Description:Self-Publishing Made Simple is a plainspoken, nuts and bolts instruction booklet to help guide learning, non-tech-savvy authors through a maze of confusing information. Written in everyday language for those who, in the author's words, "...grew up with sporadic access to a rusty old Royal typewriter (with an 'e' that always typed midway up the line) and a gummy bottle of Liquid Paper," Self-Publishing Made Simple was designed for those who were born well before public use of the term online. The information provided within is based on steps the author took as she transitioned from traditional publishing to self-publishing, and includes not only the following topics: • Avoiding questionable publishers • Registering for an Employee Identification Number • Choosing a business identity • Buying ISBNs • Registering copyrights • Choosing publishing and distribution venues: Kindle Direct Publishing, Smashwords and affiliates, Lulu, CreateSpace, Lightning Source, Google Play, AllRomance/Omnilit, and Penguin's Book Country are discussed in detail. But also these: • Simplified, step-by-step manuscript formatting instructions for Kindle Direct Publishing • Simplified, step-by-step manuscript formatting instructions for Smashwords (including requirements for Premium Catalogue distribution) • Formatting tips, clarification, and links to free templates to use in preparing a manuscript for CreateSpace • Formatting for Google Play and AllRomance/Omnilit The author is working in Microsoft Word 2010, so formatting instructions are specific to that program. If you’re working in an earlier version of Word the terms and commands will be the same, but the locations on the toolbar may be different. If you’re working in HTML code or using a Mac, the chapters on formatting your document may not be very helpful to you. Helpful links are provided throughout the manual for easy online access to the sites and directions discussed within.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Self-publishing Made Simple: A How-to Guide for the Non-tech-savvy Among Us. To get started finding Self-publishing Made Simple: A How-to Guide for the Non-tech-savvy Among Us, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
130
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Thomas Jacob Publishing LLC
Release
2013
ISBN
0989572951
Self-publishing Made Simple: A How-to Guide for the Non-tech-savvy Among Us
Description: Self-Publishing Made Simple is a plainspoken, nuts and bolts instruction booklet to help guide learning, non-tech-savvy authors through a maze of confusing information. Written in everyday language for those who, in the author's words, "...grew up with sporadic access to a rusty old Royal typewriter (with an 'e' that always typed midway up the line) and a gummy bottle of Liquid Paper," Self-Publishing Made Simple was designed for those who were born well before public use of the term online. The information provided within is based on steps the author took as she transitioned from traditional publishing to self-publishing, and includes not only the following topics: • Avoiding questionable publishers • Registering for an Employee Identification Number • Choosing a business identity • Buying ISBNs • Registering copyrights • Choosing publishing and distribution venues: Kindle Direct Publishing, Smashwords and affiliates, Lulu, CreateSpace, Lightning Source, Google Play, AllRomance/Omnilit, and Penguin's Book Country are discussed in detail. But also these: • Simplified, step-by-step manuscript formatting instructions for Kindle Direct Publishing • Simplified, step-by-step manuscript formatting instructions for Smashwords (including requirements for Premium Catalogue distribution) • Formatting tips, clarification, and links to free templates to use in preparing a manuscript for CreateSpace • Formatting for Google Play and AllRomance/Omnilit The author is working in Microsoft Word 2010, so formatting instructions are specific to that program. If you’re working in an earlier version of Word the terms and commands will be the same, but the locations on the toolbar may be different. If you’re working in HTML code or using a Mac, the chapters on formatting your document may not be very helpful to you. Helpful links are provided throughout the manual for easy online access to the sites and directions discussed within.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Self-publishing Made Simple: A How-to Guide for the Non-tech-savvy Among Us. To get started finding Self-publishing Made Simple: A How-to Guide for the Non-tech-savvy Among Us, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.