The Hidden Costs of Self-Publishing a Best Seller - Facts You should Know

By S.D. Anderson

Writers rarely consider the costs of actually publishing a book when they finally finish writing a manuscript, The writing is the easy part, the post writing requires focus, dedication, and commitment.

As you publish, either independently, traditionally or hybrid, your book, your intellectual property, is waiting for your decision.  How much time, effort and money do you want to spend?

How committed are you?

This digital book may give some assistance, some enlightenment into the process and the probable costs. The final decision is up to you!

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: S.D.Anderson
• Release date: Sep 21, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223091202

S.D. Anderson

Sharon D. Anderson, Ph.D., R.M.T., is an Indie Author/Publisher, dedicated to her craft for more than 30 years. Writing in her genre, Visionary Fiction and Non-Fiction, all of her books, websites and blogs merge a far-seeing perspective of New Age and Ancient Wisdom.  She is the founder of the Cape Cod Writers' Studio where she teaches professional self-publishing and supports writers and students on their paths to publishing in this digital age. She is a permanent resident of her beloved Cape Cod.

Book preview

THE HIDDEN COSTS OF

SELF-PUBLISHING

A BEST SELLER

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S.D.ANDERSON PHD

Founder of

Cape Cod Writers’ Studio

www.capecodwritersstudio.com

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: The Writing

Chapter 3: Writing

Chapter 4: Editing

Chapter 5: Copyrights

Chapter 7: Publishers

Chapter 8: Total Expenditure to date

Chapter 9: After You Publish

Chapter 10: Paid Reviews

Chapter 11: On-Line Marketing

Chapter 12: Summary

Chapter 13: Copyright

Chapter 14: Author Bio

Chapter 15: Books by this author

Chapter 1: Introduction

Welcome to the world of self-publishing. I have been here for 30-plus years and have watched the process morph and become more and more complex. The actual process has remained constant. It is the world around it that becomes complex. And, I will add, the people involved.  

Publishing is simple. You create a manuscript, and you take it to a printer. Shakespeare did it, Dickens did it, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and all of those other authors did it. The world was simpler then. Or was it?

Today, the world has become technical, in a good way. It is much easier for a writer to dash off a book and send it out into the internet hoping someone sees it and is interested enough to buy it. 

OR, that writer can painstakingly work 2 or 3 years, researching, writing, plotting, rewriting, editing, formatting, and whatever else it takes to create a perfect,