How to Write and Self-Publish a Book
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Published 6/2023
Duration: 1h 36m | Video: .MP4, 1280x720 30 fps | Audio: AAC, 48 kHz, 2ch | Size: 1.6 GB
Genre: eLearning | Language: English
Become a published author with no experience
What you'll learn
How to self-publish your first book
How to write a book
How to design and produce the book
Self-Publishing companies
Requirements
Computer, Internet or Phone
No prior experience of writing books is required
Description
Course: How to Write and Self-Publish a Book
This course is aimed at aspiring authors who want to achieve their lifelong dream of writing and self-publishing a book. The course will outline the steps involved in the writing process and provide practical tips to guide you towards self-publishing.
Section 1: Planning Your Book
1. Identify your target audience and genre: Determine the genre you want to write and who your audience will be. It helps in making strategic decisions as you proceed further in your writing.
2. Crafting your book's idea and title: Choose what you want to write about and what message you intend to communicate to your audience.
3. Develop a rough outline: The outline would provide a basic framework and structure for the book to be developed, keeping your book in line.
Section 2: Writing Your Book
1. Determine Writing Schedule: Decide the frequency and schedule that works best for you to write and stick to it.
2. Craft first draft: Begin writing your first draft while being receptive to constructive feedback from trusted readers.
3. Edit: The editing process involves reviewing your written work, correcting spelling and grammatical errors, and ensuring consistency in the narrative flow.
4. Re-evaluate: Once the editing process is complete, take a step back and re-evaluate the manuscript to ensure it meets your expectations completely.
Section 3: Self-publishing
1. Determine self-publishing method: Choose your self-publishing option between Print or e-book, or both, and consider the tools you need, such as publishing software, design software, or various platforms.
2. Get ISBN: Obtaining an ISBN number is essential in making your work available for sale on various online platforms.
3. Format your book: Ensure text is properly formatted, covers are set in terms of image quality, and font and text size flow well with the book.
4. Publish: Upload your finished book to a print-on-demand platform or sell through an e-book publisher of your choice.
5. Create a Launch Plan: Set up a launch plan that targets your audience, ensures review copies, establishes relevant social media posts, and that promotes your book to reach potential readers.
6. Finally, Distribute and sell your book: Make your book available through various online bookstores, and ensure your target audience is aware of the availability of your book for them to buy.
In conclusion, writing and self-publishing a book is a challenging and rewarding process. From planning your book to publishing it, this course has laid down a roadmap for aspiring authors to follow and will serve as an essential tool for anyone looking to write and self-publish their book. Remember, the key to success is drafting, consistency, discipline, patience, and the willingness to learn new things along the way.
Who this course is for
People looking to write and self-publish their first book
People looking to become a published author
