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Metadata

Introduction
Organizing Your Publishing Plan
First Draft to Final Product, Part I (Editing)
First Draft to Final Product, Part II (Formatting)
First Draft to Final Product, Part III (Cover Art)
Distribution and ISBN
Metadata
The Legal Stuff (Business Licenses, Copyright)
Author Website
Social Media
MarketingWhat Is Metadata?

Once you’ve mostly settled on where you want to sell your book, it’s time for one of my least favorite parts of the publishing process: metadata. This is the information about your...

Self-Publishing #5 — Distribution and ISBNs

Introduction
Organizing Your Publishing Plan
First Draft to Final Product (Editing)
First Draft to Final Product (Formatting)
First Draft to Final Product (Cover Art)
Distribution and ISBN
Metadata
The Legal Stuff (Business Licenses, Copyright)
Author Website
Social Media
MarketingDistribution Paths

How a self-publisher distributes their book will boil down to one or a mix of four options as outlined by Jami Gold in her two-part series on Fiction University: here’s part one and part two.

Sell your books...

Distribution and ISBNs

Introduction
Organizing Your Publishing Plan
First Draft to Final Product, Part I (Editing)
First Draft to Final Product, Part II (Formatting)
First Draft to Final Product, Part III (Cover Art)
Distribution and ISBN
Metadata
The Legal Stuff (Business Licenses, Copyright)
Author Website
Social Media
MarketingDistribution Paths

How a self-publisher distributes their book will boil down to one or a mix of four options as outlined by Jami Gold in her two-part series on Fiction University: here’s part one a...

Self-Publishing #4 — First Draft to Final Product (Cover Art)

Introduction
Organizing Your Publishing Plan
First Draft to Final Product (Editing)
First Draft to Final Product (Formatting)
First Draft to Final Product (Cover Art)
Distribution and ISBN
Metadata
The Legal Stuff (Business Licenses, Copyright)
Author Website
Social Media
MarketingThe Importance of a Good Book Cover

Your book cover is a marketing tool. One could argue it’s the one of the most important tools because it’s practically the first layer of sales messaging.

Fine-tuning your metadata, choosing...

First Draft to Final Product, Part III (Cover Art)

Introduction
Organizing Your Publishing Plan
First Draft to Final Product, Part I (Editing)
First Draft to Final Product, Part II (Formatting)
First Draft to Final Product, Part III (Cover Art)
Distribution and ISBN
Metadata
The Legal Stuff (Business Licenses, Copyright)
Author Website
Social Media
MarketingThe Importance of a Good Book Cover

Your book cover is a marketing tool. One could argue it’s the one of the most important tools because it’s practically the first layer of sales messaging.

Fine-tun...

Self-Publishing #3 — First Draft to Final Product (Formatting)

Introduction
Organizing Your Publishing Plan
First Draft To Final Product (Editing)
First Draft To Final Product (Formatting)
First Draft To Final Product (Cover Art)
Distribution and ISBN
Metadata
The Legal Stuff (Business Licenses, Copyright)
Author Website
Social Media
MarketingStarting Off Clean

In the previous post, I said that of all the expenses self-publishers face, the one expense they shouldn’t skip is a professional edit. But when it comes to formatting, you can save some money doing it your...

First Draft to Final Product, Part II (Formatting)

Introduction
Organizing Your Publishing Plan
First Draft To Final Product, Part I (Editing)
First Draft To Final Product, Part II (Formatting)
First Draft To Final Product, Part III (Cover Art)
Distribution and ISBN
Metadata
The Legal Stuff (Business Licenses, Copyright)
Author Website
Social Media
MarketingStarting Off Clean

In the previous post, I said that of all the expenses self-publishers face, the one expense they shouldn’t skip is a professional edit. But when it comes to formatting, you can sa...

First Draft to Final Product, Part I (Editing)

Introduction
Organizing Your Publishing Plan
First Draft to Final Product, Part I (Editing)
First Draft to Final Product, Part II (Formatting)
First Draft to Final Product, Part III (Cover Art)
Distribution and ISBN
Metadata
The Legal Stuff (Business Licenses, Copyright)
Author Website
Social Media
Marketing

A lot of ink has been spilled discussing the editing process. I’ll lay out my method for preparing a first draft to be sent to an editor, but my advice won’t be exhaustive, so if you seek additiona...

Organizing Your Publishing Plan

Introduction
Organizing Your Publishing Plan
First Draft to Final Product, Part I (Editing)
First Draft to Final Product, Part II (Formatting)
First Draft to Final Product, Part III (Cover Art)
Distribution and ISBN
Metadata
The Legal Stuff (Business Licenses, Copyright)
Author Website
Social Media
Marketing

Strangely, putting all the things you need to do for your writing business into some kind of organized form is about as overwhelming to some as the task of writing a first draft. As I said in the i...

Welcome to Self-Publishing

Introduction
Organizing Your Publishing Plan
First Draft to Final Product, Part I (Editing)
First Draft to Final Product, Part II (Formatting)
First Draft to Final Product, Part III (Cover Art)
Distribution and ISBN
Metadata
The Legal Stuff (Business Licenses, Copyright)
Author Website
Social Media
Marketing

Deciding where to begin this series of posts on self-publishing was about as difficult as figuring out how to actually self-publish for the first time. What kinds of things do you need to research?...