This is the sixth article in the series: How Not to Get Overwhelmed with Indie Publishing. Below is the list, including links to the subjects we’ve already covered. Today’s topic is publishing platforms. These apply to most countries for accessibility as far as I know, but since most of my research has been about my own publishing, some of the info I share may only be useful to US authors.
- Acquiring Beta Readers
- Editing/Editor Considerations
- Book Cover Design
- The Back Cover Synopsis & Author Bio
- Copyright (US)
- Paper & Ebook Publishing Platforms (mainly US)
- ISBN (and bar code (US))
- Ebook Formatting
- Paperback and Hardbound Formatting
- Uploading Your Book to One or Various Platforms
- Marketing Strategies
Main Types of Book Formats
- ebook
- epub
- mobi
- pdf; etc.
- paperback
- varying sizes
- I prefer 5.25 x 8
- hardbound
- varying sizes
- I prefer 6×9
Depending on how you plan to make your book available you…
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Thanks for the link – as always!
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Welcome Sarah 👍😃
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Thanks, Chris!
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Welcome Rachael, I know a few authors who need this – Thank YOU for posting it 👍😃
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❤ I've got a bunch of screenshots together for a post on how to set up a Createspace paperback coming up, but I need to put it together. Would rather figure out how to do a realtime/recorded video walk-through, but I don't know how to do that yet…guess there's probably an app for that. 🙂
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There may be Rachael, however, I think doing a voiceover on pre-recorded video is better so you can get the timing right.
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That’s exactly what I meant…just don’t know how to record what I’m doing on the screen. Do you know?
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What movie maker and OS are you using Rachael? And does your device/computer have a mic?
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Let’s see…on my ancient Windows …uh…Vista computer I have use of Magix Movie Editor, but I don’ t know if it has the ability to record what I do on the screen….??? yes, I have a mic. I don’t have movie maker software on my laptop which is newer and newer Windows.
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See your blog Contact Page email inbox Rachael 🐵
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Thank you! 🙂
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