How to Publish a Book in 2018: Self-Publishing Tips From a Bestseller

by | Aug 17, 2018 | Publishing | 125 comments

Historically, if you wanted to know how to publish a book, you needed an agent to get a traditional publisher to look at your manuscript.

In fact, many publishing companies won’t even open a manuscript if it doesn’t come through an agent. Which makes learning how to publish a book way more difficult.

What’s worse is even if they do open it, it’s still unlikely that your book will be published and sold in bookstores!

*Cue the groans and grumbles of irritation*

So is there a better method?

Yes! In fact, there is another way for your book to not only be published, but to even become a bestseller! This method has led to the success of many authors and is changing the book and traditional publishing industry.

It’s called self-publishing

Personally speaking, I’ve self-published 6 bestselling non-fiction books on Amazon, sold tens of thousands of copies, and continue to collect thousands per month in royalty checks. The success of my books has been directly responsible for the strong performance of my business, which has grown to over 7 figures in less than 2 years.

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Five years ago, in order to achieve this level of publishing success, you would have needed to be extremely lucky to even land an agent who would attempt to find you a deal at one of the “Big 5” publishing houses.

This is no longer the case. Not only do you no longer need one of the “Big 5” companies to publish your book, now self-published authors are actively turning down offers from publishing companies!

So If you are trying to publish your book and are having no luck landing a publisher, self-publishing could be the best option for you.

Better yet, making the decision to learn how to navigate the self-publishing world the right away can save you countless wasted hours.

Because many writers get overwhelmed with the abundance of information about the self-publishing process, what it’ll cost, how to do it right, and more, I’ve created a step-by-step comprehensive self-publishing guide that will walk you through the beginning steps of how to write your book all the way to how to self-publish it on Amazon’s Kindle (KDP) Network.

My comprehensive guide will cover:

  1. Deciding Why You Want to Write a Book
  2. Writing Your Book
  3. Getting Feedback on Your Book
  4. Choosing a Book Title
  5. Hiring a Great Book Editor
  6. Designing a Book Cover that Converts
  7. Creating Your Kindle Direct Publishing Account
  8. Formatting and Uploading your Book
  9. Self-Publishing Your Book
  10. Pricing Your Book
  11. Forming a Launch Team
  12. Maximizing Book Launch Exposure
  13. Celebrate!

Let’s get started so you can get started!

#1 – Deciding Why You Want to Learn How to Self-Publish a Book

What you need to decide first when self-publishing a book, is WHY you want to write a book. I encourage going through this brainstorming process as it’s the only way to ensure that you’re 100% committed to writing a book (and you’re doing it for the right reasons).

Here are some questions for you to consider:

  • Are you an entrepreneur or freelancer with a new business trying to get a leg up on your competition by publishing a book?
  • Do you want to leverage your skills and knowledge to become a paid speaker or coach?
  • Do you have a well-established business and you want to write a book to diversify your income streams and land speaking engagements?
  • Or do you already have a successful story, and want to build an asset that will share the knowledge and skills you’ve gained over decades of experience?
  • Do you have a larger number of book ideas or prompts you need to start writing?

Action Plan: Come up with at least 10 valid reasons why you want to write a book. Use the questions above as a starting guide to brainstorm.

#2 – Writing Your Book

If you’ve ever tried to write a book, you might have had moments where you’ve stared at a blank page for hours with nothing to show for it. Feeling frustrated, you resort to procrastinating and get nothing done! This is normal, writing a book is hard work.

In order to start writing your book, you must develop a writing process.

Here’s are some effective ways to develop the writing process:

  • Buy a calendar. The best way to have your book complete is to have a calendar that schedules your goals per day/week.
  • Create an outline. An outline is like a map of your book that provides direction to your story. It keeps you on track and ensures that your ideas are organized.
  • Develop a writing habit. Condition yourself to write at the same time every day. With this practice, it will soon become a habit that will make writing a book automatic.

To learn more tips on how to write, here’s a tutorial video of the simple process I use to write over 1500 words per hour:

Action Plan: Create a resistance plan! Figure out which methods best filter out the negative noise to get you into the writing process.

#3 – Getting Feedback on Your Book

When writing your book, it’s important to get as much feedback as early in the process as possible. As writers, it’s all too easy to retreat into your cave for a long period of time, spend countless hours writing what you think is the perfect first draft, only to find that a) your draft doesn’t make sense to anyone else or b) no one else is as interested in the topic as you originally thought.

Not only can a fresh set of eyes on your book help you catch typos and grammatical errors, but a new perspective can give you ideas for tightening up your story and making the theme more clear.

Giving your book to one (or more) “beta readers” before giving it to an editor and self-publishing can also cut down on the time and cost of paying a professional editor.

Action Plan: Reach out to a few friends who could provide good (preferably unbiased) feedback, and ask them if they’ll be willing to read a chapter or two (or the whole book!) as you finish writing.

#4 – Choosing a Book Title

Contrary to popular belief, you should never decide on a book title until after you are done writing your first draft. This is because choosing a book title first often results in you “writing yourself into a corner” because you’re trying so hard to align your story to the title of the book instead of writing what needs to be written.

Don’t make this more complicated than it needs to be.

The key to choosing a perfect title is: the simpler the title, the better. As you’re brainstorming ideas, always remember to keep it simple. Your title should also be clear on what your readers will receive by reading your book. This is because experts state that a clear promise or a guarantee of results will further intrigue your readers.

Here are some questions to consider when creating your memorable title:

  • Is your title going to teach a high demand skill?
  • Can your title impact someone’s life?
  • Can your book solve a very difficult problem?

Action Plan: Once you’ve narrowed down your book titles, send out an email to your friends and family or put a poll up to your audience asking what title they’d prefer. You could also ask a community of other authors what they think.

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#5 – Hiring a Great Book Editor

Hiring a great editor can mean the difference between writing a bestseller, or a mediocre book. Therefore, it’s important to take as much time as necessary during this stage of the process.

To find an editor for your book, begin with your personal network. Do you personally know any qualified editors? Start there. If you don’t, then do you know someone who knows an editor?

If you don’t have any luck finding an editor within your personal network, don’t worry! Depending on your budget, you can either hire a professional book editor or hire a more budget-friendly editor from Upwork.

As a Self-Publishing School student, we will also provide you with a Rolodex of approved and vetted book editors who all do a great job.

No matter how you find your editor, make sure you’re a good fit before committing to the full book by paying them a small sum ($25 or so) to edit a few pages or a chapter of your book. Make sure the editor is interested in the subject matter, that they can get your whole book edited in 3.5 weeks or less including back-and-forth revisions, and that their edits are both accurate and make sense to you.

If you don’t feel you’re a good fit following a sample edit, then let that $25 go and find an editor who’s going to work out rather than sinking more money into a relationship that might be a mistake.

Whatever you do, don’t give up during the editorial process! If one editor isn’t working out for you or meeting your needs, find another.

Action Plan: Find a friend or professional editor who can make sure your book is error-free, and start working with them sooner rather than later!

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#6 – Designing a Book Cover that Converts

When it comes to self-publishing, a high-quality book cover is one of the most important elements that will get your book to convert into sales! The reason is because your cover design is what readers see first and will immediately determine whether they want to read your book or not.

“Don’t judge a book by its cover” simply doesn’t apply to actual book covers, as much as we wish it did. The hard truth is that everyone judges a book by its cover whether they realize it or not.

So you must make sure that it is created professionally and that it will stand apart from the rest of the books in your genre or category.

You can find amazing book cover designers on freelancing sites such as:

Prices will vary depending on what type of service you want, but the end result will be well worth the spend.

Action Plan: Find a book designer with any of these sites and your book will stand apart from the rest of its competition!

#7 – Creating Your Kindle Direct Self-Publishing Account

Amazon has a self-publishing service called Kindle Direct Publishing where you can create and manage your Kindle eBook, paperback, and audio books. You can even link it with CreateSpace to offer print books to your audience.

It’s the best way to learn how to publish a book and start selling quickly, and I’ve used it for all my self-published books. I highly recommend it for all new self-publishers!

Setting up your KDP account is very simple! Start by following these steps:

  1. Visit https://kdp.amazon.com and create an account with either your existing Amazon account or your email address.
  2. Next, you must complete your tax information. You will not be able to submit your published book if you do not complete this step.
  3. Once your tax information is complete, hit “Finished” and your account is complete!

Action Plan: Follow these steps to create your KDP account! With this platform, you can figure out how to publish your book within minutes and soon have it appear worldwide!

#8 – Formatting Your Self-Published Book

If you’re on a budget, there are plenty of resources online that can tell you how to format your book yourself for free. You can start by looking at Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) forums where there are plenty of discussions on book formatting.

You can also use KDP’s free resources to help format your book. Formatting can be a frustrating experience for the uninitiated though, so if you have a few bucks to spare, you might consider paying someone to help you.

Also keep in mind that formatting will look different for fiction versus nonfiction books.

Typically, nonfiction books don’t have an indent between paragraphs but instead, they have spaces whereas fiction books are indented with each new paragraph, as pictured below.

how to self-publish a book nonfiction versus fiction formatting

If you want to pay for formatting, Liber Writer is a low-cost, effective option for converting a Microsoft Word file to Amazon’s Kindle format. If $60 is too much, you can also find people on Fiverr to format your book for Kindle. Just be sure you hire someone who knows how to format your specific book genre.

Action Plan: Make sure your book is formatted properly by using the free online resource above or hiring someone who can handle the formatting process for you.

#9 – Self-Publishing Your Book

When you feel confident your book is ready for the public, you can create a KDP account and upload your book.

  1. On the KDP mainpage, locate and click on “Your Bookshelf”.
  2. Locate and click on “Kindle eBook Actions”.
  3. Then, locate and click on “Edit eBook Content”.
  4. Finally, click on “Upload eBook Manuscript”, and upload your manuscript file from your computer.

Amazon also allows you to select 7 keywords or keyword phrases to make sure your intended audience can find your book when searching on Amazon. It’s highly recommended you also select two different categories your book might fit into so you can reach a broader audience.

To select keywords and categories, look at other best-selling books in your niche and notice what keywords and categories those authors chose.

Once Amazon finishes uploading your file, a confirmation message will be sent and you can preview the uploaded file to check for any errors.

Create your Amazon author central account after uploading your book. Include a bio, photo, and link to your website or blog to help you stand out among authors. After a few more steps, you’ll be ready to publish your book, at which time you’ll click “save & publish” in your KDP book dashboard.

Afterward, you should be ready to publish your book! Just click “save & publish” in the book editing screen!

Action Plan: Follow these steps to upload your book. You are allowed to upload your manuscript as many times as you want with each upload overriding the previous.

#10 – Pricing Your Book

One of the most important decisions when it comes to self-publishing a book is how to price it. The most common question I get from new writers is, “How much should my book cost?”

To answer this, my general rule of thumb is to have your book priced is between $2.99 to $5.99.

To be more specific, when beginning a launch, I would begin by pricing the book at $0.99 for the launch period. Then I would set the price to 2.99, and I would moderately increase the price by $1 every week and measure how well the new price performs. Once you see a sales dip, that will determine the exact price of your book that will guarantee book sales.

Action Plan: Find the perfect price by using this strategy that will attract your readers and best drive long-term success.

#11 – Forming a Launch Team

Your launch team

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is the group of people who are dedicated to helping make your book successful. They should be a passionate group of individuals who are eager to make your book launch successful.

Remember, one highly skilled team member is better than a group of mediocre ones!

To find quality candidates, here’s a questionnaire you can use to assess applicants and see if they’re qualified to market your book:

  • Why do you want to support my book?
  • What goals are you trying to reach with this project?
  • How would you market this book?
  • Which influencers would you reach out to and why?

Action Plan: Create an application with questions that align with your thought process. Try to be open-minded with those who think outside the box – they may be the perfect candidates that can get your book to become a bestseller.

#12 – Maximizing Book Launch Exposure

It’s not enough to learn how to publish a book and be done with it. You still have to take action even after your official launch.

As soon as your book goes live on Amazon, be sure to leverage your launch team and your audience to help you market your book! It may be odd to ask your fans for help, but your fans are there to support your project and want to see you succeed. You might be surprised how willing they’ll be to help you if you just ask!

Here are some marketing initiatives you can assign your team and audience to do:

  • Share content from your book as blog posts across social media
  • Submit reviews on Amazon
  • Help build your book’s website
  • Reach out to influencers for a future guest post or podcast feature
  • Share a book review on their YouTube channel
  • Buy extra copies to gift their friends

The additional exposure generated from your launch team and audience will help push your book up Amazon’s rankings, which will drive more sales!

Action Step: Create your book marketing launch plan using these methods. Measure each of these methods to see which will best get your book in the hands of new readers and convert into sales.

#13 – Celebrate Learning How to Self-Publish a Book!

Publishing a book is just the beginning. Depending on your goals for your book, self-publishing can get you more customers, free publicity, and establish you as an expert in your niche. This can help you land speaking gigs and build a business within your area of expertise.

Your book sales can also help fund your lifestyle with passive income.

Dream big about what you want your book to do for you. When you have a vision for where you want your book to take you, it will be easier to take advantage of opportunities as they arise. Getting clear on what you want will also help you to be more effective when expanding your network along on your journey.

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What to do Next

Now that you’ve learned how to publish a book, it’s time to take action and bring yourself one step closer to your goals and dreams. Here are a few actionable steps you can take right now!

#1 – Find your WHY and your topic

Ask yourself right now why you want to write a book. Having your purpose at the forefront of your mind for the duration of writing your book will help keep you focused and motivated.

Make a list of all the reasons you want to write a book and circle the one that’s the strongest; the reason you want to write a book that makes you excited about the possibilities.

Now what do you actually want to write about? Are you going for a fiction book or do you want to write a memoir that showcases your life’s most influential moments?

Jot down your goal or topic and get started on the next step.

#2 – Start your mind map

Yes, you’re already ready to start working that mind map!

We’ll actually help you out a little bit and give you a couple free templates you can use to get started. Organizing your thoughts on a specific topic can be really hard unless you have a guide to help jog some ideas.

You can download either our fiction mind map or our non-fiction depending on which topic you’re writing about. Just click on either below and start mapping your book!

Fiction Mind Map Download                    NonFiction Mind Map Download

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#3 – Learn more!

If self-publishing a bestseller is something you want to do, and you’re serious about changing your life and your business for the better by getting your book out there in the world, then you need to watch this free 4 part video training series where I walk through the exact steps I’ve taken to write, publish, and market 6 of my own best-selling books (and how I’ve helped 1,000’s of students do the same).

Like what you read and want to learn more? We’re holding a FREE online workshop where Chandler is revealing the exact tactics and strategies he used to write and publish 6 bestselling books in a row… and use them to build a 7-figure business in less than 2 years. Click here to save your spot now!

Are you ready to learn how to publish a book? What’s holding you back from writing, publishing, and selling a life-changing book?

Chandler Bolt

Chandler Bolt

At Self-Publishing School, we help people write, market and publish their first bestselling book. We've worked with tons of entrepreneurs, speakers & coaches to help them get their book written, become a bestseller & use their book to grow their business.

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  • ChrisMichalowski

    What if i want to offer my book for free (maybe the kindle version). Can i do that on Amazon?

    • Michael Sheridan

      Yes. You have to first publish it for free on Nook or another platform and then email Amazon and ask them to price match.

      • ChrisMichalowski

        Thanks Michael

    • Chandler Bolt

      Yes. You can do it for a limited time via “KDP Select” (Kindle Direct Publishing) or you can do “Permafree” via the method Michael described.

  • Thanks for another amazing post Chandler! My date for finishing the book I’m working on is July 13th. I love that you’ve given us the map of a schedule to work with to help us get to the next step. My biggest writing block has actually been–what do I do next?

    Keep up the great work! You’re having an amazing impact. 🙂 Cheers.

    • Chandler Bolt

      Keep it up!

  • Jessica Smith

    I love the helpful links in this! Will you also do a post about publishing under a pen name? That isn’t really covered in the school, but I want to do it with my first book, at least. Maybe more.

    • SPS Team

      We will consider posting an article using a pen name. You can go ahead and do so though, I’m sure your book will rock it! How are you doing so far?

      • Jessica Smith

        It’s going slower than I hoped, but still moving! Pen name information is difficult to come by. I think I might have to start a business, calling it by my pen name, but also not sure on that process or how it works. SPS has given me a lot of good info on everything else and helps the process keep moving forward!

        • Chandler Bolt

          Good to hear. Keep moving!

  • Linda M. Wisely

    I just finished writing my book. This article was just what I needed. Thank you so much. Does anything in the above article cost money?

    • SPS Team

      Congrats with the new book! There are some fees here and there when you publish your book, The whole process is really up to you and finding a good and affordable team or person who can help you with it. Here is also a link to help you market as well.
      https://self-publishingschool.com/book-marketing-how-to-skyrocket-sales-of-your-book/

    • Linda M. Wisely

      This information was amazing. I can’t wait to get started. Thank you so much.

      • Chandler Bolt

        Thanks Linda!

  • Lots of great links. This is definitely something every author should look at after they write their manuscript.

    • Chandler Bolt

      Thank you Rachael!

    • Adrienne Brunner Lewis

      Or before!

  • While you can do everything yourself, it’s advisable not to. You’ll need to budget for design, editing, formatting, etc. if you want your project to be the best it can be.

    • Chandler Bolt

      We write about that also on this blog. 🙂 would love to hear about your experience working with a publisher.

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  • Eleene

    I want to write and publish, I’m retired and start up cost is a problem far me. I live in a very small town in TX that has less than 1000 people and it is 3 hr to cities like Austin or FT. Worth, TX. If I didn’t have a computer I would go crazy. I am Dyslexia, therefore I like things that are short and to the point, the flowery manuscripts drive me crazy, just get to the point.

  • Eleene

    I don’t start something until I know I think I can complete the project because it is a waste of time.

    • Chandler Bolt

      You can’t finish if you don’t start. You can do this! 🙂

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  • Rick Pruden

    How about selling outside of Amazon? Would you ever consider that? Probably not. I can’t looking for something new and I find the same crap that everyone else is saying. Why don’t you go all done readers what they think? Personally I have never purchased a book from Amazon, and never will. Why would I give them soul distribution rights to my work? smfh

    • Chandler Bolt

      Rick, great questions. You don’t have to give them sole distribution, that’s only if you choose KDP Select.

      And..over 70% of all books are sold on Amazon so, if we’re talking Pareto Principle (80/20), it makes sense to focus your efforts on Amazon.

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  • Cutilenous Shehzadi

    I am almost done writing my book. I read your book ” Published” it’s really help full. May I know I will get help from you people in editing and all post writing stuff. I really want to make my dream come true this year. I have already started my efforts in creating curiosity in people and building audience for my book through creating page.
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    Please let me know if you can.

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    Aakanksha Rajput

  • Kaylee Shadows

    Awesome video. It helps a ton!!! Thank you so much

    • Chandler Bolt

      Glad it was helpful!

  • Regan Black

    Loved the recording to transcription process, Chandler! Thanks for sharing that. It’s a technique I am going to try with my next proposal as well as my next non-fiction title.

    • Chandler Bolt

      Glad you liked it! How’d it go?

      • Regan Black

        It’s fantastic! I was startled by how effective and efficient this process is. I had it in my head that I had to work with dictation software OR by hand. Thanks again for sharing a super technique that is the best of both worlds. 🙂

        • Chandler Bolt

          Good to hear! 🙂

  • Mireille

    Thank you for sharing. I resonated with what you were saying and it is a process that will work for me. My gratitude and thanks.

    • Chandler Bolt

      🙂

  • Shelby Appel

    Great post! You make it sound so easy! “Hire a good editor” is a task that involves dropping a chunk of money (as well as cover design, etc, but we all know the biggest chunk goes to the editor!)

    Right now I’m in the writing phase paired with the “save my pennies” phase!

  • As always, providing some awesome knowledge-bombs Chandler 😉 Sharing this on social media now!

    • Chandler Bolt

      Thanks for the share, Lise!

  • Sonia Weyers

    Great description of the process! Thank you, Chandler.

  • Nancy DeMaria

    Literally the most practical, helpful information. Thank you!!!

  • Caleb Chersin

    Excellent work, sir.
    Thank you,

  • Robert Borsuk

    Awesome article! Lot’s of great info. Thanks Chandler!

  • Bridget Thomas

    Excellent resource for those who want to be an author and even those who are already authors! I can’t wait to get started!!

  • Pat Sonti

    I’m still in the creating content phase in my writing. I will definitely look into Bolt’s ideas upon completion of my writing project.

  • Great tips. Especially about formatting your ebook. I didn’t know about the service Liber Writer.

  • Vitor Bernardino Marques

    Nice content, very compreensive 🙂

  • Victoria

    Perfect article as I prepare for formatting! Indents and double-spacing…who knew?! Doh!

  • Victoria

    Perfect article as I’m just about to get going on formatting! Thanks for the info!

  • I just finished my second book. It took me 5 years to complete so don’t get frustrated. My first book was 13 years ago. With the publishing platforms today, it is much easier but there is still plenty to learn. I think I edited and uploaded my book 15 times before I was comfortable yet I learn new stuff each week and yes, I’ll make a few more changes. The are really only 3 steps to success: writing, marketing and monetizing. Each one has it’s own learning curve. Remember, your words affect people daily and your writing echos across generations.

    • Chandler Bolt

      Agreed!

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    Thanks

  • Vitto De Leone

    Very usefull article.

  • Robin Russell

    Chandler’s method, outlined in this article, is the one that I used to write and publish my book! His methods are realistic, easy to follow, and easy to complete – but more than that – THEY WORK! I cannot recommend his program/book/podcasts any more highly.

    • Chandler Bolt

      Excited to see your success in the program, Robin! It’s inspiring

  • Love it Chandler! Great stuff! Anyone reading this, and feeling like the content is useful, should read his book Published! It goes into much more (practical, step-by-step) detail.

    • Chandler Bolt

      Thanks Casey! Your books are like your kids, so it’s hard to pick a “favorite” but that’s definitely the one I’m most proud of

  • Daniel Collins

    What if you’re really on a budget?

  • Divya Rajan

    A great article!

  • Robin Dix

    So informative and it’s what really helped me make a decision to join Self-Publishing School. Woohoo!!

    • Chandler Bolt

      Fantastic! Great to have you in the program

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    Great article!

  • Larry Peacock

    Your work is impressive, Chandler. Thanks for the motivation. I am about to turn 40 years old in August and am looking to do something quite new for me…write a book!

    • Chandler Bolt

      YES! So great to hear

  • Tiffany Virag

    Great tips and tricks

  • Adrienne Brunner Lewis

    Chandler always has great stuff to share, and it’s good to know you can come back and continue to learn from him in new ways all the time.

    • Chandler Bolt

      Thanks Adrienne! Hope you’re well

  • Yannik

    Great content

  • Stan Stinson

    Thanks for the great information. I hope I can put it to use.

    • Chandler Bolt

      You can!

  • Glen Ford Author

    Nice introduction with lots of great links. Well done.

  • Alayne Fenasci

    Definitely going to be reading more of the links in this article. Looks very helpful!

  • Lewis Huff

    Chandler will give you everything you need to get you book published! If you have been wanting to publish a book but don’t know how to make it happen, Chandler will show you the way!!

    • Chandler Bolt

      Thanks for the kind words, Lewis! 🙂

  • Sherry Barber

    Tons of great advice here! Nice to have it broken into steps and categories which will encourage people to actually make the leap and write their book!

    • Chandler Bolt

      Yes!

  • Great article! Honestly, my head is spinning a bit from all the information shared here, but what a great blueprint to follow. This is exactly the push I need to pull all my notes and ideas together and turn them into a book. Thanks, Chandler!

    • Chandler Bolt

      Awesome! Glad to hear it was helpful. Hopefully your head will stop spinning soon 🙂

  • Eric Heltzel

    Great post! For a single post, really gave a lot of insight into the process. Thanks!

    • Chandler Bolt

      Thanks for the kind words!

  • Marquita Buchanan

    This was a great article! Very well thought out, clear and, most importantly, doable!!! All the hyperlinks to other pertinent resources helped as well.

    • Chandler Bolt

      Glad it was helpful!

  • Chelsey Daniels

    This is VERY helpful and valuable information. Awesome blueprint for people itching to successfully self-publish their book. Looking forward to learning tons more from Chandler.

    • Chandler Bolt

      Good to hear!

  • Lindsay Adams

    Interesting

  • Joyce Dias

    So grateful i found Self publishing School! I can now finally cross that dream off my “Wish i could do that”List!

    • Chandler Bolt

      …and add it to the “so glad I did that” list 🙂

  • Viviana Rose

    Good information!! It makes it sound REAL 🙂 .

    • Chandler Bolt

      It is real! 😉

  • Al L

    Very thorough. Thanks.

    • Chandler Bolt

      Thanks!

  • This article is loaded with value! If someone wanted to begin their book-writing project and needed the most fundamental, basic and absolutely-need-to-know information, this is THE article to reference. The cool thing is that Chandler has built a world-class support team and ongoing encouragement and knowledge for those who enroll in Self-Publishing School. I’m bookmarking this article to reference myself but also to pass on to other writers. And I highly recommend signing up for Self-Publishing School.

    • Chandler Bolt

      Thanks for the kind words, Sharon!

  • Daniel Freedman

    Excellent article. I liked the honesty.

    • Chandler Bolt

      Thanks!

  • Shreya Roy

    Found this extremely useful with detailed explanation!

  • Shreya Roy

    Brilliant Links. Looking forward to writing my own book soon!

    • Chandler Bolt

      Time to make it happen 🙂

      • Shreya Roy

        Definitely will do so. Thank you very much. 🙂

  • Shreya Roy

    Can’t wait to start on my first book thanks to these tips.

    • Chandler Bolt

      Let’s make it a reality!

  • Mark Metz

    Great stuff! You rock Chandler, thanks for everything!

    • Chandler Bolt

      Thanks!

  • Xavier Paz

    Súper útil

    • Chandler Bolt

      Thank you!

  • Thank you for laying everything out so concisely. This is the perfect checklist for aspiring authors. See you in the webinar!

    • Chandler Bolt

      Glad you enjoyed it. See you there!

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  • Thanks for this useful article to be followed for 2018 regarding Self Publishing

    • Chandler Bolt

      Glad you found it helpful!

  • Rohit Chavan

    So much advertising ????

    • Chandler Bolt

      ? 🙂

  • Bill Miles

    Great article – thank you! It appears this applies to a Kindle/digital book only? What about a physical book? Additional steps/resources there? thx!

  • Patrick de Boer

    Thank you for all of the information! I’ll be sure to check it out with the new year coming up. I do remember asking this question before, but I was just wondering if you’d think this would work in a very small niche market in Europe as well. Amazon is not very big around here, and my target audience lives all over the world but not primarily in America. What are your thoughts?
    Thanks!

  • Amorene Blanche

    Thanks for this motivational article. I AM READY!!

    • Chandler Bolt

      Great to hear!

  • Suzy Smith

    This is incredibly helpful! Thank you. I needed a starting point and this is it.

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  • Oseghale Ativie

    My manuscripts are religious books and literature, is there place for me too to publish and sell them on the amazon platform? If yes i will very glad, and thanks for this great piece of information

  • Teszter

    Did you write any book actually worth opening?

  • Jeni

    I’ve been using MagCloud to print my books via uploading in PDF format, how can I tie this into the Kindle publishing?

  • Esperanza

    I think your guide is a real gift to self-publishers. It’s clear, concise and includes critical details that would be easy to overlook. I have one question that is not answered in your guide that maybe you could respond to here: I have book material to publish, BUT it is an audio-visual book, i.e., the e-book would necessarily include written and audio-visual elements. Is this possible to do with a self-publishing format?

  • Abundant Press

    Useful Article, thanks for sharing. Great info. …..

  • Lee Brenda

    I need editing for my book but I don’t have money so what should I consider?

  • Millie Shinn

    This article is a God send! So informative and I am grateful for the guidance. I do have one question that will likely sound silly, but I am completely new to the idea. I have my manuscript in word format and it is at an editor at the moment. I am planning to have the cover designed by one of the resources you suggested as well as the formatting for kindle. However, how do I get printed copies to sell on amazon? Once I have a cover design and a completed manuscript where do I go from there where people can buy printed copies of my book? I know that sounds silly.

  • Arjit Singh

    I have been writing a book about life and some things I’ve experienced and learned over time. At this stage, I have two more writers doing this with me, and we plan to be done with a first draft in a few months. One important concern I have is that I’m not sure what I need to do if I’ve used quotes from other authors and movies and just stuff from the internet. How does one go about that? Thanks!

  • Emily Scott

    Incredibly helpful. Question, how do you go about linking your KDP account and your CreateSpace account?

  • Mohd Sameer Zuhear

    hi there! i am a student of age 17 years planning my career in writing books.
    i feel like this article has a good sum of information regarding that.

  • Kelly Roberts

    This was a very informative article. I am actually the editor for a book that my son is writing. He chose me because he says I am brutally honest. Thanks for the information.

  • Jiessey

    Don’t mean to sound so negative but all this is doing is getting Amazon richer.

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