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With your words on the page, youre a few steps away from getting a crisppaged book you can flip through. My courses for authors, including how to write a novel and how to write non fiction. If youre ready to selfedit your book, consider these 10 tips for book editing. When you see a book shoot magically up the bestseller list in. Jun 01, 2012 a while back i wrote a column titled self publishing.
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Jan 21, 2015 typical cost for ebook publishing package. Publishing your own electronic book ebook by christopher heng. Jan 06, 2020 publishing a book might seem even more daunting than writing one. Im talking about electronic books or ebooks, of course. The book was more of a motivational book for people who may want to consider writing an ebook. How to selfpublish your book through amazon forbes. Personally speaking, ive selfpublished 6 bestselling nonfiction books on amazon, sold tens of thousands of. When youve finished typing the last word of your masterpiece, set it aside for a few days. Just a few years ago, selfpublishing your own book was seen as a failure. Publishing a book might seem even more daunting than writing one. I would love for you to send me a copy of your book if this post was a kick starter for your own project.
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