Steps to Successful Self-Publishing

This book is a guide into self-publishing, offering the basics to get you started. Included are hundreds of current contacts to help you market your book and proven Internet strategies for selling your book online. You'll learn how to: Apply for a publisher name and set up your publishing business as a sole proprietorship; Obtain an ISBN Log and credential your book; Create a workable budget and a financial plan; Determine your selling strategies and personal promotion plans; Create a descriptive selling handle; Professionally layout and typeset your book; Write a powerful back cover blurb; Write an effective press release to gather media attention; Get your book into bookstores and libraries; Interest a distributor in representing your book; Launch your book locally and to the world; Obtain book reviews and other free publicity; and Sell subsidiary rights, including book clubs and foreign translations. Visit my Writer's Workshop at http: //pathtopublishing.blogspot.co