Publish my book tips for unknown and known authors? Market Your Book: If you aren’t a major public figure, it’s unrealistic to think you can publish your book and the world will just stumble upon it. Making sure your book metadata is as good as it can be is one way for people to discover your book organically online, but you still have to promote your book in order for it to succeed. You can do this via guerrilla marketing efforts, book reviews, book publicity, social media advertising, and so much more. Be sure to plan your book promotion and get a handle on your book marketing strategy before you publish your book for the best results.
Find a distributor/wholesaler: Companies such as First Edition Design Publishing, will work with self-publishers in getting the word out about your book. They have national databases filled with titles that bookstores and libraries like to order from. However, there is a price in using their services. Most expect 55% of the retail price of the book. (15% for them/40% for the bookstore is the general rule.) Typically you will not use a distributor if you’re only printing a few hundred books, until the sales of your book begin to grow.
Keep in touch with your fans. As bestselling writer Bella Andre told DBW (Digital Book World): When I released my first original self-published story (LOVE ME) in July 2010 I took a week and wrote a personal email to everyone who had ever written to me in the previous five years. Almost every one of them wrote back to say, “Wow, I can’t believe you still had my email!” LOVE ME was a sequel to a book that Pocket had put out in 2005 (TAKE ME). For five years readers sent me email asking for the sequel. It was a thrill to finally be able to give it to them.
Standard eBook Submission – we format your manuscript, prepare submission files, and publish to Apple, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Google and over thousands of other ebook distribution points. We include all metadata, and keyword tagging. We format your book in all the different formats needed by our distribution partners, including custom ePub files – also your eBook is fully searchable. We provide your eBook with a free ISBN. Read additional details at Self Publishing.
First Edition Design Publishing (aggregator) formats, converts and submits your book to over thousands of eBook and POD (PRINT) distribution points worldwide and to the top internet retailers including but not limited to – Apple, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Google, Ciando, OverDrive, e-Sentral, EBSCO and more. We format and convert your book to the different requirements of each distribution partner, including custom ePub files. We will assign a custom ISBN for your eBook and or POD (PRINT) publication, as well as register and submit your title to the Library of Congress (LCCN). All academic publications receive a DOI. Also provided are bar codes and minor editing. (see FAQs for details) We also can provide QR codes upon request. We accept all manuscripts for review, that does not mean we accept all titles for publishing. We do not censor content, but do reserve the right to edit formatting and structure to meet the standards of our distribution partners. We do require a digital version of your manuscript, however we do offer print to digital services if needed and data entry typing if you have a hand written manuscript.. See our packages tab at the top of this page for details.