Getting Published - Choosing a Path - Traditional Publishing, Self Publishing, Vanity Press, Print on Demand, and more!

by Lisa Shea

Updated for 2023 / 70 pagesYou've got your book written - but now what? Just what is Print On Demand? What's the difference between a small press, a traditional publisher, and a vanity publisher? Just what is this Self-Publishing stuff all about?This book gets you grounded on the basics of the different ways available to publish in our modern world. It lays out the pros and cons of each option.Get a better understanding of what the current publishing choices are so you choose what's best for your situation!...Getting Published - Choosing a Path is book 3 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.I've published over 500 books on Amazon. I've published fiction and non-fiction. Romance, mystery, paranormal, time-travel, historical, mythological, and more. In addition I run two in-person writing groups and participate in many more online. I'm busy nearly every day providing editing advice for my community of authors. I've fielded tens of thousands of questions on what works and helped authors reach that elusive best seller status.This book is the result of those years of experience.Did you know it's estimated that over **one million** books were published in the year 2019 alone? Our fast-paced internet world has exploded into a enormous sea of books. How do you get your book to stand out amongst all of these competitors? Take the first step today!I support local battered women's shelters.

65 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 8, 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.