{"product_id":"lets-get-digital-how-to-selfpublish-and-why-you-should-volume-1-9781475212600","title":"Let's Get Digital: How to Self-Publish, and Why You Should (Volume 1)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLet's Get Digital: How to Self-Publish, and Why You Should (Volume 1)\u003c\/strong\u003e by Gaughran, David. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781475212600.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*** UPDATED \u0026amp; EXPANDED 2nd EDITION ***\n\nThis award-winning, bestselling self-publishing guide has been re-released as a new updated and expanded 2nd edition, with 75,000 words of essays, articles, and how-to guides, as well as contributions from 30 bestselling indie authors including J Carson Black, Bob Mayer, Debora Geary, Mark Edwards, and many more.\n\n\"You wont make any money from self-publishing.\"\n\nMYTH!\n\nThe internet has revolutionized every business it has come into contact with, and publishing is no different.\n\nFor the first time, these changes are handing power back to the writer. Its up to YOU if you want to profit from them.\n\nLets Get Digital: How To Self-Publish, And Why You Should (Updated 2nd Edition) covers everything from how the disruptive power of the internet has changed the publishing business forever to the opportunities this has created for writers. It gives you practical, hands-on advice, sharing the very latest best practices on editing, cover design, formatting, and pricing.\n\nIt gives you proven marketing strategies that wont eat into your writing time and are actually effective at selling books. It also shares tips on platform building, blogging, and social networking, and explains which approaches are best for selling fiction versus non-fiction, and what writers should really focus on.\n\nThis new updated 2nd edition now has more options for those on a tighter budget, teaches you how to get your book into print (and why that helps selling e-books), tells you why you should start a mailing list immediately, and shares the pros and cons of going exclusive with Amazon. And thats just for starters...\n\nPraise for Lets Get Digital:\n\n\"Lets Get Digital is a must read for anyone considering self-publishing.\" -- JA Konrath, bestselling author of Trapped, Origin, and Whiskey Sour.\n\n\"Even with my background as an indie writer, I picked up several valuable tips...this is simply the best book about the ebook revolution that I have read.\" -- Michael Wallace, bestselling author of the Righteous series.\n\n\"Credible and comprehensive. Id recommend it to any writer who is considering self-publishing or anyone interested in the current state of publishing.\" -- Big Als Books and Pals - 5 stars.\n\n\"It should be THE starting point for anyone considering self-publishing today. This book is a Pixel Pick, and should be considered required reading for any Indie author.\" -- Pixel of Ink.\n\n*** Table of Contents ***\n\nPART ONE: DIGITAL REVOLUTION\n1. Appetite for Disruption\n2. Here Be Pirates!\n3. Royalties\n4. What We Talk About When We Talk About Editing\n5. Literary Agents\n6. The 800lb Gorilla: Amazon\n7. Print Is Doomed\n8. E-book Dominance Is Inevitable\n9. Publishers: The New Travel Agents?\n10. The Age of the Algorithm\n11. Self-publishing Myths\n12. A Great Time to Be a Writer\n13. ...Unless You Fall For These Scams\n\nPART TWO: DIGITAL SELF-PUBLISHING\nStep 1: Publishing When Ready\nStep 2: Cover Design\nStep 3: Working With An Editor\nStep 4: Formatting \u0026amp; Killer Layouts\nStep 5: Pricing To Sell\nStep 6: Uploading \u0026amp; Metadata\nStep 7: Marketing is Easy\nStep 8: Platform Building\nStep 9: Developing A Sticky Readership\nStep 10: How To Kickstart Your Sales\n\nPART THREE: SUCCESS STORIES\nCheryl Shireman\nVictorine Lieske\nMichael Hicks\nCJ Archer\nBeth Orsoff\nBob Mayer\nDebora Geary\nSibel Hodge\nConsuelo Saah Baehr\nSteven L. Hawk\nSuzanne Tyrpak\nMel Comley\nJason Letts\nMelanie Nilles\nJan Hurst-Nicholson\nKC May\nTerri Reid\nN Gemini Sasson\nSusanne OLeary\nShayne Parkinson\nStacey Wallace Benefiel\nSarah Woodbury\nKenneth Rosenberg\nKatie Klein\nWilliam Esmont\nLexi Revellian\nJ Carson Black\nImogen Rose\nMark Edwards\nCD Reiss\n\nAppendix A: Publishing Checklist\nAppendix B: Mailing Lists\nAppendix C: Lets Get Physical\nAppendix D: Shorter Stories\nAppendix E: Reviews\nAppendix F: KDP Select\nAppendix G: Practicalities\nAppendix H: Resources\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"CREATESPACE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945040703541,"sku":"ByrdShop_1475212607","price":59.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781475212600_8d60a185-af3c-4c81-b28f-368bce92ca8c.jpg?v=1778844410","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/lets-get-digital-how-to-selfpublish-and-why-you-should-volume-1-9781475212600","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}