Before the Launch: What Indie Authors Need to Know When Self-Publishing a Book

by David Wogahn, Manon Wogahn

Overview

Before the Launch is a self-publishing manual and your guide to understanding the important decisions you need to make and things you need to do during the book preparation process that have an impact on marketing success once your book is released. It is available as a NOOK eBook and also in a spiral bound, full-color print edition with the following features and benefits:

• Downloadable Word, Excel, and PDF files to make it easier to perform the exercises recommended in the topics
• Links to 140 publishing resources + video tours of the two major self-publishing services
• 58 publishing topics with 283 color-coded cross-references to help you quickly locate related topics

Comprehensive, accessible, and based on our 15 years of experience publishing more than 400 self-published books for authors of fiction and nonfiction alike.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940184314327
Publisher:	PartnerPress
Publication date:	04/25/2025
Series:	Countdown to Book Launch® , #5
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

David Wogahn is the founder and president of AuthorImprints, and has taught self-publishing classes for Writer's Digest University, Jane Friedman, the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), and the Santa Barbara Writers Conference, among other publishing professional organizations.

David is the author of six books about self-publishing, including the Countdown to Book Launch® series. In 2012, he became the author of the first LinkedIn Learning course on the topic of self-publishing (Lynda at the time).

He has worked for the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, and was co-founder and COO of the first online publisher of sports team branded websites known today as the CBS College Sports Network.

Manon Wogahn helps authors create and promote their books. She works as Publishing Operations Manager for AuthorImprints, an award-winning self-publishing services company, and shares her love for mystery books with an online following of over 37,000 amateur sleuths. She is the editor of the Cluesletter, a biweekly email newsletter for mystery lovers, and has spoken at the Women in Publishing Summit, Alliance of Independent Authors' SelfPubCon, Sisters in Crime, and more.