Design, Publish and Sell Your Own Book

Many people have a romanticized notion of what it means to be published, and also of what it takes to get there. You may think you mail off a query letter to a potential publisher and then the next day you'll have a FedEx envelope with a contract and a huge advance just waiting inside. For a very lucky few that may be the way it works -- but not for the majority. Getting published is a lot of hard work, no matter if you choose to go through a traditional publisher or if you choose to self-publish. Technology has afforded us the ability to circumvent some of the more traditional publishing methods, however, which can save the self-publisher a lot of time and effort.

It used to be that if you wanted a professional-looking book you had no choice but to suffer through the process of book proposals, agents, editors, and query letters. But with the advent of e-publishing and more and more online printing options, it's now easier than ever to take control over getting your book published on your own. This way, with a small investment of time and money, you can have complete control over the finished product.

This tutorial will guide you through the process of designing, publishing and selling your book. I've put together information from ample resources and my own personal experience in order to bring you this information on everything you need to know about self-publishing.

I'm assuming that if you're here, you've already written the book itself and you're just looking for how to make it available to the world. If you have yet to start writing the book, use this information as research but don't spend too much time here at this site. The first important thing to do is simply to write what you have to say. The next steps of publishing and selling what you've written are the steps that this tutorial covers.

If you're ready to do some work to realize your goal, let's begin!