Indie Author Primer Key tools for independent authors Thursday, 28 February 2019 CC-BY-SA — Léo SERRE

Introduction Basic help for independent authors for these fundamental areas: Major Publishing Vectors (Ebook and print) Pieces Needed Quick Tutorial for upload Accounts Marketing Thursday, 28 February 2019 CC-BY-SA — Léo SERRE

Major Publishing Steps Writing Editing Publishing Marketing Thursday, 28 February 2019 CC-BY-SA — Léo SERRE

Major Pub. Vectors: Ebook Amazon (KDP.amazon.com) Smashwords (Smashwords.com) Barnes & Noble Kobo Apple iBooks Page Foundry Baker & Taylor: Blio Txtr Thursday, 28 February 2019 CC-BY-SA — Léo SERRE

Major Pub. Vectors: Ebook Smashwords (cont.) Library Direct (services libraries) Baker-Taylor Axis360 (services libraries) Overdrive (provides ebook services to libraries) Flipkart (Like Amazon in India) Oyster (ebook subscription service) Scribd (ebook subscription service) Thursday, 28 February 2019 CC-BY-SA — Léo SERRE

Major Pub. Vectors: Ebook Google Books Lulu Ingram Spark Thursday, 28 February 2019 CC-BY-SA — Léo SERRE

Major Pub. Vectors: Print Createspace Amazon (via Createspace) Barnes and Noble (via Smashwords) Ingram Spark Print (local bulk) Snowfall Press Thursday, 28 February 2019 CC-BY-SA — Léo SERRE

Tutorials KDP.amazon.com Createspace.com Smashwords.com Thursday, 28 February 2019 CC-BY-SA — Léo SERRE

Pieces Needed Completed manuscript Genre Pick 2 Cover Ebook; Vendors size minimums are now up to 1,400 X 2,100 (Smashwords) Print: Full 300dpi based on the size of the book. 5X8 cover (assuming a 1” spine) is then 11X8” (not counting bleed). That’s 3,300 wide X 2,400 pixels tall Thursday, 28 February 2019 CC-BY-SA — Léo SERRE

Pieces Needed Back book blurb (50-70 words) Recommendations ISBN Very short, 1-10 words. the shorter the better ISBN Discussed before, but… MyIdentifiers.com Vendor-specific (Createspace, Smashwords) Barcode http://bookow.com/resources.php Author Name (as you want it to appear: Joe Smith, Joseph Smith, J. Smith) Thursday, 28 February 2019 CC-BY-SA — Léo SERRE

Pieces Needed Any logos (press or not) Price (print price book is on the book) Author bio (Optional) Photo? Dedication info (optional) Copyright page info ISBN, Editor, cover designer, disclaimer, etc Other Works by… (optional) A word from the author closer (encourage to go review and/or recommend) Thursday, 28 February 2019 CC-BY-SA — Léo SERRE

Accounts kdp.Amazon.com (can use your regular Amazon account if you want) Authorcentral.amazon.com (links your print and ebook, give info on you like a personal bio page) Createspace.com (accounts are different from Amazon) Smashwords.com Goodreads.com SnowfallPress.com Other Publishing Vectors Thursday, 28 February 2019 CC-BY-SA — Léo SERRE

Marketing Website/Blog Speaking engagements Conventions Book Blog Tours Advertising Internet Radio shows Other social media Thursday, 28 February 2019 CC-BY-SA — Léo SERRE

Extra Notes Thursday, 28 February 2019 CC-BY-SA — Léo SERRE

Final Notes: Questions? Additions? Republishing Amazon's reviews http://writersweekly.com/the_latest_from_angelaho ycom/007473_07252012.html Questions? Additions? Thursday, 28 February 2019 CC-BY-SA — Léo SERRE