How to Self-Publish & Market Your Own Book: A Simple Guide for Aspiring Writers (0966232879) - Reviews and Prices

Editorial Review:

This book provides easy yet effective tools used in publishing and marketing successful books. The authors include their personal experiences in publishing their first book, Turning Stones Into Gems. Sara and Mack list many resources in the appendix. Their book, How to Self-Publish and Market Your Own Book, explains how to: get free advertising, avoid common publishing mistakes, prepare a marketing plan, complete important registrations, select a book printer, etc. It also contains important information on the Internet and electronic publishing, including e-books, CD-ROMs, audio books, and websites. This book provides sample forms, pricing information, and sample budget worksheets. The book includes a special section of tips and resources for women and minority writers. Every aspiring writer can understand this simple guide.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Very helpful!:

I'm just starting to learn about publishing, both traditional and self publishing. The Smiths have done a great job of explaining the various aspects of the self publishing industry. The information is clear, concise and well laid out. They even offer a step by step timeline for getting your publishing business up and running. I'm still not sure self publishing is for me, but this book definitely helps shed some light on the subject so I can make an intelligent choice. Thank you Mack and Sara.

An excellent choice:

This book was very easy to follow. Thanks to this, I have self-published my first book, with many more on the way.
I especially appreciated the step by step formatting.

Worth Your Money!!!!!:

When I first purchased this book I figured it was gonna be a waste of my time, but as soon as I began reading I was immediately relieved I had purchased it,some of the first information that was listed was about to save me from being embarrassed. I wanted to publish on my own since I had not made any real money on the first two books I had published without being involved in some of the choices made, so I decided I was going at it alone, and I thought since I had been published before I knew enough to go at... more info

My Pick for Aspiring Writers:

If you have no idea where to begin after your book is published, then this is a simple guide to use. Contains information on publicity, online marketing, book signings, conducting your own seminars, appearing as an expert even if you aren't.

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