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Self-Publishing Your Book: A Guide for First-Time and DIY Authors

Self-Publish Your Book

Self-Publishing Your Book: A Guide for First-Time and DIY Authors by Roger Ellerton, Renewal Technologies, Inc. (2014) ISBN 978-0-9918645-3-9 E-book - 20 pages - 99 cents.

For those of you who are overwhelmed by the volumes of material in some of the larger books on publishing, here's a condensed version you may enjoy. Roger Ellerton has taken what he has learned and experienced as the author of several books and created this 20-page guide. He gives you the basics, outlines your publishing choices, and offers some of the more popular options. You'll get a nice introduction into CreateSpace, Lightning Source, Smashwords, Kindle Direct Publishing, and Google Partner.

If you're stymied as to your book cover, he provides links to articles that will help. I especially appreciate his section on editing, as he points out why it's important to hire an editor and what you can expect to gain from the experience. He also supplies some sites loaded with resources for authors, including http://www.spawn.org (thank you, Roger), and he discusses the marketing aspect of books - again with some links and recommendations.

In describing Self-Publishing Your Book, I might say it's a small book packing a hefty payload. I recommend it to those of you who are new to publishing and who want a brief introduction so you know what to do next and what to expect as a published author.

Author: Patricia Fry has been working with other freelance writers and authors for over two decades. She is a literary and manuscript consultant, an editor and a teacher.

Self-Publishing Your Book: A Guide for First-Time and DIY Authors is available from

  • Amazon, Kobo, and Barnes and Noble.
  • Google Play
  • The Apple iBookStore in your country: US iBookStore, Australian iBookStore, Canadian iBookStore.
  • Smashwords.com. Here you can see my profile and ebooks that I have published at Smashwords. eBooks at Smashwords are available in a variety of formats: HTML (good for viewing in a web browser), Mobi (for Kindle devices and Kindle apps), Epub (Apple iPad/iBooks, Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo, and most e-reading apps including Stanza, Aldiko, Adobe Digital Editions and others), PDF (good for reading on PC, or for home printing), RTF (readable on most word processors).
  • As well as many other fine bookstores.

Books and ebooks by Roger Ellerton

Consider the following books and ebooks by Roger Ellerton.

NLP book: Live Your Dreams NLP book: 5 step action plan NLP book: Parents' Handbook NLP book: Win-Win Influence Self-Publish Your Book NLP and Personal Growth Thoughts Volume 1 Book: NLP Techniques Anyone Can Use
  • Live Your Dreams Let Reality Catch Up: NLP and Common Sense for Coaches, Managers and You covers all of the basic NLP material and is a great resource for coaches, managers and those wanting to learn NLP.
  • Live Your Dreams Let Reality Catch Up: 5 Step Action Plan provides a road map for achieving your goals or coaching others to do so.
  • Parent's Handbook: NLP and Common Sense Guide for Family Well-Being provides effective ways to improve your communication with your children and your children's communication with you, their teachers and friends. You will also learn how to support your children in school and elsewhere.
  • Win-Win Influence: How to Enhance Your Personal and Business Relationships provides proven processes for you to be the difference that makes the difference in creating better results in your life, career or any place two or more people gather.
  • Self-Publishing Your Book: A Guide for First-Time and DIY Authors shares insights and experiences based on my mistakes and lessons learned while writing and publishing eight books. This book is getting a little dated, however there are many ideas that you should find useful.
  • NLP and Personal Growth Thoughts: A Series of Articles by Roger Ellerton. Volumes 1 and 2 each contain 15 articles. Some articles will educate you on basic NLP concepts, while others will challenge your current way of thinking and how you view the world around you.
  • NLP Techniques Anyone Can Use provides ten typical NLP processes that illustrate the breadth and potential of NLP.

For more detailed information on these books, please click here.

These books are available through various online book retailers including Google Play and Amazon.