Sign-In
Cart
The Book Dude's Guide to Self-Publishing, Book 1: Bringing you up-to-date on the DRASTIC CHANGES in publishing, aware of opportunities and immune to p
Paperback
Series: The Book Dude's Guide to Self-Publishing, Book 1
Biographies GeneralBusiness of WritingWriting Instruction
ISBN13: 9781946875594
Publisher: Rodney Miles
Published: Sep 28 2023
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.54 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
A guided tour of self-publishing today, leaving you safe, savvy, and inspired to create your book and much more.
After 13 years and over 300 books, author, editor, book and cover designer, publisher, coach, and consultant Rodney Miles shares best practices and industry insider information to help you easily self-publish your book like a pro.
Bro, this is awesome. Inspirational, informative, constructive, professional book... easy to follow, not so scary, all around a fun read! -Dionisios Efkarpidis, Author, Dogs of Creation
... I've been writing and ghostwriting books for years, I've never had a good understanding of all the self-publishing options, until now. -Christina Debusk, Freelance Health Writer
This ... is ... awesome! Should be called the Indie Author Book Bible! I wish this was available when I started writing books! -Lauren Clemett, Author, Finding Your Brand True North
You can get your info from blogs or YouTube tutorials, but none will be as comprehensive and easy to understand as this book. I was on board right from the beginning... There is a lot of information that is not just useful but crucial for most aspirational authors. And most of all, it was a fun experience. -Sidd J., Writer, Editor
- Want to write and publish a book but don't know how or what to expect?
- Want to become a fulltime author, sell more books, create a legacy with a memoir, or launch a speaking, consulting, or coaching career?
The Book Dude's Guide to Self-Publishing, Book 1: The Modern Author, brings you up to speed on the industry as it is now versus where it has been in the past. It reveals secrets and exploited misunderstandings that will save you time, effort, even embarrassment, so your book project as well as your finished book are the best they can be and just as important, accomplish your goal(s). It explains platforms, procedures, and the publishing industry as it was and as it is today. It lays out those things typically explained in intro and strategy calls with new clients diving into creating a book for the first time. It's about being safe and savvy.
Just some of the answers to be found include:
1. What is the actual formula for author success? (Page 26)
2. What does a modern author know that sets them apart? (Page 28)
3. What's the secret behind best sellers? (Page 34)
4. What are the ten stages of the Book Creation Cycle? (Page 56)
5. Who and how do I hire help? (Page 59)
6. What are the five types of modern publishers? (Page 61)
7. What are the best and worst things about self-publishing? (Page 66)
8. How do I get my book into bookstores? (Page 70)
9. What makes a book suck? (Page 130)
10. What do you need to know about editing, first and foremost? (Page 180)
11. What does the future hold for self-publishers? (Page 203)
Start your adventure! Discover not only your best path forward with your project and book, but the myriad options we enjoy today as indies. Buy, read, review, and share The Book Dude's Guide to Self-Publishing. Add your ideas to the Great Library and live your dreams as an AUTHOR.
Also from
Miles, Rodney
Missing Sarah Pryor: A Mother's Testimony of Choosing Love Over Grief and Emptiness
Pryor, Barbara Smith
Hardcover
TuxenMethod Vacuum & Decompression Therapy: Easy and Effective Soft Tissue Treatment Techniques for Professional Massage Therapists
Tuxen, Tonje
Tuxen, Silje
Paperback
Finding Your Brand True North: How To Lead With Purpose, Direction And Meaning
Clemett, Lauren
Paperback
TuxenMethod Vacuum & Decompression Therapy: Easy and Effective Soft Tissue Treatment Techniques for Professional Massage Therapists
Tuxen, Tonje
Tuxen, Silje
Hardcover
Finding Your Brand True North: How To Lead With Purpose, Direction And Meaning
Lauren, Clemett
Hardcover
Missing Sarah Pryor: A Mother's Testimony of Choosing Love over Grief and Emptiness
Pryor, Barbara Smith
Paperback
Girl Power Guidebook: The Program, Strategies, and Insights that Transform and Empower Girls
Mahoney, Erin C.
Paperback
Also in
Biographies General
Bluesland: Portraits of Thirteen Major American Blues Masters
Toby Byron (ED.)
Pete Welding (ED.)
Hardcover
Karl Popper - The Formative Years, 1902 1945: Politics and Philosophy in Interwar Vienna
Hacohen, Malachi Haim
Hardcover
The Children of Athena: Greek Intellectuals in the Age of Rome: 150 Bc0-400 AD
Freeman, Charles
Hardcover
Make It a Double: From Wretched to Wondrous: Tales of One Woman's Lifelong Discovery of Whisky
Sackier, Shelley
Hardcover
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
Isaacson, Walter
Hardcover
An Enemy Such as This: Larry Casuse and the Fight for Native Liberation in One Family on Two Continents Over Three Centuries
Correia, David
Hardcover
Agents of Chaos: Thomas King Forçade, High Times, and the Paranoid End of the 1970s
Howe, Sean
Hardcover
The Secret Life of the Savoy: Glamour and Intrigue at the World's Most Famous Hotel
Williams, Olivia
Paperback
The Badger: The Life of Bernard Hinault and the Legacy of French Cycling
Fotheringham, William
Paperback
The Devil's Diary: Alfred Rosenberg and the Stolen Secrets of the Third Reich
Kinney, David
Wittman, Robert K.
Paperback
Florence Kelley and the Nation's Work: The Rise of Womens Political Culture, 1830-1900
Sklar, Kathryn Kish
Paperback
The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn: Family Politics at the Court of Henry VIII
Warnicke, Retha M.
Paperback
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
Purnell, Sonia
Hardcover
Living with a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth about Everything
Ehrenreich, Barbara
Paperback
Seafaring Women: Adventures of Pirate Queens, Female Stowaways, and Sailors' Wives
Cordingly, David
Paperback
The Butcher, the Embezzler, and the Fall Guy: A Family Memoir of Scandal and Greed in the Meat Industry
Cherington, Gretchen
Paperback
Gift of Power: The Life and Teachings of a Lakota Medicine Man
Erdoes, Richard
Lame Deer, Chief Archie Fire
Paperback
My Own Devices: True Stories from the Road on Music, Science, and Senseless Love
Dessa Wander
Hardcover
Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
Giuffre, Virginia Roberts
Hardcover
How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay: Tips and Tricks That Kept Me Alive, Happy, and Creative in Spite of Myself
Lawson, Jenny
Hardcover
Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor
Kuehn, Christine
Hardcover
Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young: A Fugitive Family in the Revolutionary Underground
Dohrn, Zayd Ayers
Hardcover
A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Fedarko, Kevin
Paperback
Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast
Colloff, Pamela
Hardcover
Through Mom's Eyes: Simple Wisdom from Mothers Who Raised Extraordinary Humans
Jones, Sheinelle
Hardcover