Self-publishing a book is an involved and multifaceted process. If all the online articles you’ve read up to this point have (still) left several unanswered questions, you’ve come to the right place.
Our How to Self-publish guide provides key considerations and explanations to help you navigate the self-publishing process. Whether you have a finished manuscript or just started brainstorming, we have the answers to put your project in motion.
Despite how every book is inherently unique, each self-publishing project typically follows a straightforward series of steps. These stages may be done at different points, depending on the author. However, these steps are all eventually done to help bring the book from an idea to a finished, sellable product.
Let’s face it: not all of us are skilled illustrators, editors, marketers, or even writers. That is where a self-publishing company comes into the equation. To work with a publisher, start by evaluating the following three areas:
After thinking through these fundamental considerations, you now have preliminary information to share with a publisher. Publishing Concepts, LLC uses the following procedure to guide projects through the self-publishing process from start to finish.
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Given how publishing a book is a large milestone, we strive to create an end product that you’re truly proud of. We prefer to avoid specific deadlines as much as possible to reduce the possibility of mistakes happening. Hence, we aim to stretch production out over several months. We will meet realistic deadlines if that is what you’d prefer, though.
From ideation to marketing, we offer it all! Check out our services to see what help we can provide.
There are several variables that determine how much it would cost to self-publish your book. This depends on what services you need our production team to complete for your book, how long it takes for us to complete these services, and the type of files we’re working with.
An International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a unique book identifier that makes books’ information available to retailers, wholesalers, and institutions such as libraries. These are typically only available to publishers unless you go the print-on-demand (POD) self-publishing route. Thus, Publishing Concepts, LLC will handle your ISBN for you.
Print-on-demand (POD) has become the free, self-serve way of self-publishing a book. While authors may avoid production costs going this route, many find the self-publishing process to be more involved than they anticipated. Hence, many authors of these authors have entrusted Publishing Concepts, LLC to do this job for them.
Depending on what brick-and-mortar store you’d like to sell your book at, securing shelf space can be quite competitive. Large (and even local) bookstores typically look for titles they think will generate high volumes of sales on their end. Hence, we advise writing up a marketing plan that builds your sphere of influence and makes a case for your book.