Things you should know before you self-publish

1.  It’s a huge time commitment–

You have to market everything yourself, draft up legal documents for editors and artists, and seek out good people to help you. You have to learn the ropes of marketing formatting, etc. yourself and that takes time.

2. You have to be willing to put yourself out there–

You need to be willing to market your book and get the word out and that means putting yourself out there.

3. Make sure you copyright your manuscript before you start sending it out into the world.

If you don’t someone can steal it or decide to copyright your manuscript before you causing you to lose rights to the manuscript.

4. It will probably cost you more money than traditional publishing

You will have to spend time and money on marketing, a cover artist, an editor, and other services that you wouldn’t have to pay if you go through a traditional publisher. You may even have to purchase an ISBN and bar code so you can sell your books in stores and to not just have them exclusively on Amazon.

5. You may need to purchase an ISBN and bar code.

You can do this here:

Fair warning. It’s a little expensive.