Self-Publish Your Paperback Poetry Book

Get ready to turn your collection of words into a physical book! In this class, I'm going to teach you how you can publish your very first poetry collection as a paperback book. The methods we're going to cover will allow you to publish without any costs or expenses, unless you decide to use any of the optional tools I recommend. All you need is a little creativity and determination, and you can be a published author with a book you are proud to share with the world.

What You Will Learn:

• How to organize your poems into a meaningful and cohesive collection

• What kind of preparation and decisions you need to make before starting the design process

• Different software and tool options for doing the design work

• How to identify your book cover specifications and design it

• Different methods of distributing your book, both online and in physical bookstores

• Pros and cons to different printing methods and options

• Strategies for promoting your poetry book

Why You Should Take This Class:

Poetry can be a difficult type of writing to pitch to traditional publishers and agents. Luckily, the world of self-publishing opens up so many doors to poets! Self-publishing your poetry book is not only a fun design activity, but is very empowering. There's nothing quite like the feeling of seeing your heartfelt words in print for the first time!

Who This Class is For:

Anyone who has written a collection of poems, or who is intending to do so. This course is for self-publishing beginners, and will teach you simple methods to start creating your own book. You'll also learn lots of publishing terminology and insider tips from an experienced book designer.

Materials/Resources:

• A collection of poems

• Access to Canva (a free account works fine!)