Get to Know the Real Story Behind Self-Publishing Your Book

Get to Know the Real Story Behind Self-Publishing Your Book

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Hard Truths Every Self-PublishingAuthor Must Know


(That Advocates Don't Tell You)

By Jill Bennett

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Truth #1: You are responsible for your success (or failure).

This is both a reward and a significant deterrence. The moment you decide to self-publish, you must think like an entrepreneur.

While writing is an art, publishing is a business. Authors are in the bookselling business, and no matter how you look at it, business will always be business.

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Truth #2: Many self-published authors earn less than $500 a year.

Of course, this would imply that most of these authors have bookselling as their night job and that superstar authors like Amanda Hocking are an exception.

With Hocking raking in millions in book sales, Fifty Shades author E.L. James exploding into mainstream America, and a bunch of other self-published successes, it seems like the self-publishing sector is a goldmine for authors. However, a survey of 1,007 selfpublished authors conducted by The Guardian found that half of writers are earning less than $500.



Truth #3: Your beta readers are not all reliable.

So you partially or completely finished your manuscript. You need initial feedback to know what needs improvement, so you get acquaintances or your English major friend to go over your work and provide recommendations and comments. Or maybe you found a few pre-readers from Goodreads or some other website.



Truth #4: Designing and crafting a cover is not easy.

Do NOT design a book cover if you’re not a graphic designer or any qualified artist, please. Creating an attractive cover requires skills and a strong grasp in graphic design and layout. You need to be able to create a collage with each photo blending seamlessly into another. You need to know how to layout images so that they occupy the same space, and not overlap or be spaced away from each other.



Truth #5: The most effective sales strategy is luck… and word of mouth.

Fifty Shades of Grey is insanely popular. It came out of nowhere and generated howls from sticklers for good writing. Yet, it sold 25 million copies in four months. It’s bigger than Harry Potter and looks like it’s going to be bigger than the Twilight franchise, the very thing that inspired it. How did it get this popular? Through online advertisements maybe? Facebook marketing campaigns? Celebrity endorsements?

Nope. The answer is luck and word of mouth.



Ever wish you can be the next Stephen King or Nora Roberts in the self-publishing industry? Actually, you can, if you stop dreaming and start working for real. It’s the only way to achieve success as an author.

Now, are you ready for your journey to the top of the pile? Then, the first thing to do is familiarize the Hard Truths Every Self-Publishing Author Must Know (That Advocates Don’t Tell You). With this guide, you can plan your career as a self-published author. There will also be insights on the things that you need to prioritize during the publishing process. And most importantly, you will learn the most effective sales strategy on how to sell your book.



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AboutJill Bennett is LitFire’s spokesperson and publicist. She has several years of publishing and book marketing experience under her belt. Also under her belt is the mastery in taking care of three cats named Ginger, Pepper, and Marty.

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