SELF-PUBLISHING SECRETS is based on a workshop series and talks I have been conducting on self-publishing. It covers these main topics:
– Why self-publish a book
– Using a book to build your business
– How I can help you self-publish your book
– Deciding on your overall purpose
– Determining what to write about
– Creating an outline and timeline
– Getting your information
– Writing and editing your book
– Formatting your book for publication
– Publishing your book
– Creating a print-on-demand book
– Publishing an e-book
– Creating an audiobook
– And more.
Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D. has published over 100 books, including over 50 with traditional publishers and over 60 published through her company Changemakers Publishing. She has also assisted dozens of business professionals, speakers, authors, and others publish and promote their own books, as well as find publishers, agents, and film producers.
Tabela de Conteúdo
INTRODUCTION.. 5
CHAPTER 1: WHY NOT FIND A TRADITIONAL PUBLISHER?. 7
CHAPTER 2: WHY SELF-PUBLISH A BOOK.. 11
CHAPTER 3: HOW I CAN HELP YOU CREATE YOUR BOOK: MY BACKGROUND IN PUBLISHING 17
CHAPTER 4: THE TEN MAJOR STEPS TO A SELF-PUBLISHED BOOK.. 23
CHAPTER 5: DECIDING ON YOUR OVERALL PURPOSE AND GOAL.. 27
CHAPTER 6: WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT. 29
CHAPTER 7: CREATING AN OUTLINE AND TIMELINE.. 33
CHAPTER 8: GETTING YOUR INFORMATION.. 39
CHAPTER 9: WRITING YOUR BOOK.. 43
CHAPTER 10: FORMATTING YOUR BOOK FOR PUBLICATION.. 47
The Steps to Preparing Your Document 48
CHAPTER 11: PUBLISHING YOUR BOOK.. 53
The Five Main Publishing Formats. 53
Getting a Copyright for Your Book. 55
CHAPTER 12: CREATING A POD BOOK: PUBLISHING ON CREATE SPACE 57
Using the Create Space Platform.. 57
How to Publish Your Book on Create Space. 58
Creating Your Interior 62
Creating Your Cover 66
CHAPTER 13: CREATING AN EBOOK: PUBLISHING ON KINDLE.. 73
Using PDF or Word Documents. 73
Publishing Your Book on Kindle. 76
CHAPTER 14: CREATING AN AUDIOBOOK: PUBLISHING WITH ACX/AUDIBLE 81
CHAPTER 15: USING A PDF TO SELL ONLINE.. 101
Adding a Cover 101
Selling Your PDF from Your Website. 101
Setting Up an Online Digital Sales Platform.. 104
CHAPTER 16: CREATING A COURSE: USING POWERPOINTS AND VIDEOS 109
Creating Your Video` 109
Creating Your Power Point and Turning It into a Video. 110
Promoting Your Course or Video. 111
CHAPTER 17: SETTING UP YOUR SEQUENCE FOR PUBLISHING.. 113
CHAPTER 18: DISTRIBUTING AND PROMOTING YOUR BOOK.. 115
Additional Distribution Channels. 115
Different Promotional Methods. 115
CHAPTER 19: GETTING TESTIMONIALS AND REVIEWS. 117
Sending Out Review Copies. 117
Sobre o autor
GINI GRAHAM SCOTT, Ph.D., J.D., is a nationally known writer, consultant, speaker, and seminar leader, specializing in business and work relationships, professional and personal development, social trends, and popular culture. She has published over 50 books with major publishers. She has worked with dozens of clients on memoirs, self-help, popular business books, and film scripts. Writing samples are at www.ginigrahamscott.com and www.changemakerspublishingandwriting.com. She is a Huffington Post regular columnist, commenting on social trends, business, and everyday life at www.huffingtonpost.com/gini-graham-scott.She is the founder of Changemakers Publishing, featuring books on work, business, psychology, social trends, and self-help. It has published over 50 print, e-books, and audiobooks. She has licensed several dozen books for foreign sales, including the UK, Russia, Korea, Spain, and Japan.
She has received national media exposure for her books, including appearances on Good Morning America, Oprah, and CNN. She has been the producer and host of a talk show series, Changemakers, featuring interviews on social trends.
Her books on business relationships and professional development include:
Turn Your Dreams into Reality (Llewellyn)
Resolving Conflict (Changemakers Publishing)
A Survival Guide for Working with Bad Bosses (AMACOM)
A Survival Guide for Working with Humans (AMACOM)
Credit Card Fraud with Jen Grondahl Lee (Rowman)
Lies and Liars: How and Why Sociopaths Lie (Skyhorse Publishing)
Scott is also active in a number of community and business groups, including the Lafayette, Pleasant Hill, and Danville Chambers of Commerce. She is a graduate of the prestigious Leadership Contra Costa program, is a7 member of two B2B groups in Danville and Walnut Creek, and a BNI member. She is the organizer of six Meetup groups in the film and publishing industries with over 5000 members in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. She does workshops and seminars on the topics of her books.
She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and her J.D. from the University of San Francisco Law School. She has received several MAs at Cal State University, East Bay.
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