Synopses & Reviews
Take Control of Your Destiny
Bottom line: You want to get published. You want to control the future of your manuscript and your writing career.
Best-selling author Marilyn Ross and publishing expert Sue Collier show you how to make your own success - whether you're a published author, entrepreneur, corporation, professional, or absolute newcomer to writing. In this expanded and completely revised 5th edition of the bible of self-publishing (over 100,000 copies sold), they empower you to publish your own work with minimal risk and maximum profits. You'll find:
Complete step-by-step guidance on publishing and marketing a book
Ways to leverage social media marketing to build your platform and make yourself stand out from the crowd
A thorough explanation of the difference between POD self-publishing, subsidy publishing, and true self-publishing - and how to decide which is the best option for you
Practical advice on making the decision between offset printing and print-on-demand
How to leverage the Internet to create buzz and promote your book with killer PR
The latest information on e-publishing
A detailed marketing plan and timetable to keep you on track
Proven marketing strategies to get free publicity, reach nontraditional buyers, and sell books
Information-packed appendices with marketing contacts, organizations, and vendors, complete with names, addresses, and websites
Valuable case studies and examples of how other publishers excel
An in-depth discussion of exclusive distributors, plus coverage of the most recent changes in bookstores and the book-selling industry
Thirty-one creative ideas for generating capital to launch your publishing company
The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing is the one book you need to take control of your writing career. Read it. Believe it. Do it. Your future depends on it.
Synopsis
In this fifth edition of a self-publishing classic, authors Marilyn Ross and Sue Collier empower writers to publish their own work with minimal risk and maximum profits. Inside is complete step-by-step guidance on publishing and marketing a book with new information on podcasts, blogs, webinars, e-publishing, print-on-demand and e-rights. A detailed marketing plan and marketing timetable, plus samples of sales letters, cover designs, catalog sheets and forms are also provided. An in-depth discussion of exclusive distributors, plus recent changes in bookselling make this book extremely topical.
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"New chapter on social media marketing"--Cover.