Choosing the Best Publishing Option for You and Your Book
What you'll learn
- Differences between traditional publishing, hybrid publishing, and self-publishing
- Publishing terms such as query letter, manuscript, book proposal, exclusive submissions, simultaneous submissions, advance, and royalty
- What a literary agent does
- Things to consider if choosing a hybrid publisher
- Pros and cons of print-on-demand and two self-publishing companies that offer print-on-demand publishing
Requirements
- Students should have an interest in publishing a book
- No previous publishing experience required
- A device to view the course
Description
Choosing the Best Publishing Option for You and Your Book: Traditional Publishing, Hybrid Publishing, or Self-Publishing? is a course designed to help you choose which publishing option is best for you and your book.
This course is divided into a total of twelve lectures: an introduction and 11 lessons. Each lecture includes a video with a slide show presentation as well as a downloadable transcript for your convenience. Handouts are also included with some of the lectures to provide additional resources and information to help you in your publishing decision.
The video lectures total approximately 2 hours.
Introduction
Reiterate and expand on information presented in course video
Lesson 1
Provide a brief overview of traditional publishing
Lesson 2
Define query letters, manuscripts, and book proposals
Lesson 3
Discuss traditional publishing companies
Discuss literary agents
Define exclusive, unsolicited, and simultaneous submission
Lesson 4
Discuss competition, rejection, and waiting in traditional publishing
Explain some of the jobs a traditional publisher does
Lesson 5
Explain who is responsible for publishing costs when a book is traditionally published
Define advance and royalty
Discuss author's responsibility for marketing a book when traditionally published
Lesson 6
Provide an overview of hybrid publishing
Discuss things to consider if choosing a hybrid publishing company
Lesson 7
Provide an overview of self-publishing
Lesson 8
Discuss the pros and cons of self-publishing using print-on-demand
Share two print-on-demand options
Lesson 9
Discuss the differences between traditional publishing, hybrid publishing, and self-publishing using a chart
Lesson 10
Explore options to why to publish a book
Discuss questions to consider when choosing a publishing option
Compare the different publishing options with another chart
Lesson 11
Explore the publishing path(s) the course creator has chosen and why
Who This Course Is Not For
Someone expecting to get rich fast by publishing a book
Who this course is for:
- Writers/Authors who want to publish a book
- Writers/Authors with no previous publishing experience
Instructor
![Brigitte Brulz](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 4.6 Instructor Rating
- 17 Reviews
- 84 Students
- 3 Courses
Brigitte Brulz is homeschooling mom, Regional Social Chair for SCBWI Iowa, author, journal creator, and freelance writer. Her writings have appeared in various places in print and online. All three of her picture books have received a Readers’ Favorite Five Stars review, and her book Pickles, Pickles, I Like Pickles was chosen for the 2019 Read Across Connecticut program. More information about Brigitte, her writings, and her courses can be found on her website.