What exactly self publishing means?
When as author decides to publish his/her book without the help of a Publisher who can distribute the book in the market, the Author is called the self publisher. You may get confused when you see so many agencies that claim to be self publishers, but you need to understand that these agencies are helping you to become a self publisher by offering the required services. At the end of the day, you are the one who is investing in the book and you will be the one who will get the benefit if your book sells well.
What are the services needed for self publishing?
First of all, the manuscript should be ready and then you need illustration in case of children book, and for other books, just the manuscript will do. After that you will need someone who can create a cover page for your book, the front and the back cover. You will also need the book to be designed, for there are many things like the layout of text, font setting, text adjustment, font selection, illustration layout etc. Usually all these things come under the designing. After the designing, you need an ISBN number and a barcode to be able to sell your book. The ISBN and Barcode is also placed on the back cover by the designer .And finally the printing, so that you can get the hard copy of the book and sell it.
You can easily place your book (hard copy of the book) for sale on amazon.com which has its expanded distribution with Barnes and noble and Baler and taylor etc. Your readers can order a book from these sites and the billing information will be shared with you automatically.
You can also create an e-book version of your book and place it on platforms like the Kindle for sale. Now a days every Author does that because its easy to download and read on any electronic device and many readers are preferring e-books.
Usually all the agencies which claim to be self publishers offer you the services like the children book illustrations and book designing and also E-books. They will also offer you marketing services which includes internet marketing and popularizing your book on the social media.
Will I make any profit?
As none of the self publisher will be selling your book in any of the retail outlet, you will be yourself responsible for all the marketing and selling. You will need to monitor your marketing efforts very closely, be it internet marketing or the physical marketing. There are Author’s who have done very well as Self publishers and they continue to write more and more books. The better networking you have, the better it is. Don’t hesitate to promote your book among your local libraries, kids schools, communities, friends etc. They all are important audience.
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