So you did. You have your books, few of them or a lot of them. What to do now. If you think your work has finished, we have bad news. It just begun. To get here you had to work hard, being author, publisher and sometimes more, all at the same time. Now it's time to change and become salesman, advertisement specialist, internet expert, a one-man show marketing agency.
One of the certainties about publishing is that delays will happen. They are unavoidable. On every step of the process, you can count on delays that can go from few days to few weeks or even months. Editors and proofreaders need more time; the graphic designer is busy with other commitments, you don't like the result of their work and go back for touch-ups, changes, discussions.
Before you begin this course, there are some points that we consider important for you to know.
First of all, it is important that you be sure that this course is for you. It‘s important that you know beforehand how deep we will discuss each topic and what kind of projects can benefit from the information contained in this web-site and which projects cannot.
Welcome to Self-Publish 101. If you are here, it‘s because you are in the process or have the intention to publish a book or at least print and bind some kind of book, journal or other material. If this is the case, you came to the right place or so we believe. If you are not sure, you can verify if this site is for you. This website was conceived as an introductory course for those venturing into the world of publishing.
So you did. You have your books, few of them or a lot of them. What to do now. If you think your work has finished, we have bad news. It just begun. To get here you had to work hard, being author, publisher and sometimes more, all at the same time. Now it's time to change and become salesman, advertisement specialist, internet expert, a one-man show marketing agency.
First, you write the book. You might be happy, or not... If you are not happy, keep re-writing it until you are satisfied, or too tired to keep going.
One of the certainties about publishing is that delays will happen. They are unavoidable. On every step of the process, you can count on delays that can go from few days to few weeks or even months. Editors and proofreaders need more time; the graphic designer is busy with other commitments, you don't like the result of their work and go back for touch-ups, changes, discussions.
Before you begin this course, there are some points that we consider important for you to know.
Welcome to Self-Publish 101. If you are here, it‘s because you are in the process or have the intention to publish a book or at least print and bind some kind of book, journal or other material. If this is the case, you came to the right place or so we believe. If you are not sure, you can verify if this site is for you. This website was conceived as an introductory course for those venturing into the world of publishing.