It’s Ready!
The book, Self-Publishing: Sharing the Secrets, is now available from Amazon.com, both as an e-book and a print book. It is fully indexed, complete with a glossary and checklists you can copy to use when you are submitting your book for copyright, ISBN, publishing, or marketing.
Print: https://www.amazon.com/Self-Publishing-Sharing-Secrets-Phyllis-Moorman/dp/0996399054/
E-Book: https://www.amazon.com/Self-Publishing-Sharing-Secrets-Phyllis-Moorman-ebook/dp/B01H42FOG6/
To give you an idea what you can get from this book, here’s a copy of the Table of Contents.
Self-Publishing Sharing the Secrets
Table of Contents
Introduction
Is Self-Publishing for You?
Benefits
Challenges
Hybrid Publishing
Choosing Your Format: Print or E-Book
Potential Buyer
Royalties
General Costs of Self-Publishing
Time Required
What Else Do I Need to Know?
Putting the Pieces Together
Fine-tuning Your Content
Front Matter
Body of the Book
Back Matter
E-Book
Titling Your Book
What Makes a Good Title?
Choosing a Printer
Printer Choices
Quality
Process
Printer Costs
Royalties: How Distribution Channels Relate to Your Profit
Pricing Your Print Book
Time Required
What Else Do I Need to Know?
Printer Choices Compared
Choosing Your Inside Look
Similar Books
Quality of Paper
Design and Style
Character Styles: Fonts
White Space
E-Book Design
Basic Formatting Techniques
Templates
Page Setup
Paragraph and Line Breaks
Section Breaks
Table of Contents
Styles
Formatting Tricks of the Pros
Using Symbols
Controlling Lines of Text
Specialty Formatting
Tightening Up the Codes
Quotation Marks
E-book Formatting
What Else Should I Know?
Choosing a Cover Creator
Hybrid Designs
Graphic Designers
Be Your Own Designer
Creating Your Cover From Scratch
Using Color Psychology
Using Artistic Design
Design Tips
Content on the Back Cover
Designing Within the Cover Template
Saving Your Cover File
What Else Do I Need to Know?
E-Book Covers
Proofing
Software and Online Proofing
The Human Touch
Proofreading for Details
Choosing an E-Book Format
E-Book Formats
How Do You Create an E-Book?
E-Book Costs
Distribution Channels and Royalties for E-Books
Pricing Your E-Book
What Else Do I Need to Know?
E-Book Choices Compared
Copyright
What is a Registered Copyright?
How Do I Apply?
Copyright Cost
Time Required
Do I Need to Wait to Publish?
Who Can Access Copyrights?
What Else Do I Need to Know?
ISBNs
What Is an ISBN?
Do I Really Need an ISBN?
Are There Restrictions?
Where Can I Purchase ISBNs?
ISBN Cost
How Does My ISBN Arrive?
Assigning/Registering Your ISBN
What Do I Do with an ISBN?
Time Required
What Else Do I Need to Know?
Barcodes
Do I Really Need a Barcode?
Barcode Cost
Are There Any Restrictions?
Where Do I Place the Barcode?
What Else Do I Need to Know?
Submitting Your Book
Account Setups
Submitting to CreateSpace
Submitting to IngramSpark
Submitting to KDP
Promotions and Marketing
Sharing the Secrets
What Else Do I Need to Know?
To Tell The Truth
Sales Potential
Estimated Costs of Self-Publishing
Minimum Time Required for Self-Publishing
Appendix A Checklists
Proofreading List
Checklist for Copyright
Checklist for ISBN Information
Checklist for Book Submissions: KDP E-Book
Checklist for Book Submissions: CreateSpace
Checklist for Book Submissions: IngramSpark
Checklist for Sell Sheets
Appendix B HTML Tags Supported for Amazon Book Descriptions
Appendix C Guidelines for Writing Online Book Reviews
Why Write Online Book Reviews?
How to Write an Online Book Review: General Guidelines
How to Write an Online Book Review: Fiction
How to Write an Online Book Review: Non-Fiction
How to Write an Online Book Review: Poetry
Endnotes
Glossary
Resources
Acknowledgements
Index
Author Bio
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