WritersServices Self-publishing

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The complete solution for self-publishers How much will it cost? How long will it take? & How much might you earn!

See also our new series:

WritersServices Self-publishing Guide

Editorial services for self-publishers

• What exactly is self-publishing?
• An overview
• Is self-publishing for you?
• Advantages of Print on Demand
• Inside publishing
• The Package - what is included
• What needs doing?
• Frequently asked questions

The site is packed with help and advice for writers who want to self- publish

Getting ready

Some guidelines for preparing your manuscript

• Preparing your text with WritersServices
• Manuscript typing
• Check our standards
• How long will it take?
• Read our terms & conditions
• Matching word count to your page
• Obtaining a word count from file size & Page sizes
• Text file types on computers
• Style sheet

You need to start thinking about some of the detail

Pre-production

The first step is to prepare your book for publication

• What needs doing
• Copy editing
• Preparing for Publication
• Proof-reader's Marks
• Preparing an index & WritersServices indexing service
• Compiling a table of contents
• Legal checks and Defamation 
• Clearing Copyright and  Getting permission
• Your copyright & Latest briefing
• Permissions & model release
• ISBN registration
• Printing & publishing glossary

Apply your creative energy to briefing us on what you want

Design

WritersServices Self-publishing designers work with you to put your book together

• Self designer notes
• Book brief
• Cover designs & Picture libraries
• Cover design brief & Preparing images
• The preliminary pages
• End pages
• Preparing your own artwork
• The details
• Print Parameters

We do the work while you plan your sales campaign

Publication

Your manuscript becomes a book

• Workflow chart
• UK Legal deposit
• Books for the visually impaired

The ebook opens challenges and oppostunities

E-books

A series of pieces about preparing, converting and publishing your ebook

• Preparation
  
• Conversion software
• The supply chain
• Upload preparations
• Ebook cover issues
• Meta data

We don't just print your book and then forget you

Print and supply

Sales and collecting your revenue:

All part of the Printshop service!

• Ordering copies of your book
• Pictures of books in production, At the printers
• Colour using Print on Demand
• Sales with Print on Demand
• Some sample project costs
• How much money will you make?

You might be pleasantly surprised at the low cost

How to order 

Get a free estimate from us

• Work out an estimate
• The package - what is included
• What it might cost
• Packing up your manuscript

We use the web to help but selling the book can mean hard work

Marketing your book

Understanding the marketplace and reaching your target audience

Our bookstall

• Your business plan & Order copies of your own book
• How to market your book& Getting press coverage
• The Marketplace
• Check the Inside Publishing series
• News & Comment
  

The new technology and how it has transformed self-publishing

Just thinking about it?

Investigate the options

• What is self-publishing?
• What needs doing?
• The advantages of Print on Demand

Do your own research to find the best route for you

The marketplace

Get to know the marketplace - find a way to get published

• Using web ads 
• Outlets for writers