22 Oct
How to Publish Your Book
Do you have a book idea you have been dying to get published but don’t know how? Have you let the idea of not getting picked up by a major publisher discourage a writing endeavor? Well, this will come to a full stop NOW. I have published 3 books, 2 of which are available for purchase on Amazon. I would like to empower you and share how I did it and hopefully remove any fears of the process.
First things first, you will need an ISBN which is a number that basically identifies your published book. You can purchase either 1 or increments of 10 if you plan on publishing more of your work or decide to publish other people’s work (therefore making you the publisher). Here is the link for that:
http://www.isbn.org/standards/home/isbn/us/secureapp.asp
Next is the EIN number which is basically a business tax ID number. This is helpful for your accounting purposes if you decide to be a vendor, etc. You will also need it if you decide to open a separate business account with whoever you bank with for your royalties, expenses, etc. It also comes in handy for other purposes such as if you need to make a wholesale purchase. Here is the link for that:
Last but not least, I used CreateSpace(https://www.createspace.com/) to self-publish. It was easiest for me because they collaborate with Amazon so once you are ready to publish, you can opt to automatically have it available on Amazon. Now let me forewarn you, they do take a huge percentage and although It has been the most effective for me in regards to sales. Everybody and their mama have an Amazon account and even if they don’t, they still trust using their debit/credit card information there as opposed to a random, unknown site. Unless you already have a set client base with guaranteed traffic, I found this to be the easiest approach, to begin with.
Hope this helps! If you have any questions, bring them on in the comment section and I will answer in a timely manner. Best of luck!