How to create a self-publish checklist, upload your story to Amazon, and work on ads and marketing!

What you will learn

How to publish your short story.

Tips for self-editing your story.

How to create a self-publish checklist.

How to create advertisements on Amazon.

How to create an online and offline presence.

Description

Welcome to my course on self-publishing. If you’ve taken my course on writing a short story, this acts like a continuation of that as we discuss self-publishing.

This course is designed to have three main objectives.

First: I will help you create a checklist on what needs to be done before the publishing stage, such as discussing the type of story you wish to write (if you haven’t already), editing, and even a quick discussion on blurb writing and purchasing an ISBN. This is done with one video per item on the list, for a total of thirteen items.


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Second: Teach you how to upload your story to Amazon. This is fairly self-explanatory, but I will run through each item just in case to help you avoid confusion and mistakes.

Third: Marketing. Marketing your book is arguably harder than writing the book, so I will teach you how to make and run Amazon ads, how to create and build a social media presence, and how to attend book conventions.

At the end of the course, you will have the knowledge to create an e-book, write a blurb, get a cover, master keywords and categories, run ads, and understand how to market yourself.

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Content

Introduction

Welcome to my course!

Type of Story

Short Story or Novella/Novellette
Sneak Peek and First Chapter
Let’s Talk Erotica

Before Publishing

Editing: The Expensive Way
Editing: The Budget Way
Cover Design
Formatting
Blurb writing
ISBN
Copyright
Beta Readers
Running through the Final Checklist

Getting Started on Self-Publishing

Getting Started
Logging in and Homescreen

Section One: Details

Language and Title
Series and Edition
Author and Contributors
Introduction to Description
Publishing Rights
Introduction to Keywords
Introduction to Categories
Age Range/Grade Level/Pre-Order
In-Depth: Description
In-Depth: Keywords
In-Depth: Categories

Section Two: Content

Upload your Manuscript
Upload your Cover
Launch Previewer and adding an ISBN
How to use Amazon Cover Creator
Cover Creation Guidelines

Section Three: Pricing

Introduction to KDP Select
Royalty Rights in Different Countries
Pricing and Royalties
Matchbook Program
Lending Program and Hitting Publish
In-Depth: KDP Select

Ads and Marketing

Building an ad on Amazon Advertising
Taking a Look at the Ad Graph

Alternative Publishing

Draft2Digital
Competitions

Your Presence

Social Media Presence
Offline Presence

Writers beware!

Vanity Press

Reviews

How to get Reviews as a Self-Published Writer

Thank you for taking this course!

Thank you!