Self Publishing At The Speed Of Thought
by Jack Humphrey
If you are even remotely interested in self publishing and getting your work seen by the masses, then read this article!
Publishing, both electronic and hard copy, from articles to books, has come a long way in recent years. I used to be fascinated by anyone who had become a “real” author of a book. For that matter, anyone who had been published in a magazine or newspaper!
The whole thing seemed so validating for authors, yet getting published, so cryptic. How do you become “published?” How did you get someone to take your subject so seriously that they gave you a retainer to finish your project and then published and sold your books for you?
These and many other questions always flew around my head in the years that it took me to figure out how publishing, the traditional kind, worked. Then came the internet. Then everything changed.
And the changes today are more radical than ever before. You can completely publish your own work from the first sentence you write to the first time you flip through the pages of your book, all through the internet.
In fact, self publishing your own book is verging on common place these days. And publishing your work entirely on the web, with blogs or through a regular website is almost old hat to many people.
Some very famous people today are “bloggers.” People who have a site that they constantly and instantly update with their articles and blurbs on politics and trillions of other subjects. If you don’t have a blog in some circles, you are not even considered worth talking to.
If you are an aspiring writer and are mystified by traditional publishing “rules” fear not! You can take the bull by the horns and publish on the web by choosing from all kinds of software and services that suit you best.
If you want a book you wrote to be published, to hold in your hands and give to friends and family and even stock in Barnes and Noble or sell at Amazon, nothing is holding you back anymore! You can literally control the whole publishing process from start to finish yourself.
There are print on demand services that cater solely to self publishers these days. You can have a batch of books printed in runs as small as 50 books at very reasonable prices. Here is just one source of valuable self publishing information I found with a quick search engine query:
http://www.bookpublisher.com/publish-your-book.cfm
There are myriad free sources of information on the web that teach you how to get your own ISBN and UPC codes so you can sell your book in major and minor bookstores anywhere in the world.
I know people who have taken their self published books and gone to #1 on Amazon with them through savvy, guerilla-style marketing campaigns that really aren’t that hard to learn and master.
If you aren’t into paper it is even easier to get published and become known through the internet. You no longer have to be a geek to figure it out and there and tons of resources out there to help you figure out which method of online publishing is right for you.
If you are an article writer you can become an almost overnight success just by learning how to get syndicated all over the web, possibly being picked up by a very major online or offline publisher. I know people who’s entire lives have changed over night, literally, after syndicating their articles to choice publishing “clearinghouses” on the net.
Below are just a few of the hundreds of sites that can help you get started learning about publishing online and offline.
Tale Chaser Publishing is a self publishing directory and information library on various self publishing topics for people looking into getting published online or off. http://talechaserpublishing.com
EquipMint.com is an online promoter’s Valhalla. Although there are many specialized marketing resources there for people to learn about marketing their websites, there are a few gems of information for self publishers including links to places that can have your work in front of every major online publisher you can imagine. http://equipmint.com
You can also find some syndication and promotion tools at Webmaster Traffic Tools. http://webmastertraffictools.com
Want to write the perfect press release for your website, blog, or book? Then take a free press release writing course at http://goodpressreleases.com.
Bottom line is: There are no more excuses for not getting your work published. With some work and research into the new technology and avenues for publishing that are available to anyone these days, you can become known in a very big way without having to pitch to major labels.
In fact, if you really do your homework, you can learn how to have the big publishers pitching YOU for deals!
Jack Humphrey is an author and marketing consultant. More information at http://jackhumphrey.com
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