The 18 Essentials to Self -Publishing Your Book

By Vivienne K Munn

An inspiring author's toolkit. this workbook was created with you in mind the basic essential guide to both the production and business sides of publishing your book!

Here is how to take what you are passionate about writing— children's book, fiction, nonfiction, humor, sci-fi, cookbook, romance, etc. — and learn how to develop it into a manuscript and get it published. This is a step-by-step outline of the essentials you should know. There are sample query letters, a resource guide, and more.

Self-publishing is a journey filled with roadblocks, slopes, twists, and turns, but you can do it!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Vivienne K. Munn
• Release date: Dec 18, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201610494

Vivienne K Munn

Vivienne Munn is a published author and semi-retired educator who have developed various activity books and crossword puzzles for kids to engage in- ‘To learn while playing.’  She has created numerous workbook games and activity book series to introduce the children to the world of games and words. “My desire to bring about development and enhance learning skills in children- is the most prominent reason behind the creation of this book series.” Vivienne’s hobbies during her free time centered on reading, writing, learning new things and engaging with family, colleagues and friends, her passion is writing inspirational and engaging materials for children and middle grade students…

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Workbook

The 18 Essentials to publishing your book.

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Little Learner’s Club, LLC

Printed in the United States of America

First Edition: 2021

This Edition: 2021

LEARN and GROW

Table of Contents

Aspiring writers and authors

Be proactive – not inactive!

Writer’s block

Social Media

Build a Social Media Page

Have a good idea - do your research! Create a TOC

Table of Content (TOC)

Know your target audience.

Plan and Budget

Manuscript - start writing

What is a draft?

Editing

Beta Reader

Query and Synopsis

Don't use ambiguous greeting, such as ‘To whom it may concern’

Its show laziness research the company find out the name you should address the letter.  ‘The Dear Sir or Madam’ is a bit outdated even during an interview. Use the proper name to address the person.

Don't advertise experience you know -you don't have

Passive voice language – avoid it

Such as being ‘Responsible for’ Don’t sell your sell short!  You have accomplishment tell of them big or medium share it. Use descriptive words like I implemented… or sparked leadership role …

Sample Query Letter - Available in Glossary section

Sample Synopsis - Available Glossary section

Your choice SP vs TP/ Self Publish, Traditional Publish or Hybrid

Traditional or Self-published

Traditional publishing defined:

In traditional publishing, you submit your manuscript to a publishing house with a query letter or cover letter you may here that term used as well. A query letter gives an overview of the story and a little about you short polite and to the point. It is a one-page letter to agents to get them interested about your book, essentially to woo the literary agent! Note, if this is your first book, then the bio about yourself will have limited data. Therefore, focus on the story.

Self-publishing defined:  In the case of self-publishing, the author is responsible for the book’s marketing and distribution, as well as the writing.

Basically, you wear all the hats - in turning your manuscript into a book for publication. This would include the marketing and promotions. (To be discussed later.)

EXAMPLE: Let’s say if you wanted to promote on Barnes and Noble or Smashword. You would have to wait until the 90 days have expired.

SP/ Self-Publishing

ISBN, Barcode, Copyright page

Buddee

Bar Code

What is a copyright page?

Pricing - A cover price for your book

Formatting interior pages

Graphic designer - cover design costs

Deciding to publish in print, E-book, or both.

Images - Vector art

These are called – ‘Vector art’ here are a few images below

Marketing - Selecting a