Monkfeet: How to self-publish your e-book

NOTE: This event has been rescheduled from April 28 to March 5.

Best-selling author, Christopher Lascelles, whose book, A Short History of the World, has been on the Amazon best-seller list in its category in 2012, 2013, & 2014, teaches you how to publish your book and avoid the sharks.

This is a two-hour course where particpants are free to ask as many questions as they like.

1. Where to begin

• Software
• Manuscript
• Editing

2. Going it alone v paying an agency

3. Ebook

• Different formats (.mobi v epub)
• How to get a good and cost-effective book cover design
• Outsource v DIY – Pros and Cons
• The five most effective sales channels which will bring you 95% of your sales
• What if I need to make amendments?
• Kindle v iPad v Android

4. Paperback

• Formatting
• Typesetting (outsource v DIY)
• Getting to print-ready PDF
• How about review copies?
• Self-distribute v. print on demand
• What if I need to make amendments?

 5. Promotion

• How to get 100 reviewers to read your book for free
• Do I need a website?
• How about social media? (Facebook, Twitter etc)
• What is a blog and do I need one?
• Amazon promotions
• The two best promotional channels
  

6. Pricing

• How best to price your book
• Should I offer my book for free?

 7. Budget

• Cost of making an ebook
• Cost of preparing a paperback
• Promotional Budget

RSVP for your ticket here.

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