What It Means to Be a Self-Publisher - Write Nonfiction NOW!

You may not realize that when you decide to self-publish you become a publishers as well as a writer. This is particularly true if you decide to produce your book alone without an author services company that offers editing, design, printing, and distribution services. True self-publishing happens when you find individual experts to do these tasks as you oversee the production of your book. In today?s guest post, Sue Collier, self-publishing expert and coauthor of? The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing: Everything You Need to Know to Write, Publish, Promote and Sell Your Own Book, explains the role of an indie publisher in more detail. NA

It?s no secret that self-publishing has gained in popularity over the past several years. Although this is a good thing for authors, too many jump into self-publishing without realizing what it all entails. It is certainly easier to self-publish today than it was back when I got started in this business (1996), but there are still basics to the process that all authors need to consider.

Since most self-publishers start out alone, they will soon discover they will need to play many different roles in the process. And just because they may be amateurs, doesn?t mean they have to produce a low-quality book. Although many prefer to work alone, others hire professionals. Regardless of how an author chooses to proceed, he or she will be forced to don several different hats as they go through the process. (To read the rest of this blog post, please click here.)

This post is part of? National Nonfiction Writing Month (NaNonFiWriMo) and Write Nonfiction in November (WNFIN). To learn more about these events, visit www.writenonfictioninnovember.com, this blog?s sister blog.

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