My guide will cover:
Self-Publishing a Book. Means you’ll have to do everything yourself.
Manuscript:
An author’s text that has not yet been published.
Self-Publishing Checklist.
The Self-Publishing Checklist – Jane Friedman
Joel Friedlander – Website
Books Are Made Up of Three Main Parts:
Front Matter, Body Matter, End Matter
LLC:
How to Pay Yourself in an LLC – Website
Matt Horwitz – Website
ISBN:
ISBNs from Bowker – Website
Literary Fiction Genres:
Mexican-American, Fantasy, Romantic, Religion & Spirituality Fiction, Science Fantasy, General Fiction, Inspirational Fiction
Main Genres:
Crime, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction, Inspirational, Historical Fiction
Romance fiction had an estimated $1.375 billion share in the US book market in 2007. Religion/inspirational literature followed with $819 million, science fiction/fantasy with $700 million, mystery with $650 million and then classic literary fiction with $466 million. Source
List of Writing Genres – Literary Fiction Genres
List of Writing Genres – Wikipedia
Categories:
Tortured English, Expressive Style, Romance, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Religious Fiction,
Realistic Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Format:
Basic manuscript formatting and Word styles – Charlotte Nash
How to format a book for print in MS Word – Derek Murphy
How to format a book for print in MS Word – Part I – Derek Murphy
How to format a book for print in MS Word – Part II – Derek Murphy
How to format a book for print in MS Word – Part III – Derek Murphy
Book Cover:
The cover design process – Derek Murphy
Get more advanced tips and some free templates at Derek MurphyHow
Make Your Own Book Cover Using MS Word – Amanda Kulp
Cover Design Basics – Derek Murphy
How to make an ebook cover in Microsoft Word (Part 1) – Derek Murphy
Book Cover Design – Dave Chesson
Book Cover – Derek Murphy
Best Colors for My Book Cover
DeviantArt – Website
Blue – Dependability, trust, thoughtfulness, calm
Dark Blue Deep – sincerity, intuition, truth
Light Purple – prosperity, spirituality, creativity, harmony
Dark Purple – Depth, wealth, mystery, fantasy
Add stars to the background
Dark Purple – Depth, wealth, mystery, fantasy
Blue – Dependability, trust, thoughtfulness, calm
Dave Chesson, Kindlepreneur – Website
(I am not a planner. I am a pantser. I write by the seat of my pants._
How to format a book for print in MS Word: a step by step tutorial to book design – Derek Murphy
How to Make Your Own Book Cover Using MS Word
Independent Publishing Magazine. – Mick Rooney
Welcome to Writing to Publish – Website
Derek Murphy on YouTube – Website
Best Timing for Book Launches: by Mick Rooney