Successful self-publishing

How to publish your own book: a programme for the serious self-publisher

Are you planning to publish a series of books? Would you like to save yourself the grief of learning from all the mistakes you will inevitably make?

We recommend that you undertake this programme to help you self-publish for the first time. When you come to publish the next book you will have all the knowledge you need to do so without help.

We will take you through all the following processes:

  1. Creating a business plan for the book
  2. Creating a marketing plan for your book
  3. Understanding formats, sizes, bindings and all that jargon
  4. Choosing an editor for the book
  5. Choosing a designer for the book
  6. Why you need professional typesetting and who to use to to it
  7. Getting the title right
  8. What do you put on the back cover?
  9. Looking at your proofs and using a professional proofreader
  10. Setting up a publishing imprint
  11. How to use ISBNs and barcodes
  1. Registering your book in all the right places
  2. The best way to use Amazon
  3. Getting information out to the right people about your book
  4. Deciding on the print run or whether to go ‘print-on-demand’
  5. Choosing a printer
  6. Storing and fulfilment of your books
  7. Planning a successful book launch
  8. Understanding how the book trade works and talking to the wholesalers and retailers
  9. Using the web to market your book
  10. How to create a book series.

The programme can be spread over a period of time to suit you but we recommend no less than 4 weeks* and no longer than 4 months. *subject to Sue’s availability

The programme includes a DiSC profile and coaching session. For further information about this please contact Sue on the email address below.

Investment: £3950.00

Call Sue on 01789 761345 to find out more or drop her an email at sue@suerichardson.co.uk