A Reassuring Guide to Self Publishing: Basics for beginners

by Bev Robitai

A guide that tells you how to self publish in the simplest, cheapest way possible. It’s for people who sometimes struggle with their computer, and don’t have a limitless budget to spend on professional services to get their book published. The self-publishing process isn’t hard but it can be intimidating the first time, so this guide holds your hand right through every step explaining what to do.
It doesn’t assume you’re an expert so it covers the basics, keeping things as straightforward as possible. It doesn’t teach you how to write, just to publish. If you’ve got a finished book manuscript but don’t know what to do next, the answers are here. Once you have a polished, edited and proof read book file, going through the steps in this guide can put a print copy of your book in your hands in a couple of weeks and make it available worldwide in any format – hard copy or ebook.
It covers things you didn’t know you didn’t know, like the legal requirements of mandatory deposit in the country where you live whether it’s the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand or Canada. There are tips on pricing and promotion, bar codes and taxation, ISBNs, and all those behind-the-scenes elements that go into publishing a book.
No wild promises of riches, just an easy-to-follow guide to get you started.

67 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 14, 2014

About the author

Born in England, I came to New Zealand at age 12, living in Nelson where I dallied backstage at the Theatre Royal. In 2006 I escaped from working in photolabs and leaped with unbounded delight into a new career as a writer, editor and photographer.
I now live on the North Shore of Auckland New Zealand where the latte culture rules, having a wonderful time writing crime fiction and helping other writers to publish their work.
I have two theatre mysteries and a thriller in print (and ebooks) along with a couple of theatre shorts, and have just completed two post-apocalyptic novels in the Sunstrike series that I'm really excited about! They're set in the days and months following a big solar storm that wipes out all electrical technology on Earth, and follow the lives of a mother (in Sunstrike) and son (in The Journey Home) who are far apart when the storm hits.

Reviews

[Z.R. Southcombe · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been looking for a book to guide people who are new to self-publishing and this is it. Thanks Bev!