Self-Publishing Your Book in Multiple Formats: How to Set Up Your Book in Print, E-Book, Audiobook, Video, Online Course, and PDF Formats

by Gini Graham Scott

Overview

SELF-PUBLISHING YOUR BOOK IN MULTIPLE FORMATS is designed to help writers take advantage of the many formats for publishing and selling books. It features an introduction to the different platforms and how to prepare and publish your manuscript in each format. By doing so, you can take advantage of the multiple approaches for selling your book to customers who like to read books in different ways.

To this end, the book features the following topics:

- preparing your manuscript for publication,

- deciding how to publish your book,

- deciding on the format for your book,

- choosing a print-on demand platform,

- creating an audiobook,

- hiring a narrator for your audiobook,

- creating your book as an online course,

- organizing your course and creating videos and

other materials,

- creating your book or chapters as a PDF.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781947466814
Publisher:	Changemakers Publishing
Publication date:	02/20/2018
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.13(d)

About the Author

GINI GRAHAM SCOTT, Ph.D., J.D., is a nationally known writer, consultant, speaker, and seminar leader, specializing in business and work relationships, professional and personal development, social trends, and popular culture. She has published over 50 books with major publishers. She has worked with dozens of clients on memoirs, self-help, popular business books, and film scripts. Writing samples are at www.ginigrahamscott.com and www.changemakerspublishingandwriting.com. She is a Huffington Post regular columnist, commenting on social trends, business, and everyday life at www.huffingtonpost.com/gini-graham-scott. She is the founder of Changemakers Publishing, featuring books on work, business, psychology, social trends, and self-help. It has published over 100 print, e-books, and audiobooks. She has licensed several dozen books for foreign sales, including the UK, Russia, Korea, Spain, and Japan. She has received national media exposure for her books, including appearances on Good Morning America, Oprah, and CNN. She has been the producer and host of a talk show series, Changemakers, featuring interviews on social trends. Her books on business relationships and professional development include: Self-Publishing Secrets (Changemakers Publishing) Turn Your Dreams into Reality (Llewellyn) Resolving Conflict (Changemakers Publishing) A Survival Guide for Working with Bad Bosses (AMACOM) A Survival Guide for Working with Humans (AMACOM) Credit Card Fraud with Jen Grondahl Lee (Rowman) Lies and Liars: How and Why Sociopaths Lie (Skyhorse Publishing) Scott is also active in a number of community and business groups, including the Lafayette, Pleasant Hill, and Danville Chambers of Commerce. She is a graduate of the prestigious Leadership Contra Costa program, is a7 member of two B2B groups in Danville and Walnut Creek, and a BNI member. She is the organizer of six Meetup groups in the film and publishing industries with over 6000 members in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. She does workshops and seminars on the topics of her books. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and her J.D. from the University of San Francisco Law School. She has received several MAs at Cal State University, East Bay.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION.. 5

CHAPTER 1: PREPARING YOUR MANUSCRIPT FOR PUBLICATION 7

Writing and Preparing Your Book for Publication. 8

Recording, Transcribing, and Editing Your Book. 9

Preparing Your Files for Publication. 10

CHAPTER 2: DECIDING HOW TO PUBLISH YOUR BOOK.. 13

Saying No to Traditional Publishing. 14

Using Self-Publishing to Build Your Platform to Get a Traditional Publishing Deal 16

Deciding on How to Publish a Longer Book - One Book or More. 17

CHAPTER 3: DECIDING ON THE FORMAT FOR YOUR BOOK 19

Deciding on the Format - Print or E-Book. 19

Publishing a Print Book. 20

Hardcover versus Paperback. 20

What Size to Choose. 21

Print-on-Demand Versus Printing a Run of Books. 21

CHAPTER 4: CHOOSING A PRINT-ON-DEMAND PLATFORM... 23

Deciding What Platforms to Use. 24

Why Publish on CreateSpace. 25

Why Publish on IngramSpark -- and Some Challenges to Using this Platform 26

Publishing an E-Book. 28

A Recommended Order for Publishing Your Books. 29

Getting an ISBN.. 30

Selling Your Book. 30

CHAPTER 5: DECIDING TO CREATE AN AUDIOBOOK.. 33

Why Are Audiobooks Growing So Rapidly. 34

Creating an Audiobook. 34

Hiring a Narrator 35

CHAPTER 6: HIRING A NARRATOR THROUGH THE ACX PLATFORM 37

Setting Up Your Book to Find a Narrator 38

From a Narrator Accepting Your Offer to a Completed Audiobook 39

CHAPTER 7: THE BASICS OF CREATING YOUR BOOK AS A COURSE 43

What Makes a Good Course. 44

Creating Your Course. 45

CHAPTER 8: ORGANZING YOUR COURSE AND CREATING YOUR VIDEOS AND OTHER MATERIALS. 47

Organizing Your Course. 47

Creating Videos for Your Course. 49

Pricing Your Course. 51

CHAPTER 9: CREATING YOUR BOOK OR CHAPTERS AS A PDF 53

Creating Your PDF. 54

Creating a Cover for Your PDF. 55

Including Sales Material in Your Book. 56

Selling Your Book through Your Website, Landing Page, or Online Marketing 56

Turning Your PDF into a Published Book 57