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Self-Publishing Boot Camp Guide for Independent Authors, 5th Edition
Book Description
You are an author. Be proud. Be excited. Relish the glory of a finished book. But hold on, don't get ahead of yourself. The last thing you want to do is publish your book before it's ready.
Yes, there is still more work to do to produce your book professionally and to make sure it sells.
Make it easier by following the complete step-by-step process in this 5th edition of the Self-Publishing Boot Camp Guide for Independent Authors.
With over twenty years as a writer, self-publisher, web developer, and publishing coach, King has distilled what you need to know to succeed in plain language even a beginner can follow.
You'll learn how to do critical market research so your book reaches the right readers, how to find book reviewers and early readers who will become your superfans, and how to produce a high-quality book to professional standards so your book competes with the best in your genre.
Find out how to set up a publishing business, how to choose a print-on-demand and ebook distribution service, how to market using social media, and how to reach the traditional media when it's time to launch your publicity campaign.
This all-inclusive guide will help you do it all yourself or, if you've got the resources to hire out tasks, you'll learn how to negotiate with editors, designers, marketing and PR consultants, and other publishing professionals.
You'll also get access to reader's resources to get updates to this guide and other bonuses.
Yes, there is still more work to do to produce your book professionally and to make sure it sells.
Make it easier by following the complete step-by-step process in this 5th edition of the Self-Publishing Boot Camp Guide for Independent Authors.
With over twenty years as a writer, self-publisher, web developer, and publishing coach, King has distilled what you need to know to succeed in plain language even a beginner can follow.
You'll learn how to do critical market research so your book reaches the right readers, how to find book reviewers and early readers who will become your superfans, and how to produce a high-quality book to professional standards so your book competes with the best in your genre.
Find out how to set up a publishing business, how to choose a print-on-demand and ebook distribution service, how to market using social media, and how to reach the traditional media when it's time to launch your publicity campaign.
This all-inclusive guide will help you do it all yourself or, if you've got the resources to hire out tasks, you'll learn how to negotiate with editors, designers, marketing and PR consultants, and other publishing professionals.
You'll also get access to reader's resources to get updates to this guide and other bonuses.
Additional Book Titles
The Self-Publishing Boot Camp Guide for Independent Authors, 5nd Edition
Wild Writing Women: Stories of World Travel (Globe Pequot)
Stories from Elsewhere: Travels on Two and Three Wheels
American Borders: Breakdowns in Small Towns All Around the USA
How to Self-Publish (PBS)
Wild Writing Women: Stories of World Travel (Globe Pequot)
Stories from Elsewhere: Travels on Two and Three Wheels
American Borders: Breakdowns in Small Towns All Around the USA
How to Self-Publish (PBS)
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Author bio
Carla King is an adventure travel writer and as a publishing expert with a background in Silicon Valley technical writing followed by the exploration of technology and bookmaking, CD-ROMs, DVDs, and the Internet, in Multimedia Gulch. Carla self-published her first book in 1994, a guidebook titled Cycling the French Riviera. In 1995, O'Reilly and Associates invited her to pioneer the art of the realtime, online travelogue with her American Borders motorcycle diaries (now a book). She continued the journey with realtime dispatches and blogging from China, India, Europe, Mexico, and Africa.
In the meantime, she kept self-publishing, and soon her writing friends started asking her how to do it themselves. She founded Self-Publishing Boot Camp in 2010 which provides books, seminars, and consulting on every aspect of self-publishing. She penned an early self-publishing column for PBS MediaShift, Bowker, and IngramSpark, where she sat on the Advisory Board.
Carla works to prepare authors to successfully publish in her own business and in partnership with the National Memoir Writers Association, the San Francisco Writers Conference, and the Nonfiction Authors Association. She runs the Virtual Travel Writers Group and the Nonfiction Authors Association Summer Critique Workshops.
In the meantime, she kept self-publishing, and soon her writing friends started asking her how to do it themselves. She founded Self-Publishing Boot Camp in 2010 which provides books, seminars, and consulting on every aspect of self-publishing. She penned an early self-publishing column for PBS MediaShift, Bowker, and IngramSpark, where she sat on the Advisory Board.
Carla works to prepare authors to successfully publish in her own business and in partnership with the National Memoir Writers Association, the San Francisco Writers Conference, and the Nonfiction Authors Association. She runs the Virtual Travel Writers Group and the Nonfiction Authors Association Summer Critique Workshops.
Professional Speaker Topics
Publishing
Adventure Travel
Solo Travel
Motorcycling
Women in Tech and Powersports
Adventure Travel
Solo Travel
Motorcycling
Women in Tech and Powersports
Favorite Quote or Personal Motto
For a typical author, obscurity is a far greater threat than piracy. --Tim O'Reilly
