How to Become an Independent Publisher
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- Design your own book cover like the professionals using Adobe Photoshop. Learn how to do this in one hour!
- Professionally format the interior of your book using Adobe InDesign. Learn it in one hour!
- Learn how to publish your paperback book using Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP).
- Learn how to publish an ebook. Get a one-hour crash course in basic HTML coding for ebook and website publications.
- Build your own website at little to no cost. Learn it in less than 15 minutes.
- Find out how much Wordpress will cost and what other website builders are best for publishing entrepreneurs.
- Get a basic overview of Xlibris and Lulu publishing platforms.
- Discover what you need to know about publishing an audio book.
- Learn how to submit a copyright registration of published and unpublished works to The Library of Congress.
- Get a basic understanding of how to market your book through popular social media platforms.
- Learn how to organize and launch a book tour, write a press release, a 30-second sales pitch, and manage book inventory.
- A computer with enough speed to download Adobe's free trial software.
- Notebook and pen/pencil for taking notes.
- [Optional, but helpful] - A completed manuscript in Word. Students who do not have a completed manuscript can still benefit from this course.
- [Optional, but helpful] - Read "The Right Way to Self Publish" book. - Free downloadable ebook is available in this course.
PUBLISH LIKE THE PROFESSIONALS!
· FREE DOWNLOAD of "The Right Way to Self Publish" ebook.
· Adobe InDesign - Format your book's interior without the hassle of readjusting your page numbers and paragraphs. Create a manageable table of contents. Free 7-day download link included.
· Adobe Photoshop - Design a professional-looking book cover without paying an artist hundreds of dollars. Free 7-day download included.
· HTML Coding - Learn basic computer coding language so that you can better manage your website and format ebooks.
· Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) - Go through a step-by-step process on publishing your paperback and ebook on one of the most popular independent publishing platforms. Sell your book on Amazon!
· Xlibris Publishing - Explore Xlibris' website to discover if it's the right independent publishing platform for you.
· Lulu - Explore Lulu's website to discover whether or not it's the right independent publishing platform for you.
· Copyright Registration – Learn about protecting you and your clients' published works and registering them to the Library of Congress.
· Ebook Publishing - Learn how to format your manuscript for ebook publication on Word. Also, learn how to format and save your manuscript as an .epub document on Google docs.
· Audio Book Publishing - Learn about publishing your book on audio.
· Facebook/Instagram/Twitter - Get an idea about how you can use social media to promote your books and/or publishing business.
· Wordpress - Discover what you need to know about creating a website through Wordpress.
· Yolasite - Learn how to create a website for free in less than 15 minutes!
· Plan Your Book Tour - Learn how to organize a book signing tour, write a press release, a bio, a 30-second sales pitch, and manage your book inventory.
- Entrepreneurs, writers, authors, teachers, and instructors.
- Authors who need help marketing their book.
- Entrepreneurs who want to build their own website on the cheap.
- Business professionals who want a basic understanding of Adobe Photoshop and InDesign.
- Professionals who want a basic understanding of paperback publishing.
- Marketers who are looking for a creative way to give their clients more credibility.
- Professionals who are looking for a way to gain more credibility for themselves.
- Entrepreneurs who want to learn the basics of HTML.
- Writers' clubs and associations.
- Self promoters.
- Writers who are tired of waiting to get rejected!
What You Will Learn
How to publish your own paperback book. This will cut the costs of paying a publisher to do the work for you.
How to format your book's interior using Adobe InDesign.
How to design a basic book cover using Adobe Photoshop. No design skills required.
How to format an ebook.
Get a basic understanding of HTML coding.
Get a better understanding of publishing an audio book.
How to navigate your way through Createspace’s new publishing platform, Kindle Direct Publishing. Also, learn about Lulu and Xlibris publishing platforms.
How to market your book.
How to build your own website for free.
Learn basic social media management.
Free ebook download of The Right Way to Self Publish.
How to organize a book tour.
Questions?
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Don't forget to reference the provided website links and/or downloads. Click on "Resources"!
Learn how to set up your InDesign document and familiarize yourself with its tools to help you create a professional-looking book.
Learn how to properly format the interior of a book.
Learn how to place text and graphics in an orderly fashion.
Learn how to insert page numbers, design table of contents, and export your manuscript as a pdf file.
Learn how to set up your Adobe InDesign document.
Familiarize yourself with the tools to format your manuscript and set proper margins for book publishing.
Save hundreds of dollars designing your own book cover. Here, you will learn how to create a captivating book cover that is original and unique. No previous design skills are necessary!
Learn how to set up your Photoshop document and familiarize yourself with its tools to help you create a professional-looking book cover.
Place photos to create a vibrant book cover.
Create your own margin template to ensure that your text doesn't get cut off in print.
Learn how to manipulate shapes and text.
Work with color and font options.
Learn how to calculate the measurements for a book spine based off the number of pages in your book for Kindle Direct Publishing's platform.
Design a book cover with spine using the two book covers that we created at the beginning of lesson 2.
Get a crash course in HTML Coding.
Learn how to format an ebook using WORD.
Learn how to format an ebook using Google Docs.
What you need to know about publishing an audio book.
Familiarize yourself with Lulu, Xlibris, and go through a step-by-step publishing process using Kindle Direct Publishing's platform.
Learn about copyright registration.
Learn how to publish your manuscript using the InDesign and Photoshop documents that were created in the earlier lectures.
Fun fact: Kindle Direct Publishing used to be an ebook format that worked alongside Createspace print publishing. Now, it works as both an ebook and print publishing platform!
Don't forget to reference the provided website links and downloads. Click on "Resources"!
Learn how to publish your manuscript using the InDesign and Photoshop documents that were created in the earlier lectures.
Fun fact: Kindle Direct Publishing used to be an ebook format that worked alongside Createspace print publishing. Now, it works as both an ebook and print publishing platform!
Don't forget to reference the provided website links and downloads. Click on "Resources"!
Learn how to publish your manuscript using the InDesign and Photoshop documents that were created in the earlier lectures.
Fun fact: Kindle Direct Publishing used to be an ebook format that worked alongside Createspace print publishing. Now, it works as both an ebook and print publishing platform!
Don't forget to reference the provided website links and downloads. Click on "Resources"!
Get some of your questions answered about the Library of Congress regarding copyright registration for published and unpublished works.
Find out the cost for copyrighting you and/or your clients' written work.
Don't forget to reference the provided website links and downloads. Click on "Resources"!
Learn how to:
Build your own website for free in less than 15 minutes.
Create and manage social media pages.
Schedule a book tour.
Write a press release.
Track your book inventory.