Getting your Book Published

It's the dream of just about every writer to get your own book published. I have three books published, in my Weddings and Courtships Series. A fourth will be out shortly. I have self published three books on medieval romance in order to test various self-publishing options and provide detailed instructions for you below. I also have in print over 20 ebooks which sell quite well on a wide variety of topics. I offer several books online for free, because I love providing free content to people (as you can tell by my websites!) :).

Here is a step by step guide to help you get your own dreams realized, and your own books published! Please let me know if you have any questions or comments on this material.

Writing the Book Preparing Yourself for Writing Finding Time for Writing Handling Writer's Block Using a Pen Name Legal Issues of Writing a Parody First Novel when you're Old First Novel when you're Young Preparing Your Book Choosing a Book Title Book Sizing Chart Choosing a Book Size Designing a Book Cover Technical Steps for a Book Cover Designing a Book Back Cover Sample Book Copyright Page Sample Book Author Back Page Preparing for Publishing Writing a Query Letter How Copyright Works ISBN Numbers and Books UPC Numbers and CDs UPC Numbers and DVDs Getting a Barcode Finding a Publisher Finding an Agent Finding a Publisher Writer's Market Publishers and Editing Publishing on Demand / Self Publishing Publishing On Demand - fee based Thoughts on Paying Up Front for Publishing Publishing On Demand - FREE Publishing On Demand - FREE comparison chart Working Directly with a Printer BookSurge - Amazon's Print On Demand Lulu Publishing On Demand Step By Step Lulu Self Publishing - Setting Up the Book Formatting your Book for Self Publishing Print Copy Sample from Lulu Promoting your Lulu Book CafePress Publishing On Demand Step By Step CafePress Self Publishing Loading Up the CafePress Book Print Copy Sample from CafePress CreateSpace Publishing On Demand Step By Step CreateSpace Self Publishing Loading Up the CreateSpace Book Trying to Make a CreateSpace Cover Ebooks Creating an Ebook MobiPocket - Amazon's Ebook Sales Ebook Creation Step by Step DVDs Creating a DVD Selling DVDs on your Own Website CreateSpace - Amazon DVD Sales FilmBaby - DVD Sales My Steps for my Origami DVD Sales Promoting your Book Placing in Bookstores Doing a Bookstore Signing Booth at a Craft / Trade Show Promoting Your Book on the Web Amazon Basics of Amazon Promotion Planning an Amazon Launch Selling Your Book on Amazon's Marketplace Selling with Amazon Advantage My Books and DVDs I Have Published Irish Weddings and Courtships Italian Weddings and Courtships French Weddings and Courtships Badge of Honor - a medieval romance Believing Your Eyes - a medieval romance Creating Memories - a medieval romance Origami DVD How-To Instructions Friends who have Published Books Writing Tips and Online Books Online Literary Magazines Lisa Shea's Homepage