Self Publish Book: How to Self Publish Your Book

By acting as your own publisher, you'll be free of the tyranny of others—publishers sending you rejection notices because your work is not suitable for them, editors slashing your lovingly and painstakingly crafted sentences and paragraphs.

Although you'll have freedom, there's no such thing as freedom without responsibility. In this article, I'll tell you what services you must provide or outsource, since you won't have the staff of a big publishing house behind you.

Self Publish Book: The Many Hats of the Self Publisher

If you want to self publish a book, you will have to learn how to do things like editing, typesetting, book cover design, pdf file creation or hire someone who can do them for you. If you've read this far and realize that you really want to focus on your writing, you can still self publish your book and get everything done by one company.

After much searching, I have finally found a company which takes care of everything from editing, cover design, to creating a marketing plan and a web site for your book. Best of all, you'll pay one upfront fee (which is very reasonable with no hidden or extra costs. Since this company is truly a service provider, there is no funny business—you keep your copyright and 100% percent of the profits. This is not some company trying to masquerade as a publishing services company, while cheating you out of the rights and profits from your book. For those who want to focus on what they do best—writing—this is a perfect fit.

Learn more about my favorite self publish book service. They do the work and you keep 100% of the royalties and profits.

I highly recommend this route. After I self published my book, I was burned out. When I learned how much work typesetting and marketing the book entailed, I realized the work was just beginning.

Still, if you want to learn the book publishing business, then roll up your shirt sleeves and get ready for some hard, yet satisfying work. While you might enjoy some tasks more than others, you will learn the book publishing business from start to finish and receive quite an education in the process.

The next step in the process is to file the paperwork to the start your self publishing company. You will need to do this whether you decide to do everything yourself or use the services of the company I recommend above, so you can focus on your writing.

Click on the link to read about the advantages of forming your own self publishing company

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