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150 Self-Publishing Questions Answered
ALLi's Writing, Publishing, and Book Marketing Tips for Indie Authors and Poets
Alliance of Independent Authors, M.L. Ronn, Orna A. Ross, Orna A Ross
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150 Self-Publishing Questions Answered
ALLi's Writing, Publishing, and Book Marketing Tips for Indie Authors and Poets
Alliance of Independent Authors, M.L. Ronn, Orna A. Ross, Orna A Ross
About This Book
Do you have self-publishing questions that you can't seem to find the answer to? We're here to help.
It has never been easier to publish a book, but with so many options, it can be hard to know whether writing advice is good or bad.
Your Self-Publishing Questions Answered is based on overwhelming data & analytics: 1, 000+ questions from our author members, 2000+ ALLi blog articles, 400 ALLi podcast episodes, our 24/365 Facebook community where members ask questions daily, and input from our world-class advisors from every corner of the publishing industry.
There's no question that ALLi hasn't seen. In fact, this book answers questions you may not have thought about yet.
In an engaging question & answer format, you'll learn how to:
- Sell more books effortlessly
- Design bestselling covers
- Win the war against writer's block
- Edit your book till it shines
- Improve your marketing and sales
And more, including a resource section with 75+ resources to help you keep learning and building on the information.
The advice in this book is best practice as honed by the experiences of our members and the thousands of authors–novelists, nonfiction writers and poets –who visit ALLi's Self-Publishing Advice Centre each month.
We're the only non-profit organization for self-published writers doing this kind of work.
If you're ready to become a savvier author, grab 150 Self-Publishing Questions Answered, and let ALLi show you how to turn your imagination into income.
Frequently asked questions
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Book Design and Formatting
Cover Design
- It’s impossible to know if a cover will sell your book until you publish.
- The books that do best tend to look similar to other books in their immediate genre and niche.
- Book covers tend to work best when they are billboards rather than works of art. In other words, the cover should exist to show readers what the book’s genre and subgenre are rather than the story inside.
- Simple is almost always better.
- Title
- Subtitle, tagline, series statement, or testimonial/blurb
- Author name
- Foreground
- Background
- You communicate your needs to the designer.
- The designer locates material to use on the cover (they may involve you in this process, or they may not).
- The designer provides you with a first draft. If the designer is illustrating the cover, the draft may be in black and white or grayscale; the designer will colorize the design once you approve it.
- You provide feedback and the designer makes updates until you are satisfied or you exhaust the amount of revisions the designer allows.
- The designer delivers the final product.
- Is your book in a series? If so, does the designer offer enough options to complete your series, or will you have to pay them to create extra designs? If you have to pay them to design something original in addition to the premade, it’s probably cheaper to pay for an original cover design that fits your book to begin with.
- Premades are generally cost-effective alternatives for standalone books, or for authors who only plan to publish a handful of books in their lifetime.
- If you plan on writing a lot of books, you’ll have a tough time making cohesive author branding for your covers if you use premades. You may have to pay to rebrand premade covers in t...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- What You Will Learn in This Book
- I. Writing Books
- II. Editorial
- III. Book Design and Formatting
- IV. Book Production and Distribution
- V. Book Marketing and Promotion
- VI. Book Rights and Licensing