in creating a report with research to try and get government funding for organised youth groups and through this panel. I was invited to Prince Charles’ 70th birthday party and how some of us got in the royal photograph.Finally, I am going to university and I hope to get my doctorate in clinical psychology in a few years.

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DEDICATION

To my wonderful readers thank you for your continued support as without you I couldn’t do what I love.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

To The Creative Penn- thank you for all of your wise words and advice over the past year.

INTRODUCTION

No longer are the gatekeepers of traditional publishing stopping you from publishing your amazing book that could have taken you weeks, months or even years to create as well as get it ready for publishing. 

As now you can publish your book yourself through the self-publishing process and you can create your own print books, ebooks, audiobooks and more in this new exciting era of self-publishing. 

As a result of despite self-publishing starting to boom in the 2010s, today is still day one of the self-publishing movement. So you are never too late to start the self-publishing game. 

Speaking of day one for self-publishing, even the people who have been doing publishing for a while are still learning, because there are many exciting opportunities developing each month and there's always more to learn. 

Anyway, as you've just downloaded this book; thank you by the way; it means that you're probably new to self-publishing so I just wanted to welcome you to this amazing new community and I will be here to help and support you throughout your journey. 

Finally, I wanted to say that we have so many tools at our fingertips as self-published authors that we can produce as good or even better books that traditional publishers, as well as we have the technology available to us that we can do certain things better than them.

For example, instead of doing very expensive print runs of thousands of books we can use Print on Demand technology so only one book gets printed at a time. Meaning that this cheaper for us and the reader. 

The funny thing is, is that self-published authors have known about this technology for over 10 years and some traditional publishers are still discovering it. 

Isn't that great! 

Structure of the book:

In this guide to self-publishing, the book’s content will be divided into the following four parts or sections.

Part One will focus on the things that you need before you are ready to publish as well as the different things that you need to consider before publishing.

I recommend several amazing tools that I personally recommend for any author on their creative journey.

Please note: that throughout this book that are affiliate links meaning that I get a small percentage of any sales at no extra cost to you.

Part Two of the book focuses on the very exciting as well as important publishing- so I talk about how to publish, your options and how to make the most of your opportunities.

In part three of the book- I give you a brief overview of your marketing opportunities as a self-published author.

Finally, in part four, I quickly talk about your next steps and this is a very important section. Especially, if you want a self-publishing career.

In other words, the world is your oyster and in today’s modern internet economy- you can be the creative boss of a global publishing empire after you publish your first book of course.

However, regardless of if you only want to publish one book, twenty books or if you have other goals for your writing career then I’m here to help you as much as I can.

Note: this book contains affiliate links meaning that I get a small percentage of the sale if you use my links.

Who is this book for? 

I’ve written this book for anyone who is interested in self-publishing and whilst this book is mainly aimed at beginners in the self-publishing journey. Almost all of this book is still relevant to your author career regardless of the stage of your author career.

Who am I? 

As a brief introduction to myself, I am Connor Whiteley a university psychology student from south-east England and a fellow self-published author of over twenty books and I first self-published in September 2018.

Yet I only got into self-publishing properly in March 2019 and ever since I have loved the self-publishing world as well as community.

I have produced audiobooks, workbooks and many other products that my readers love and find useful.

In addition, I write in the sci-fi fantasy genre, nonfiction psychology and in March 2020 I have started to take my experience in the self-publishing landscape to create these books for authors.

Finally, this 2nd Edition is apart of my official launch of my Books for Writers Brand so you will updated content and more of my insights, as well as resources to my own books for writers website.

So please enjoy and let’s get started...

Part One: Before You Publish

BEFORE YOU PUBLISH:

Before we explore the book in any more depth, I think it’s important to think about what we need before we publish our book.

I say this because I have heard a few stories of authors going to publishing their books and later realising that they have made a lot of costly mistakes.

So, this chapter aims to help you get everything you need before you publish.

What do you need before you publish? 

Before you publish, I recommend that you at least have the following and please relax as I will talk about the following more in the future chapters:

A finished book

A professional and genre-specific book cover

A professionally edited book

A well-structured book and not a pile of words.

An author website

An author email list sign up option

The last two items that I mentioned, I know sound very scary, but I will talk and explain how simple they are in later chapters of the book.

Questions to ask yourself:

Below is a list of questions that you should answer yes to before your book is ready for publication:

Is your book the best it can be? 

Have you got a professional-looking cover? 

Have you worked with an