Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.. 5
CHAPTER 1: WHY NOT FIND A TRADITIONAL PUBLISHER?. 7
CHAPTER 2: WHY SELF-PUBLISH A BOOK.. 11
CHAPTER 3: HOW I CAN HELP YOU CREATE YOUR BOOK: MY BACKGROUND IN PUBLISHING 17
CHAPTER 4: THE TEN MAJOR STEPS TO A SELF-PUBLISHED BOOK.. 23
CHAPTER 5: DECIDING ON YOUR OVERALL PURPOSE AND GOAL.. 27
CHAPTER 6: WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT. 29
CHAPTER 7: CREATING AN OUTLINE AND TIMELINE.. 33
CHAPTER 8: GETTING YOUR INFORMATION.. 39
CHAPTER 9: WRITING YOUR BOOK.. 43
CHAPTER 10: FORMATTING YOUR BOOK FOR PUBLICATION.. 47
The Steps to Preparing Your Document 48
CHAPTER 11: PUBLISHING YOUR BOOK.. 53
The Five Main Publishing Formats. 53
Getting a Copyright for Your Book. 55
CHAPTER 12: CREATING A POD BOOK: PUBLISHING ON CREATE SPACE 57
Using the CreateSpace Platform.. 57
How to Publish Your Book on CreateSpace. 58
Creating Your Interior 62
Creating Your Cover 66
CHAPTER 13: CREATING AN EBOOK: PUBLISHING ON KINDLE.. 73
Using PDF or Word Documents. 73
Publishing Your Book on Kindle. 76
CHAPTER 14: CREATING AN AUDIOBOOK: PUBLISHING WITH ACX/AUDIBLE 81
CHAPTER 15: USING A PDF TO SELL ONLINE.. 101
Adding a Cover 101
Selling Your PDF from Your Website. 101
Setting Up an Online Digital Sales Platform.. 104
CHAPTER 16: CREATING A COURSE: USING POWERPOINTS AND VIDEOS 109
Creating Your Video' 109
Creating Your PowerPoint and Turning It into a Video. 110
Promoting Your Course or Video. 111
CHAPTER 17: SETTING UP YOUR SEQUENCE FOR PUBLISHING.. 113
CHAPTER 18: DISTRIBUTING AND PROMOTING YOUR BOOK.. 115
Additional Distribution Channels. 115
Different Promotional Methods. 115
CHAPTER 19: GETTING TESTIMONIALS AND REVIEWS. 117
Sending Out Review Copies. 117