Table of Contents Chapter 1: Four Publishing Options Chapter 2: Self-Publishing Timeline Chapter 3: What is POD? Chapter 4: What Will You Need to Self-Publish Your Book? Chapter 5: How to Make Your Self-Published Book Look “Traditionally Published” Chapter 6: Preparing for Your Book Launch Chapter 7: Next Steps Chapter 1 Four Book Publishing Options One of the most frequent questions … Read more
I’ve known Teri Dillion for over a decade, having first met on a month-long meditation retreat in Colorado in 2008. Back then if you’d asked me about her, I would have spoken of her devotion to her practice and her penetrating blue eyes. Today, if you asked me about her, I would speak of courage, … Read more
What’s so cool about being an aspiring author today is that there is literally nothing standing in the way of you having a book in the world. You don’t have to receive permission from the Great Gods of Publishing anymore. You can simply DIY and self-publish! That said, there are a lot of things aspiring … Read more
Let’s face it, my friends. Self-publishing has a bad rap. Publishing your own book is snootily labeled second-class, amateur, slipshod, self-centered, unprofessional and much worse. In the “bad old days” (before the digital print-on-demand revolution rendered self-publishing a reasonable pursuit for just about any author) DIY publishers were actually called “vanity presses”! The stigma, as … Read more
A couple months after my book published, I learned Hay House was putting the eBook on sale for the “low, low price” of $1.99. I was psyched. Why? Because as someone in the book biz, I know that making an eBook super cheap also makes it super easy for readers to say YES. Marking down … Read more
When it comes to building your platform—as part of your book launch or anytime—you’ll need to woo folks into handing over their email address. How do you create a convincing case for ponying up such precious information? By offering them something precious in return! Any free content or experience you offer a visitor in exchange … Read more
It happened to Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl 15 times. Twilight author Stephanie Meyers endured it 14 times. Even Harry Potter—everybody’s favorite child wizard—experienced it 10 times. What’s the magic experience I’m talking about? The cold slap of literary rejection. Yep, each of these massive, category-killing bestsellers was at one time turned down by agent after agent; editor after editor. (Proving beyond a … Read more
Ready to throw in the towel because you’ve received 3 rejections? 10? Kelly says not so fast. Take a listen to her conversation with teacher, coach, and lecturer Rob Kandell on his podcast Tuff Love. Kelly addresses the real reasons you should–or should not–write a book, how the publishing industry has changed since she got started 20+ … Read more
A great title, cover and concept are often enough to get a reader to pull your book off the shelf. But what keeps her reading until the every end, and gets her to recommend the book to friends? The answer is an amazing reading experience. One where the content of the book flows so seamlessly … Read more
What’s the hardest part about writing? DOING IT! You can have the greatest ideas in the world, but setting aside the time to sit down and put pen to paper (or fingertips to keyboard) is a whole different story. So how do I help my authors skirt the deadly territory of “writer who isn’t writing?” I … Read more
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