Amazon.com has single handedly made self-publishing legitimate. Their book detail page for a self-published book is identical to the detail page for a traditionally published book. The barriers to self-publishing have been falling since the advent of the personal computer. Print-on-Demand (POD) gave self-publishing a huge boost. Today, you can even publish for free. This is my favorite. This is what I recommend for new and unknown authors.
Self-Publishing Solutions is dedicated to helping new authors with limited budgets publish and sell their books.
Self Publishing Solutions Blog My SPS Blog teaches new authors to publish their books for free and sell them on Amazon.com. Imagine the confidence you will have when you know that you can write and publish a book whenever you want.
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Self Publishing Problems ASK Dave about your self-publishing problems. If he doesn’t know the answer, he will either find it or point you in the right direction.
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Book Design Book design is everything that affects the appearance of a book.
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Book Design Wizard The Book Design Wizard simplifies book design and page layout, so that anyone can prepare a manuscript for publication using Microsoft word. It is a huge time saver.
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Poetry Book Creator The Poetry Book Creator makes it easy to design and layout a book of poetry. It will save you time, even if you are a Microsoft® Word expert.
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Typography Typography is the art and science of the design, selection, and arrangement of type.
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Cover Design Create an appropriate cover design that will be readable online at thumbnail size.
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Page Layout Doing your own page layout can save you hundreds of dollars. This is the place to learn page layout.
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Self-Editing Self-editing is the Achilles heel of self-publishing. Plan ahead to minimize errors. Word’s Find and Replace is a powerful editing tool.
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Portable Document Format Portable Document Format (PDF) is an electronic file format developed by Adobe Systems.
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Self-Publishing A stigma languishes over self-publishing, but only in the minds of authors and publishers. Readers rarely check to see who the publisher is. This is unfortunate because self-publishing is the future.
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CreateSpace CreateSpace uses Print On Demand printers to create books when customers order them, so no inventory is needed. You can make your books available to millions of customers by selling on Amazon.com.
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Lulu Lulu will publish your book for free, but distribution is limited to their site. However, you can get full distribution for a reasonable fee.
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Aventine Press Aventine Press ranked among the best companies in Stacie Vander Pol’s book, Top Self Publishing Firms, and in Mark Levine’s book, The Fine Print of Self Publishing.
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eBooks eBooks can be defined as any electronic document designed to be the digital equivalent of a printed book. What are the advantages and disadvantages of eBooks?
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Smashwords SmashWords is an ebook publishing company that converts Word files into all popular ebook formats. They raised the bar by offering authors 85% of the net profits and a great distribution system.
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Selling Books Selling books is easier than ever before. There are many ways to promote your books. Use everything. Maximize your presence on Amazon, promote your book online, and yes, even use traditional methods.
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David Griffiths David Griffiths is the author of Self Publishing Solutions, a website dedicated to enabling new authors to publish and sell their books for free.
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Self Published Books Authors are invited to create pages for their self-published books, to include: book review, cover picture, description of self-publishing experience, and a brief profile.
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