How to Publish Your BookPublishing secrets and trends from an

author and his publisher

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Resources for Finding Publishers

Writers Market Browse database of publishers and

agents

Writer’s Digest Receive online

newsletters on better writing, publishing opportunities, and agent inquiries by subscribing to Writers Market

Searching the Web Just “searching the web” usually

doesn’t provide all the available publishers, but is still a reliable resource

Self-Publishing: On Demand Printing

Print on Demand & Ingram’s Lightning Source

Charges a fee for services

Place book orders as demanded

Have options for color, paper, and proofing

Titles can be submitted as electronic files or as hard copy to be digitized

Once entered into the system, your titles are ready to start generating profits

Information about your titles enters the catalogs of the world's largest distribution channel of wholesalers, retailers and booksellers.

Ingram’s Lightning Source will make your book available over the world

E-Books: An Author’s Best Friend

Book Baby & Mobipocket

Takes your digital file (Word, PDF, etc…) and turns your book into an eBook that can be read on every reading device – Kindle, iPad, Nook, Sony Reader, etc…

Will be up for sale at Amazon, Apple’s, iBookstore, Barnes & Noble, Sony Reader Store, Kobo, Copia, Baker & Taylor, eBookPie and more

Ability to download files and be in charge of design and distribution, such as making available on Amazon, etc…

Takes charge of distribution and royalties

Promoting: Every Author’s Job

Social Networks Facebook

Make your page available to millions across the world

New Forums Network Join a site designed specifically

for authors to promote their book and discuss their work with other writers and readers

Website

John Grisham was a self published author

Book Awards, OK Center for the Book

Oklahoma authors or books with an Oklahoma theme may enter for the annual Oklahoma Book Award

It Does Work A self-published author’s $2 million

Cinderella Story: Amanda Hocking When publishers wouldn’t accept her

manuscripts, she made her work available as eBooks

Top 10 Self-Published Writers make 449% More Money Through Amazon Lending Library