Ultimate Author Toolkit: Self-Publishing

Our exclusive Ultimate Author Toolkits provide an assortment of digital content to help accelerate your author journey. Each kit includes over a dozen reports, checklists, worksheets and recordings.

Items included in this toolkit:

1. Manuscript Formatting Guidelines – To properly prepare your manuscript for editing and typesetting.
2. How to Set the Retail Price for Your Book – Factors to consider and research needed to set the price for your physical book and ebooks.
3. How to Get Testimonials for Your Book – Includes a sample endorsement request email.
4. How to Write Sales Copy for the Back of Your Book – The jacket copy for your book is essential for enticing readers to buy and is often used as the book description for online retailers like Amazon.
5. Book Interior Design Tips – Useful for ensuring the industry basics are covered.
6. List of Book Distributors and Wholesalers
7. Ultimate Self-Publishing Checklist – A comprehensive spreadsheet to help you organize the process of self-publishing.
8. Sample Copyright Page – Includes sample disclaimer and copy used on a standard copyright page.
9. Sample Permissions Letter – For use when requesting permission to use another person’s work in your book.
10. Which Self-Publishing Firm Should You Choose? – Report offers guidance about how to choose a publisher or printer, and what to avoid.
11. Author Business Startup Checklist – Tasks needed to start your own publishing business (and as an author, you are a business owner no matter where or how you publish!).
12. The 6 People Every Author Should Hire – Learn who you need to help you produce and promote your book.
13. Resources for Hiring Freelancers – You will need to hire professional editors, a cover designer, and interior typesetter, an ebook formatter and others as your author career progresses. Here are the top resources for finding the people you need.
14. How to Get Funding to Publish Your Book – A list of funding options, including grants and crowdsourcing.
15. How to Handle Shipping for Your Book – Suggested processes for selling and shipping from your website.
16. Recording: Attorney Helen Sedwick Protecting Your Rights and Your Wallet: Copyright, Trademarks and Other Legal Details for Authors (from the 2016 Nonfiction Writers Conference)
17. Recording: Amy Collins on How to Get Bookstore Distribution for Your Book (from the 2015 Nonfiction Writers Conference)

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