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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!

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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 working out what you  wat you want

Design

You will need to work with a designer 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

Preparing 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

Print and supply

Sales and collecting your revenue:

• 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

Work out the costs

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

Selling your book can mean hard work

Marketing your book

Understanding the marketplace and reaching your target audience

• 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