This is a course designed to help authors with a complete novel move forward through the various processes that might usually be done on their behalf by a traditional publishing house.
By taking a professional approach to editing, laying out, designing and marketing your book, it will shine and hopefully find its place among the traditional best selling titles.
We'll take you through each stage from draft to publication and then beyond.
| Module 1 | The basics of self publishing | |
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| Unit 1 | Introduction | |
| Unit 2 | How Much Does It Cost To Self-Publish A Book? | |
| Unit 3 | Ways to take back control of your self-publishing costs | |
| Module 2 | Editing | |
| Unit 1 | Why you should never edit your own work | |
| Module 3 | Proof copies and advance readers | |
| Unit 1 | Beta | |
| Unit 2 | Pro | |
| Unit 3 | Lett | |
| Module 4 | Audiobooks | |
| Unit 1 | Basics | |
| Module 5 | Design and typesetting | |
| Unit 1 | Introduction | |
| Module 6 | Deciding on a distributor | |
| Unit 1 | Introduction | |
| Unit 2 | What are my self-publishing options? | |
| Unit 3 | Amazon KDP | |
| Unit 4 | All about IngramSpark | |
| Unit 5 | Can I Set Up My Print Book With KDP and IngramSpark? | |
| Unit 6 | Lulu | |
| Module 7 | The mechanics of publishing a book | |
| Unit 1 | ISBN numbers explained ... do you need one, how to get one if you do | |
| Unit 2 | Legal deposit (UK) | |
| Module 8 | Marketing: Press releases and advance buzz | |
| Unit 1 | Bookstores | |
| Unit 2 | Tips | |
| Module 9 | Marketing: Newsletters | |
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| Module 10 | Marketing: Comparison authors | |
| Unit 1 | What Are Comparable Authors and Titles? | |
| Unit 2 | What are comps and why do they matter? | |
| Unit 3 | Comparable Authors and Titles: Genre | |
| Unit 4 | Comparable Authors and Titles: Nuance and Niche | |
| Unit 5 | Sharing readers | |
| Unit 6 | Author and Title Comparison: Mindset and Resistance | |
| Unit 7 | Tips to help find comp authors | |
| Unit 8 | Using Comp Author Information in Your Ads | |
| Module 11 | Marketing: Paid advertising | |
| Unit 1 | Bookbub Featured Deals | |
| Unit 2 | Bookbub ads | |
| Unit 3 | Click and impression jargon | |
| Module 12 | Marketing: Planning | |
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| Module 13 | Marketing: Revisiting your plan | |
| There are no units in this module. | ||