Author, Publish Thyself

It's been a few weeks since I last blogged and I've been pretty busy with life outside the world wide webs...but I'm back with a new project to share with aspiring writers. 

As some of you readers may know, I once ran a small publishing company called Sons of Liberty Publishing. While the business is still incorporated, we're no longer actively publishing other authors' works. I did however learn some very valuable lessons over the six or so years we were publishing. The biggest was an epiphany that authors no longer need a publishing company to get their books out to the general public. Much like the music business, where technology has allowed musicians to record and market their music without a record company, the book business has followed the same model. 

That's why I created this new guide called "Author, Publish Thyself! A Simple Guide to Writing and Self-Publishing." During author appearances, I'm asked all the time about publishing and to read manuscripts. I've stopped doing that and steer everyone who asks into self-publishing through print on demand. 

There was a time when authors needed a publishing company because it just wasn't cost effective to format and print a book. Publishers controlled who got a book deal and who didn't. Today, that's all changed with the advent of print on demand services, on-line book sales markets (like Amazon, B&N, etc.) and social media.

Anyone with an idea and the discipline to follow through can now see their book come to life. 

It can however be a daunting task at times to understand formatting, cover design, editing, etc. In this guide, I've laid out a fourteen step process to follow which will help lead you to the finished product. 

If you're waiting around for some huge publishing company to take on your book and turn it into a New York Times bestseller, you may be waiting for the rest of your life. Meanwhile, thousands of other authors are taking advantage of advances in technology and putting their book into the hands of readers. I'm not going to tell you this book will change your life, but it can help you see just how easy it is to self-publish. 

I know what some of you are going to say "self-publishing is for amateurs." While that may have been true a decade or so again, many well respected authors that once worked with larger publishers have moved to this model. Your book certainly won't be amateurish, if you follow the steps in my guide. 

The guide is now available on Amazon as a trade paperback or for the Kindle. Please feel free to email me with any questions you may have about how to get your book into print.