Let us look at the benefits of self-publishing.
NO GATEKEEPERS
There are no gatekeepers—no literary agents or publishers standing in your way. This allows for diversity to flourish and for underrepresented voices to finally have a space to share their work.
HIGHER ROYALTIES
Not only are the barriers to entry lower, but the royalties are higher. When you work with a traditional publisher, they have to take their cut. By self-publishing your own book, you can earn more for each book that you sell.
MORE CONTROL
When you self-publish, you own your work and have complete control over the publishing process. For a lot of authors who have poured their hearts and souls into writing a book, it’s very important for them to have the power to make decisions throughout the publishing process.
EQUAL QUALITY
As technology has improved, self-published authors now have access to high-quality printing and book distribution networks similar to traditionally published authors. Your self-published book will look like the other books on the pages of Amazon.
If you are considering publishing a book of poetry or even a fiction novel, let us look at the steps to get your book in front of readers.
1.Preparing a Manuscript with the poems you plan to publish. It must be in document form.
2. Choosing a Book Title
3. Formatting the Manuscript for Amazon Kindle.
4 Choosing an Editor to edit your manuscript.
5. Writing a book description.
6. Writing a Biography
7. Most Important – Making sure you have a Cover that stands out, and represents your content.
8 Signing up for an account on Amazon Kindle Publishing.
9. Preparing your Book, Metadata, Categories, Pricing, Copyright, etc.
10. Marketing and Distribution of your book
11. Amazon Reports on Sales.
These steps may seem simple at first glance.
During this week I will go into detail to explain each one.
However, if you have burning questions, please leave them in the comments to this post and I will answer each one tomorrow.
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