Self Publishing Links For Writers

Traditional Publishing Links

Featured Links, Books, Dan Poynter, Writing a Query Letter, Writing a Synopsis, Book Proposals,
Lists of Regular Publishers, Major Pages, Resource Links Pages, Other Publisher Links,
Other Articles, Links and Videos


Primary (How To) Self Publishing Links

Book Launchers (YouTube)
 Self Publishing With Dale (YouTube) Just Publishing Advice

Rating Publishing Services

The 12 BEST Self-Publishing Companies of 2020

The Best Self-Publishing Services and the Worst. Rated by the Alliance of Independent Authors

Print On Demand (POD) Publishers
xlibris will print your book, on demand, for as little as $500.00.

Lulu
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Print Your Book
- PDF Creation Settings
- Comparing Lulu Press & Ingram Spark
Blurb

Book Baby
- Book Baby vs. Lulu
- Book Baby vs. Ingram Spark
- Book Baby vs. Outskirts Press
- Book Baby vs. Author Solutions

Outskirts Press, the A+ rated and #1-rated self-publishing company (from $899.00)

The Book Patch - no minimum orders, best printing prices, 3-5 business day turnaround, no setup fee, and zero fee bookstore.

Login with Amazon.com's Create Space and access Kindle Direct Publishing, Manufacturing on Demand, or Print on Demand for publishers.

Ingram Book Group is the largest book wholesaler in the world. Ingram Spark Lightning Source is their publishing platform for indie publishers, offering distribution, production, and book assembly. As the largest distributor and wholesaler in the US, Ingram will provide you with the greatest chance of accessing physical bookstores through their comprehensive distribution network. Brick-and-mortar stores are not generally fans of Amazon, and won’t warm to the idea of selling books printed through Create Space or KDP Print.


Comparing Print On Demand Services

Where I Self-Publish My Books (UPDATED for 2023)

Choices in Publishing: Paperbacks

Choices for Publishing: eBooks, Part One

Draft2Digital, Smashwords or Amazon KDP Select?

What is the Best Service for Print on Demand Books?

Ingram Spark vs CreateSpace (KDPPrint) for Self-publishing Print Books

Comparing Self-Publishing Options: CreateSpace, Ingram Spark, and Lulu

The Best Self-Publishing Services and the Worst. Rated by the Alliance of Independent Authors


Copyrights

How To Copyright A Book: A Definitive Guide Copyright Office Fees
Copyright Registration and Enforcement

Cost

How Much Does It Cost to Self-Publish a Book in 2020?

Creating an Audio Book

ACX is a marketplace where authors, literary agents, publishers, and other Rights Holders can connect with narrators, engineers, recording studios, and other Producers capable of producing a finished audiobook.

eBooks and Aggregrate and Digital (eBook) Publishers

Smashwords vs Draft2Digital vs PublishDrive Review
Beautiful Formatting (ebooks)

Draft2Digital Review 2017 - Is Draft2Digital Worth It?


Choices for Publishing: eBooks, Part One

How To Format An Ebook In Word Using Styles
eBook Formatting 101

Smashwords Review: Is Publishing on Smashwords Worth It?

Ebook Distribution: The Complete Guide for New Authors

Learn How To Publish An Ebook For Free With Self-Publishing
Draft2digital is an ebook distributor to Apple, Barnes, and Noble, Kobo and Scribd.

Smashwords Style Guide - How to Format Your Ebook (Smashwords Guides 1) Kindle Edition

Smashwords is a publisher and distributor of ebooks to Apple, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and Scribd, amongst others.

Smashwords Style Guide has helped thousands of authors produce and publish high-quality ebooks. This free guide offers simple step-by-step instructions to create, format and publish an ebook. It's required reading for any author who wants to distribute their book via Smashwords to major ebook retailers such as Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble, Scribd, & Kobo.

Formatting

Book Formatting Checklist Resource: Book Formatting
How to Format a Book (the Free and Easy Way)

Kindle Direct Publishing - Paperback Manuscript Templates

How to Check Your eBook Formatting before Pushing the Publish Button

A FREE writing tool from Reedsy - write and export a professionally (beautifully) typeset book.

How To

I’ve Written a Book, How Do I Publish It? How to Publish with Draft2Digital
How to Make Your Own Book Cover Using MS Word

How to Use Createspace (KDPPrint) and Ingram Spark Together

Amazon Self-Publishing: How to Become an Amazon Author in 10 Steps

The Most Effective Method to Self-Publish while Getting the Best Distribution

The world of deep metadata for your books: LCCN, PCIP, MARC, ISNI, ISTC, OCLC, and more


Ingram Spark

Publish Your Book to IngramSpark for Free! | 2023 Tutorial | No Upload Fees

Lulu

Self Publishing Books | Publishing On Lulu
How To Self Publish A Book On Lulu (Step-by-Step Tutorial)

Lulu Self Publishing Review with Pros & Cons [2023]
Should You Self-Publish with Lulu? Lulu Publishing Review & Book Unboxing

Lulu.com is It Worth It? My Honest Opinion and Review on Print on Demand and Book Publishing Site

Marketing
50 Book Marketing Ideas Every Author Needs to Know

Movie Script Screenwriting Software (FREE)

Download (trelby.org)

Trelby Lesson 3 - Creating Scenes, Charactors, Actions, and Dialogs
Trelby Lesson 4 - Add a Title Page

Trelby Lesson 5 - Add and Customize Page Headers

Self Publishing a Hardcover Book

How to Self Publish a Hardcover Book on Amazon tells you many (if not all) of the steps of doing this on Lulu. The last step is to approve your book for expanded distribution (Amazon).

FREE Grammar Editing Software

Alternatives to Grammarly for all platforms with Free License
10 BEST Grammarly Alternatives in 2020 [Free & Paid] Top 10 Best Grammarly Alternatives in 2020

Other FREE Software
Scribus

Tools

A FREE writing tool from Reedsy - write and export a professionally (beautifully) typeset book.

Videos

Self Publishing With Dale (YouTube)

Self Publishing on Amazon Pros and Cons KDP Publishing: Is It Still Worth It?
How to Make a Book Cover for Free

How To Copyright A Book: A Definitive Guide

Babelcube Review: Taking Books Global with Translations

How To Self Publish A Book & Become a Best Selling Author

Can You Make Money Self Publishing | The Cold, Hard Truth

How To Self Publish a Book Step By Step on KDP in 10 Minutes

Create Space Cover Template: How to Make a Book Cover with GIMP

How to Self-Publish Your First Book: Step-by-step tutorial for beginners


How to Show vs. Tell in Your Writing | AuthorTube Writing Advice | iWriterly

Why Literary Agents & Editors REJECT a Book After the FIRST PAGE: 7 Red Flags | PART 1 | iWriterly
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