
Self-Publishing Your Book in Multiple Formats
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SELF-PUBLISHING YOUR BOOK IN MULTIPLE FORMATS is designed to help writers take advantage of the many formats for publishing and selling books. It features an introduction to the different platforms and how to prepare and publish your manuscript in each format. By doing so, you can take advantage of the multiple approaches for selling your book to customers who like to read books in different ways.
To this end, the book features the following topics:
- preparing your manuscript for publication,
- deciding how to publish your book,
- deciding on the format for your book,
- choosing a print-on demand platform,
- creating an audiobook,
- hiring a narrator for your audiobook,
- creating your book as an online course,
- organizing your course and creating videos and
other materials,
- creating your book or chapters as a PDF.
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Content
INTRODUCTION.. 5
CHAPTER 1: PREPARING YOUR MANUSCRIPT FOR PUBLICATION 7
Writing and Preparing Your Book for Publication. 8
Recording, Transcribing, and Editing Your Book. 9
Preparing Your Files for Publication. 10
CHAPTER 2: DECIDING HOW TO PUBLISH YOUR BOOK.. 13
Saying No to Traditional Publishing. 14
Using Self-Publishing to Build Your Platform to Get a Traditional Publishing Deal 16
Deciding on How to Publish a Longer Book - One Book or More. 17
CHAPTER 3: DECIDING ON THE FORMAT FOR YOUR BOOK 19
Deciding on the Format - Print or E-Book. 19
Publishing a Print Book. 20
Hardcover versus Paperback. 20
What Size to Choose. 21
Print-on-Demand Versus Printing a Run of Books. 21
CHAPTER 4: CHOOSING A PRINT-ON-DEMAND PLATFORM... 23
Deciding What Platforms to Use. 24
Why Publish on CreateSpace. 25
Why Publish on IngramSpark -- and Some Challenges to Using this Platform 26
Publishing an E-Book. 28
A Recommended Order for Publishing Your Books. 29
Getting an ISBN.. 30
Selling Your Book. 30
CHAPTER 5: DECIDING TO CREATE AN AUDIOBOOK.. 33
Why Are Audiobooks Growing So Rapidly. 34
Creating an Audiobook. 34
Hiring a Narrator 35
CHAPTER 6: HIRING A NARRATOR THROUGH THE ACX PLATFORM 37
Setting Up Your Book to Find a Narrator 38
From a Narrator Accepting Your Offer to a Completed Audiobook 39
CHAPTER 7: THE BASICS OF CREATING YOUR BOOK AS A COURSE 43
What Makes a Good Course. 44
Creating Your Course. 45
CHAPTER 8: ORGANZING YOUR COURSE AND CREATING YOUR VIDEOS AND OTHER MATERIALS. 47
Organizing Your Course. 47
Creating Videos for Your Course. 49
Pricing Your Course. 51
CHAPTER 9: CREATING YOUR BOOK OR CHAPTERS AS A PDF 53
Creating Your PDF. 54
Creating a Cover for Your PDF. 55
Including Sales Material in Your Book. 56
Selling Your Book through Your Website, Landing Page, or Online Marketing 56
Turning Your PDF into a Published Book. 57
ABOUT THE AUTHOR.. 59
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Copy protection: Adobe-DRM (Digital Rights Management)
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