If your goal is to successfully create a professional-standard self-published book, first you need a plan!
Create your book plan with helpful resources provided by PublishMe. They have free information downloads for fiction, non-fiction and memoirs.
Among the reasons that people choose to self-publish their book is that they are in control and get to make all the decisions throughout the publishing process. They also retain the copyright for their work.
When you plan well, you minimise work throughout the writing and publishing processes. A clear direction means reworking is reduced, costs are kept down, and the project takes less time and has fewer hassles.
It is vitally important to consider and set the overall goals you have for your self-published work, as these will have an impact on the decisions you make along the way.
For example, if your self-publishing project is a book of poetry or memoirs to share with family and friends, the planning will be quite different to that required for self-publishing and selling a serious non-fiction book in a hard-copy format.
Giles and Lel from PublishMe have free, downloadable resources on their website to help you set your goals and make the planning and implementation process easier.
The resources cover:
- How to plan your fiction book
- How to plan your non-fiction book
- How to plan your memoirs and family history books
- eBook FAQs
Read more on PublishMe’s how to plan your book page.