Too often self-published books scream "amateur" due to formatting. Formatting Your Paperback Book: 10 Simple Tips to Publishing a “REAL”.
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Personally I have never purchased a book from Amazon, and never will. Why would I give them soul distribution rights to my work? How to effectively run a free shipping launch of your physical book?
An Interview With Chandler Bolt. I am almost done writing my book. May I know I will get help from you people in editing and all post writing stuff. I really want to make my dream come true this year. I have already started my efforts in creating curiosity in people and building audience for my book through creating page. Loved the recording to transcription process, Chandler! Thanks for sharing that. I was startled by how effective and efficient this process is. I had it in my head that I had to work with dictation software OR by hand.
Thanks again for sharing a super technique that is the best of both worlds. Thank you for sharing. I resonated with what you were saying and it is a process that will work for me. My gratitude and thanks. You make it sound so easy! Excellent resource for those who want to be an author and even those who are already authors!
Especially about formatting your ebook. I just finished my second book. My first book was 13 years ago. With the publishing platforms today, it is much easier but there is still plenty to learn.
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The are really only 3 steps to success: Remember, your words affect people daily and your writing echos across generations. Anyone reading this, and feeling like the content is useful, should read his book Published! It goes into much more practical, step-by-step detail. Your work is impressive, Chandler.
Thanks for the motivation.
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I am about to turn 40 years old in August and am looking to do something quite new for me…write a book! Chandler will give you everything you need to get you book published! Tons of great advice here!
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Nice to have it broken into steps and categories which will encourage people to actually make the leap and write their book! Honestly, my head is spinning a bit from all the information shared here, but what a great blueprint to follow.
This is exactly the push I need to pull all my notes and ideas together and turn them into a book. This was a great article! Very well thought out, clear and, most importantly, doable!!! All the hyperlinks to other pertinent resources helped as well. This is VERY helpful and valuable information. Awesome blueprint for people itching to successfully self-publish their book.
Looking forward to learning tons more from Chandler. So grateful i found Self publishing School! This article is loaded with value! If someone wanted to begin their book-writing project and needed the most fundamental, basic and absolutely-need-to-know information, this is THE article to reference. The cool thing is that Chandler has built a world-class support team and ongoing encouragement and knowledge for those who enroll in Self-Publishing School. And I highly recommend signing up for Self-Publishing School.
Thank you for laying everything out so concisely. This is the perfect checklist for aspiring authors. See you in the webinar! Write a book in 6 Weeks and Reach 1. Great article — thank you! What about a physical book? Thank you for all of the information! Amazon is not very big around here, and my target audience lives all over the world but not primarily in America. What are your thoughts? My manuscripts are religious books and literature, is there place for me too to publish and sell them on the amazon platform?
If yes i will very glad, and thanks for this great piece of information. I think your guide is a real gift to self-publishers. I have one question that is not answered in your guide that maybe you could respond to here: I have book material to publish, BUT it is an audio-visual book, i. Is this possible to do with a self-publishing format? This article is a God send! So informative and I am grateful for the guidance.
I do have one question that will likely sound silly, but I am completely new to the idea. I have my manuscript in word format and it is at an editor at the moment. I am planning to have the cover designed by one of the resources you suggested as well as the formatting for kindle. However, how do I get printed copies to sell on amazon? Once I have a cover design and a completed manuscript where do I go from there where people can buy printed copies of my book?
I know that sounds silly. At this stage, I have two more writers doing this with me, and we plan to be done with a first draft in a few months. How does one go about that?
Get your free video training course now: Historically, if you wanted to know how to publish a book, you needed an agent to get a traditional publisher to look at your manuscript. Chandler Bolt At Self-Publishing School, we help people write, market and publish their first bestselling book. You May Also Like. What if i want to offer my book for free maybe the kindle version. Can i do that on Amazon? Keep up the great work! This information was amazing. You can do this! It helps a ton!!! Glad it was helpful!
Glad you liked it! Thanks for the share, Lise! Great description of the process! Literally the most practical, helpful information. Perfect article as I prepare for formatting! Indents and double-spacing…who knew?! Thanks for the info! Excited to see your success in the program, Robin! Great to have you in the program.
So great to hear. Great tips and tricks. Thanks for the great information. I hope I can put it to use. Nice introduction with lots of great links. Definitely going to be reading more of the links in this article. Thanks for the kind words, Lewis! Glad to hear it was helpful. For a single post, really gave a lot of insight into the process. Thanks for the kind words! Thanks for the kind words, Sharon!
Formatting Your Paperback Book: 10 Simple Tips to Publishing a “REAL” Book
I liked the honesty. Found this extremely useful with detailed explanation! Looking forward to writing my own book soon! If you ordered a book online, that book was sitting in a warehouse along with thousands of other books. When you ordered, someone would go to the warehouse, pick the book you ordered, pack it and ship it to you. With POD publishing, there is no warehouse! The book you order on Amazon. The printer CreateSpace simply has the print files sitting in a computer database, and sends those files to a printing machine to print the book.
Then, that book is packed and shipped to the reader, and it shows up at your door in 48 hours or less.
CreateSpace Community: A Step-By-Step Guide to Formatting Your Book's Interior
Even traditional publishers are using POD publishing for their backlist titles. However, this method is NOT right for every author. Print-on-Demand POD publishing is probably right for you if are publishing a book with the following characteristics: For a detailed look at the self-editing process of an author who has sold more than 19 million books, see the interview on editing here. Make sure your book has been professionally proofread in order to fix typos and grammatical errors.
We have a free tutorial on how to format a book for CreateSpace. If you do not know the trim size you would like for your book, talk to your designer to see what size may be right for your project. You will need to have your interior designed first so that you can send your cover designer the exact trim size and page count for sizing the book cover properly You can have your book designer design the front cover while waiting for the interior designer to finalize the book file for print if you wish.
If you already have an eBook cover designed, all you need is the spine and back cover designed and added to the existing book cover to finalize your cover for print. You will want to hire a professional book cover designer. Make sure to get several quotes, check their previous work to see if their style suits your needs, and do your market research so you know what kind of book covers are appropriate for your market.
Make sure your account information with CreateSpace is completed including your tax information and bank account information so Amazon can pay you royalties on your book sales. This is where you will make most of your sales and earn most of your royalties if your book is in English because the US market is so big. This distribution channel allows Amazon to print and distribute your books across Europe.
The CreateSpace eStore is a website that allows readers to buy your book direct through CreateSpace, paying you slightly higher royalties than Amazon. The only real use for this is to send book buyers to the CreateSpace eStore to purchase your book so you can earn more royalties than you would on a normal sale on Amazon. The downside is that these sales do not count towards improving your Amazon Best Sellers Rank.
By enabling this distribution channel, you can make your book available to thousands of major online and offline bookstores and retailers, and expand the size of the potential audience for your books. Basically, these retailers can now purchase your book through CreateSpace. By enabling this distribution channel, you can make your books available to certified resellers such as independent bookstores and book resellers.
The CreateSpace Direct program allows eligible resellers to buy books at wholesale prices directly from CreateSpace. Depending on the page count and color options, the cost of printing your book will change. Amazon will set a minimum list price you can sell your book for on Amazon based on these costs. You cannot sell your book on Amazon for a price lower than the print cost, because CreateSpace wants to make a profit. However, if you select this option, the imprint on record will be CreateSpace, and you will only be able to distribute your book through CreateSpace.
After that, CreateSpace will take about two to five days to make your book live on Amazon. If your book was already published on Amazon in eBook or audiobook or another format, you will want to make sure Amazon properly merges your listings so that readers can quickly buy your book in eBook, print or audiobook format.