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    Get Published: An Authors Guide to Self-Publishing
    Get Published: An Authors Guide to Self-Publishing
    Get Published: An Authors Guide to Self-Publishing
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    Get Published: An Authors Guide to Self-Publishing

    By Allan Walsh

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    Do you want to publish your own work, but don't know where to start?

    Get Published: An Authors Guide to Self-Publishing might help. This non fiction title provides information about self-publishing from setting yourself up to formatting and producing your books.

    Don't wait any longer, buy your copy now and Get Published.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAllan Walsh
    Release dateAug 31, 2018
    ISBN9781386692232
    Get Published: An Authors Guide to Self-Publishing
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    Allan Walsh

    Allan Walsh is a writer and artist, born in sun-scorched Australia and raised in the grungy suburbs of West London. He is a keen martial arts fan, lover of fantasy, and a movie buff. Allan has been influenced by cult Asian film directors such as Jacki Chan and Stephen Chow, Spec Fiction novelists the like of Joe Abercrombie and graphic novelists such as Wendy and Richard Pini.  Allan currently resides in Brisbane, where he enjoys creating new worlds through his writing.

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      Get Published - Allan Walsh

      Introduction

      Hello and thank you for grabbing a copy of my book ‘Get Published ‐ An Author’s Guide to Self‐Publishing.’

      As a special bonus, you can get a free copy of my short fantasy fiction story ‘Blood and Fear’ from the link at the end of this book.

      Let me also note that there are a lot of helpful links detailed in this book referring to the tools and resources that I use. I want to say upfront that I am not affiliated with any of these sites and do not receive any form of payment from them. Now, when I started to write several years ago, I had no idea what I was doing. Over time, my skills improved and I managed to put together some work that I was proud of — proud enough to publish. But when I was ready to put it out to the world, once again, I had no idea how to do it. So, I did some research and established the routes available. This is what I found:‐

      Traditional Publishing: Where you pitch your manuscript to an established publishing house (either yourself or through an agent) and if they like it, they buy the rights from you. They may give you an advance and produce the book. They usually provide some marketing, but the extent of this varies, and a lot of authors are required to do their own marketing. You get paid a royalty on any sales, but not until any advance is paid back, and typically, the amount is between 5% and 15%. These payments are usually made at 6 month intervals.

      Vanity Press: This is where a writer pays a publishing company to produce their book, it can be quite costly and you usually need to order large quantities. You are then left on your own to market and sell your books. You will hear stories of authors that have boxes of books stored in a cupboard or in their garage. They are usually the authors that went to a vanity press.

      Print on Demand: This is a service where you upload an electronic file of your book to a company like Ingram Spark. When someone buys a copy, they print a single book and post it to the purchaser. They take a cut of the purchase for their trouble and you get a percentage of the sale price in royalties.

      Independent Publishing: An author who creates their own ‘Imprint’ (their own publishing house) would be an independent publisher.

      Self‐Publishing: A lot of authors are self‐publishing these days. A self‐published author is one who publishes their own work. It is easy to produce an e‐book these days. It is also relatively easy to produce a PDF for a print on demand (POD) book. Other options are to print via a Vanity Press and audio books are quickly gaining in popularity.

      Hybrid Publishing: A hybrid publisher is one who publishes through a combination of the above methods.

      These days people refer to Independent (or ‘Indie’) publishing and Self‐Publishing as the same thing. I’ve listened to the arguments for and against ‘Traditional’ versus ‘Indie’ publishing. I knew right from the beginning that self‐publishing was the method I wanted to pursue. The reasons for me were clear:

      ‐ No deadlines to meet (unless self‐imposed)

      ‐ No waiting for months on an acceptance/rejection

      ‐ No middleman to take my hard earned profits

      ‐ No compromising on the cover I want

      ‐ No compromising on the story I want to tell

      These are just a few reasons, but the key element for me is that I have control; Control to succeed or fail on my own terms. Of course, not knowing if my books were going to sell, I did not want to spend a fortune either. And so it was that I spent months researching how to create e‐books and print books, along with how to market them, all on a budget. I found several sources out there that were useful, but only on one topic, and usually there was a lot of filler — the stuff you have to read through to get to the details you need. Some books could have been pared back by at least 50% and still offered the same relevant information. I do not intend to fill this book with irrelevant information. I am also not going to talk about the writing process or how to write a story. You should already be competent at that and ready to take the next step.

      There is some work that needs to be done to set yourself up as a self‐publisher, but once you are set up you will be able to self‐publish whenever you are ready. This book should give you a good understanding of what is required. The way I create my books is not the only way it can be done. There are many ways to format an e‐book, and software is continually being developed to make things easier. The writing and publishing scene is continually evolving. I’m no expert, but I know many writers who don’t have a clue how to self‐publish, and I am not one of them. I may not know the best way to do things, but I do know how I do it and I am sharing my knowledge with you in this book. This is Get Published: An Author’s Guide to Self‐Publishing.

      The Tools I Use

      Every writer needs a toolbox. Not a physical metal box with hammers and screwdrivers, but a set of tools and techniques they use. I’m going to share mine with you here and a little about what they are.

      Production tools

      Microsoft Word: MS Word is a word processor. Many writers use MS Word to write their novels, and it can be done on Word. It’s how I started writing, but the more you write with it, the more you realise that there must be a better tool for authors, and there is. I will get to that a little later though. Right now, I want to talk about MS Word because it is still a very

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