Self Publishing Step by Step - Everything you Need to Know To Self-Publish your Book

by Lisa Shea

Updated for 2023 / Now 323 PagesSelf Publishing. Paperbacks. Ebooks. It costs a ton of money, right? And you have to keep paying any time you want to make changes to it?NO NO NO!Self Publishing should be absolutely FREE both on the paperback and Kindle side. Sure, if you're not good with graphics, you can hire someone to make a cover for you. For $20 to $50 you can get an absolutely stellar cover you adore. And if you need some editing help with typos and other issues? There are thousands of editors online eager to help you get your book into top notch condition. But then, when you're ready, it is wholly FREE to get your book live onto Amazon, Kindle, Nook, and all other systems.Don't get lured into the Vanity Presses who want you to pay them hundreds (or thousands!!) of dollars to put your book online. Often those guys will nickle-and-dime you to death. Want to fix a typo? More money. Want to change your cover? More money.Instead, take charge of your own destiny. Get the cover designed that YOU adore. Get the story into the shape that makes YOU proud. Then publish it. If you want to make changes, make those changes. It's free, easy, and the new version goes live in days.Here's how to do it all! From creating the perfect paperback to getting your ebook online in every system there is, this book steps you through the process. And if you get stuck, I'm only a click away on nearly every social media network. I'm happy to help.Get started on your dreams!* * * I support local battered women's shelters.I have self-published over 500 books in Amazon, and have also self-published in most other major online systems.Self Publishing Step by Step is book 5 in my Author Essentials series which takes you step by step through everything you need to know about writing, publishing, and marketing a book in today's modern world.

299 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 12, 2017

About the author

Lisa Shea is a fervent fan of honor, loyalty, and chivalry. She brings to life worlds where men and women stand shoulder to shoulder, steady in their desire to make the world a better place for all. Most of her profits are donated to support battered women's shelters.

Lisa's works are all cleanly written with no explicit intimacy and little language. They are suitable for teens and up.

Lisa has written a wide range of fiction stories. She has medieval romances, modern murder mystery novels, sci-fi adventures, Scottish regency time travel romances, dystopian stories, 1800s-era black-Indian novellas, and Blackstone Valley mysteries.

In short stories, there's a thirty-one part story-a-day mini mystery series set in Salem, Massachusetts through the month of October 2014. There's a time travel series, a Biblical-era series, a zoo mystery series, an art museum mystery series, a diner mystery series with an Asperger's heroine, a romantic proposal series, three sci-fi and two contemporary shorts.

On the non-fiction side, Lisa has written nearly 100 books. There are low carb books, relationship books, green living, journaling, ASP programming, sleep and dreams, wine, wedding and courtship traditions, Melville poetry, and history. There is also a collection of books on self-help topics like working from home, reducing stress, yoga, meditation, using Twitter, running an author signing, and conquering a fear of spiders.

Lisa also writes poetry.

Lisa has thousands of pages online to help aspiring authors learn how to develop time management, write that book, lay it out, and get it published. Visit LisaShea.com for all the details, and free to email with questions!

Namaste.