How to Self-publish and Market a Book
What you'll learn
- How to navigate the jungles of self-publishing and the marshlands of book marketing
- How to integrate publishing and marketing into a complete project plan
- How to format manuscripts for ebook and print editions
- How to avoid scam artists
- Learn the differences between a packager and a publisher
- * How to begin your marketing before the book is launched.
- * How to create a quality book package to attract buyers
Requirements
- None
Description
Self-publishing a book is a complex project made more complex by all the mis-information on the web. Marketing the book is yet another problem area that the author must solve.
Imagine having an experienced, self-published author direct your every step for both the publishing and marketing components of the project
Many self-publishing authors don’t consider marketing until after the book is published. This approach is wrong. Publishing and marketing are two parts of a single project. This course provides the student with an integrated project plan that will both publish the book and marketing it.
Hank Quense has self-published over 25 highly-regarded books and knows the pain points and the pitfalls of both the publishing and marketing processes.
In this course you’ll learn:
* How to put together a complete publishing and marketing project plan
* How to format and design both ebook and print editions
* How to write a strategic marketing plan
* The differences between packagers and publishers
* The differences between the lazy way and the professional way to self-publish a book
* How to create a quality book package to attract buyers
* How to recognize and avoid scammers
Buy this course now and start publishing your manuscript!
Enroll today by clicking on the buy now button on the top of the page.
This course has been updated to add a new topic: The Landing Page Challenge. Your book's landing page is probably the most important marketing tool an author has. This new video discusses how to create a landing page to maximize your chances of converting a visitor to a customer,
Who this course is for:
- Writers and authors seeking to self-publish their book
Instructor
- 4.3 Instructor Rating
- 57 Reviews
- 642 Students
- 7 Courses
Hank Quense writes humorous and satiric sci-fi and fantasy stories. He also writes and lectures about fiction writing and self-publishing. He has published 19 books and 50 short stories along with dozens of articles. He often lectures on fiction writing and publishing and has a series of guides covering the basics on each subject. He and his wife Pat usually vacation in another galaxy or parallel universe. They also time travel occasionally when Hank is searching for new story ideas.
His classes are part of Quense’s Writers & Authors Resource Center, (WritersARC) a unique collection of material that is available to provide solutions to the pain points encountered by fiction writers and authors.