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The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing: Everything You Need to Know to Write, Publish, Promote and Sell Your Own Book [Paperback & Kindle e-book]
Marilyn Ross and Sue Collier
(from the publisher) Take Control of Your Destiny!
Bottom line: You want to get published. You want to control the future of your manuscript and your writing career.
Best-selling author Marilyn Ross and publishing expert Sue Collier show you how to make your own success - whether you're a published author, entrepreneur, corporation, professional, or absolute newcomer to writing. In this expanded and completely revised 5th edition of the "bible" of self-publishing (over 100,000 copies sold), they empower you to publish your own work with minimal risk and maximum profits.
You'll find:
- Complete step-by-step guidance on publishing and marketing a book
- Ways to leverage social media marketing to build your platform and make yourself stand out from the crowd
- A thorough explanation of the difference between POD self-publishing, subsidy publishing, and true self-publishing - and how to decide which is the best option for you
- Practical advice on making the decision between offset printing and print-on-demand
- How to leverage the Internet to create "buzz" and promote your book with killer PR
- The latest information on e-publishing
- A detailed marketing plan and timetable to keep you on track
- Proven marketing strategies to get free publicity, reach nontraditional buyers, and sell books
- Information-packed appendices with marketing contacts, organizations, and vendors, complete with names, addresses, and websites
- Valuable case studies and examples of how other publishers excel
- An in-depth discussion of exclusive distributors, plus coverage of the most recent changes in bookstores and the book-selling industry
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Thirty-one creative ideas for generating capital to launch your publishing company
The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing is the one book you need to take control of your writing career. Read it. Believe it. Do it. Your future depends on it.
(from Michael) The Complete Guide to Self Publishing has been promoted as "The Bible of Self-Publishing," and criticizing it is almost like criticizing the Bible. In fact, the book is almost as old as the Old Testament. I'm exaggerating. The first version, written by Tom and Marilyn Ross, was apparently published in 1978, when self-publishing was very different from today.
I bought the out of date 4th edition in 2008, and the new 5th edition in 2010. It's also out of date, and was out of date when it was printed. It was adapted and updated from the earlier versions by Marilyn Ross and Sue Collier.
It's advertised as "Completely revised and updated" and "everything you need to know," but it needs more updating and it doesn't provide everything you need to know. I'm not telling you not to buy this book, but don't let it be your only guide to self-publishing.
Many thousands of copies of various editions of this book have been sold, and it has received many good reviews and blurbs. Like the Bible, there are problems with this book. People get into trouble if they rely on books with good reputations that provide bad information. CLICK for full review
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