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I know because i wrote a childrens book last year that is now selling worldwide through amazons self publishing platform, createspace. Selfpublishing is easy and fun and invigorating and lifechanging. The layman is self publishing a book with outskirts press, and wants your help deciding his upcoming book cover. The london book fair lands on an unusually sunny three days in the capital. In 2015, joanna penn hosted a talk at nottingham writers studio on how to make a living from your writing her talk dispelled many of the myths around selfpublishing and inspired me to.
Part 1, foundation for publishing success, covers the initial steps of writing, editing and marketing a book. The most common selfpublishing mistakes to avoid jane. Phil harper, author of how you got caught in the net is one of the. Part 2, selfpublishing your book, is the heart of the book and deals with. To say that selfpublishing your book means instant success would be disingenuous, as much as amazon wants you to believe it.
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