How to write and publish your book
There are great rewards when you write a book for the first time. There’s a great sense of accomplishment when you have a complete manuscript in your hand.
The other reward of course is money; if you write a good book and you get it marketed correctly you have a good chance of making money. I do want to stress here you’ll need to market your book correctly. This is where so many people with great books fall short.
The first step to writing a good book is you guessed it, writing the book.
Start on your computer or with a piece of paper and just start writing; don’t go back to correct spelling mistakes, grammatical errors or sentences that don’t make sense. Just keep writing. You don’t want to break the flow keep writing.
Set yourself a target each day, say you want to write 20 pages in a day, then stick to it and just do it.
In a short amount of time, hopefully in less than two weeks you’ll have a rough manuscript for your book.
The next step is to proof read your book. Correct any spelling mistakes and grammatical errors you find. Now get your book proof read and copy edited by a professional. The copy editor will make any grammatical changes, correct spelling mistakes you missed and get your book reading well.
You then need to design the layout of your book, this is important because the book must have the correct pace so the readers don’t get lost.
You then need to design a cover for your book, you can do this yourself there’s lot of good software available or you can find a cover designer on the Internet.
Next you need to get an ISBN (International Standard Book Number); you can usually find these on the Internet. You can buy these from numerous sources; the best price I’ve seen them for is $65.00.
All books need printing, so you need to find a printing company, I would suggest Gardeners or Book Force. Follow their instructions and upload your book to their websites; they’ll take care of all the printing and distribution for you. It’s up to you to do the marketing.
The next step is to deposit your books in the legal deposit library; this is a requirement that 6 copies of each book written need to be deposited to qualify as an actual book.
The last step is to register your book with a book registration company; self-publishing involves creating a publishing company to represent you and your books. For those who want to get published without creating your own company you’ll need to contact the big publishing houses such as John Wiley & Sons, G. Putnam or another one of the big publishing houses and get them to publish your book for you. Let me warn you this can and will be very intimidating and frustrating for you as a self-publisher.
When you’re all done, your book will appear on Amazon and other online book shops, all you have to do is go out and promote your book.
Get out on the road, hire a PR agency, get on your local radio station, write to your local newspapers and any other newspaper that will help you to get the word out about your new book.
Good Luck and Good Writing.
