Publishing a book has been an impossible task for far too many authors because traditional publishers have turned writing, printing and selling a book into a business, a money-making business. But the publishing world is changing, the publishing world now offers you the chance to self-publish and bypass the middleman. Here´s what this article is about: get your words directly to the consumer.

If you’re an author (published or not), an enthusiastic reader with book ideas, a business person or just a curious one, this is the right information for you.You can print your stories, your work tutorials or anything and everything that occurs to you. And this is how you do it!

This article intends to guide you through the process of self-publishing a book with CreateSpace, a company that is part of the Amazon group of companies. And no, it doesn’t rely on any agents or publishers to review any of your work – that’s ONE of the pros: self-publishing doesn’t require evaluation of your work by any third parties. There is no need to write a book proposal and send it to countless publishing houses; you no longer have to refresh your email waiting for an answer (any answer!); you don’t have to deal with all the rejection. Here is your chance to get your words out there. Read on – I’ll show you.

Pro number TWO is the simple fact that self-publishing requires no investment on your part. This process is absolutely free! And – get this! – you don’t have to wait for your publisher to get around to actually publish your book. With CreateSpace your work gets on Amazon within the month and  is only actually printed when there’s a registered order – it’s on-demand. I’m counting that as pro number THREE.Self-publish and you get to print your own version of your work and keep the rights to your work (pro FOUR).

Do you still have doubts about why you should self-publish? That’s understandable. Every book has two covers, right? So here’s the deal: the fact is that if you self-publish, you have to do everything yourself. Yes, you have to prepare your own layout, decide things like line spacing and margins, create and insert your illustrations, create your cover and, of course, create the PDF files that will allow CreateSpace to store your book.

These are your challenges. Are you ready to tackle them? I guarantee that, even though it can sound like too much work, it’s actually pretty easy and fun. The hard part is to write the book! Besides, here’s your step-by-step guide to solve all your self-publishing problems.

We’ll get started at the beginning and tutor your way into CreateSpace, the tool that we’ll be using for publishing your book. Then, we’ll get into the publishing basics and talk about preparing your manuscript and editing it – one of the most important steps! After the words are ready, we’ll get you through one of the biggest challenges for self-published authors: the cover. Last but not least, we’ll finally get around to creating the PDF files that will be submitted to CreateSpace as your work. We’ll finish it off with your book summation process and, of course, marketing strategies for your book.

Believe me: as a self-published author I can assure you that there is nothing quite like holding my own paperback work in my hands. I hope to deliver that same feeling to you with this step-by-step guide to self-publishing on Amazon. Thank you for reading this article and I encourage you to read all the articles and tutorials that Selfpub.info has to offer, I know it will be an invaluable tool for you to accomplish your dreams.

Read the next articles:

  1. Why self-publish with Amazon?

  2. Book Publishing Basics

  3. Writing the Manuscript

  4. Proofreading and Copyediting

  5. Editing the Manuscript

  6. Designing the book cover

  7. Preparing the PDF files

  8. Book marketing strategies.

 



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