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    The Quick Study Guide to Self-Publishing
    The Quick Study Guide to Self-Publishing
    The Quick Study Guide to Self-Publishing
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    The Quick Study Guide to Self-Publishing

    By Gregory Wood

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    This book is for the beginner. It is for the person thinking about self-publishing or the person who has just decided to self-published. People who want to publish fiction, non-fiction, poetry, cookbooks or any book genre can use this book.

    You can use this book if you want to publish in hardback, softback or an eBook. It intends to live up to its title, a quick study guide. It does not presume to teach you every detail on how to self-publish but guide you to each self-publishing step, if not through each one in detail. There are people who have used a hundred different books, guides, videos, and read countless blogs to learn how to self-publish.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGregory Wood
    Release dateNov 19, 2011
    ISBN9781452485331
    The Quick Study Guide to Self-Publishing

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      The Quick Study Guide to Self-Publishing - Gregory Wood

      Special Smashwords Edition

      THE QUICK STUDY GUIDE TO SELF-PUBLISHING

      Gregory Wood

      Special Smashwords Edition

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of the author.

      Copyright © 2011 ___________________. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical without the express written permission of the author. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book via the Internet or via any other means without the permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law. Please purchase only authorized electronic editions, and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrighted materials.

      The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content.

      Cover Art Design: Christopher Wood

      Copyright ©2011

      Published by: Gregory Wood

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Introduction

      Chapter 1 - What is Self-Publishing

      Chapter 2 - Why Do You Want to Self-Publish

      Chapter 3 - Writing

      Chapter 4 - Design

      Chapter 5 - Printing

      Chapter 6 - Marketing

      Chapter 7 - Some Housekeeping Issues

      INTRODUCTION

      If there is just one result that I want you to have after reading this eBook, it is a plan -- your plan to self-publish your book. After you read this book, I want you to make the decisions about self-publishing that you need to make, and later revise, to see your book in print or online. Then, I want you to commit those decisions in writing in the form of your self-publishing plan.

      This book is for the beginner. It is for the person thinking about self-publishing or the person who has just decided to self-published. People who want to publish fiction, non-fiction, poetry, cookbooks or any book genre can use this book.

      You can use this book if you want to publish in hardback, softback or an eBook. It intends to live up to its title, a quick study guide. It does not presume to teach you every detail on how to self-publish but guide you to each self-publishing step, if not through each one in detail. There are people who have used a hundred different books, guides, videos, and read countless blogs to learn how to self-publish. You will need more information than that contained in this introductory work to self-publish successfully.

      Self-publishing is not easy, although technology makes it easier every year. It is still hard work. The good news is that you can do almost all of that work on your own or outsource most of it. You have that choice and controlling your choices is one of the advantages of self-publishing.

      Use this guide to learn the process and the steps within that process. Use it as a guide to planning your publishing venture and to determine just what you want out of self-publishing. Use it to plan where you need more help and where you can move from one step to the next with little additional effort.

      Use it to understand that while self-publishing is not easy, it is enjoyable and perhaps entertaining. You also will relish your name on the end product and even more so when you make a sale or get a positive comment.

      One caveat, however, is that self-publishing is a gamble, and you must be prepared in the same way you might going to the horse race track -- have fun but be prepared to go home with less that you went with. Do your research and follow the advice

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