Must-Read Articles: "How to Self-Publish Your Book or Get It Traditionally Published"

[Quantum]

How to Self-Publish Your Book
This is an all-encompassing, must-read article that "is an introductory guide to how to self-publish (both print and ebook), and how to choose the right services or approach based on your needs and budget."

It covers:

1. A Quick History of Self-Publishing
2. The Most Common Ways to Self-Publish Today
3. Self-Publishing: The DIY Approach I Recommend
4. How Ebook Self-Publishing Services Work
5. Creating Ebook Files
6. How to Self-Publish a Print Book
7. Investing in a Print Run: Yes or No?
8. Print-on-Demand Recommendations
9. Maximizing Your Book Sales
10. More Resources

There's even a video.

(https://janefriedman.com/self-publish...
Updated on 2 July 2017)

How to Get Your Book (Traditionally) Published
This is an all-encompassing, must-read article for traditionally publishing your book.

4 steps to getting a book published

Getting your book traditionally published is a step-by-step process of:

1. Determining your genre or category of work.
2. Finding appropriate agents or publishers for your work.
3. Preparing your submission materials (a query letter, usually).
4. Submitting your materials to agents or editors."

https://janefriedman.com/start-here-h...
Updated on 12 June 2017)

Who is Jane Friedman?
"Jane Friedman has 20 years of experience in the publishing industry, with expertise in digital media strategy for authors and publishers. She's the co-founder of The Hot Sheet, the essential publishing industry newsletter for authors, and has previously worked for F+W Media and the Virginia Quarterly Review. She has been interviewed and featured by NPR, PBS, The Washington Post, the National Press Club and many other outlets."

https://janefriedman.com/about/

[Joanna]

Jane is terrific/ really knowledgeable about the business. I have her website bookmarked, and subscribe to her Hot Sheet, an essential industry newsletter for authors. I also paid her for an evaluation/critique of my website/blog www.joannaelm.com
It was probably a bit premature because I had only just started posting on it. But, she was extremely thorough and precise. Made a lot of suggestions which I have not yet implemented since I do not have a novel to sell at the moment. The fee included a phone conversation with her to cover any additional questions.

[Nik]

Jane 'Biz' Friedman. Very well done, what can I say

[Quantum]

It’s worthwhile pointing out that there are many ineffective or poorly run services out who are more than willing to separate authors from their hard-earned currency—not to mention the predators. The SFWA (established in 1965 and a tireless advocate for writers) has a section, appropriately titled “Writers Beware”, dedicated to advising on shady practices and how to vet services.

http://www.sfwa.org/other-resources/f...

[Leonie]

Alex wrote: "It’s worthwhile pointing out that there are many ineffective or poorly run services out who are more than willing to separate authors from their hard-earned currency—not to mention the predators. T..."

Their facebook page is also very helpful.
https://www.facebook.com/WriterBeware/

[Quantum]

Thanks!

[Graeme]

Hi Leonie, great tip there.