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By that time he had already sold 70 copies on his own. M Ward, the self-published writer of the Ferro Family saga. Her first book, Damaged , was self published as an e-book on Amazon and became a 1 bestseller in the New Adult genre. She continued with the series, and has sold over 4 million books since her debut in She is still a self-published author, and has not been signed by any traditional publishers, but she is still considered a New York Times 1 Bestselling Author.
Here is one author who had a successful career in traditional publishing before she decided to start self publishing. If she had already written numerous books for an actual publisher, and had them printed and distributed, why did she wanted to self publish? Freethy says on her website that she chose to start self publishing her back list, because many of them had gone out of print, and she felt they still had an audience out there. She was right. Her chosen genres of romance, and romantic suspense, are one of the fastest growing markets, especially in e-books.
Lisa Genova is a trained neuroscientist whose debut novel, Still Alice , is about a woman with an early onset form of Alzheimer's, who has to learn to cope with the way her life is changing. It targets Mac users, and according to Apple Insider, there are now million Mac users worldwide. You can visit Apple Support here to get the steps for formatting and uploading your book to Apple Author. But one unique feature is, you can publish your book using Pages. I would recommend you visit the Apple Books Publisher User Guide and download the checklist to make the publishing process as easy as possible.
When it comes to online learning for self-publishing, the Self-Publishing School 6-time bestselling author and company Founder Chandler Bolt provides author education and self-pubishing courses that help authors manage their self-publishing process and build a career in as little as 90 days using a specific formula.
Self-Publishing School launched its way onto the scene back in late and has since then grown into a multimillion dollar company that has helped close to 5, authors become published. For more advanced authors who have already published and are looking to scale up book revenue, there are other author education programs to choose from, such as topics on advanced book marketing , building an online course , and Sell More Books course is definitely recommended.
And, if you are looking to turn your book into a course, the Course Building for Authors is the path to take. We have a full review of Self-Publishing School you can check out. Reedsy is a company that provides authors with a number of self-publishing services.
It has a powerful outsourcing platform that connects authors with editors, proofreaders, formatters, cover designers , marketing strategist, and ghostwriters. Authors need lots of help getting a book ready for publication, and Reedsy makes this process simple with one-stop outsourcing. You can get an editorial assessment of your work, or a query letter review for authors looking to publish the traditional route. The freelancers outsourced through Reedsy have profiles easily visible and this builds instant trust with authors.
Reedsy is not an aggregator or book retailer but focuses on providing educational materials and services for authors. They do this by hosting a platform that provides reliable resources for authors to write better and prepare a book for publication. This saves a lot of time and banging your head against the wall because you just hired another outsourcer that totally messed up your book formatting.
Lulu has been around for a very long time, and is one of the oldest publishing platforms, when they began publishing and distributing ebooks from By , the publishing giant had produced 2 million books. The process for working with Lulu is relatively straightforward. As an author you upload your book to Lulu, and authors can purchase their own books through Lulu. But if you set up your book for wide distribution through an aggregator, you can tap into a huge international market.
This could lead to other publishing opportunities such as having your book sold to foreign publishers. When it comes to wide distribution for print-on-demand, this is where IngramSpark comes sliding into home base. Before Createspace was absolved completely by Amazon , it was the main storefront for authors setting up print books. But now, KDP and IngramSpark work closely together to print and distribute hard copies through print on demand.
IngramSpark has made huge strides in the last couple of years. A relatively new company, PublishDrive is making big strides as a core aggregator.
Created by Kinga Jentetics when she was looking for a way to publish her master thesis, PublishDrive was created to help other authors launch their dreams.
Kinga Jentetics was named by Forbes magazine as one of the top female entrepreneurs under 30 and top female founders. PublishDrive is an Apple-approved aggregator and Google partner, making it a powerhouse for global distribution. So when it comes to publishing, you could use a little support. We make it easy. Keep writing. Keep your rights. D2D provides a very easy method to upload your book within minutes and have it live on the site within 24 hours.
When it comes to aggregators, whereas Smashwords was once the King of the Hill, D2D is taking over the top spot and, if it comes down to Smashwords or Draft2Digital, D2D is the preferred platform for many self publishers now. If you are looking to get your books into the bigger markets and maximize on distribution, Smashwords is one of the aggregator you should be looking into.
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