Sometime last week, we spoke about the field of self-publishing, and I shared a guide to self-publish in eight simple steps. Today I want to share with you the reasons you should self-publish your Ebooks:
✅ Speed: as the author, you find out right away whether your book is a hit with readers; there is not a long delay typical with established publishers since you bypass the usual back and forth steps. In self-publishing, it is possible to release a book within a few weeks, as soon as the writing and formatting of the manuscript are finished. Further, you also possibly avoid the lengthy process of trying to find a literary agent to secure a publishing contract.
✅ No Start-up costs: manuscripts uploaded to online platforms such as KDP, Smashwords typically do not incur any fees. Like how cool is that?
✅ Freedom to start the next book project: As an author, you can self-publish and then begin work on the next book, potentially been more prolific. You also have the freedom to structure your schedule in such a way that as you are working on the next book project, you are still marketing the just published one.
✅ Direct Access to the Readers: The route to the readers is more straightforward as a self-publisher as no intermediary is censoring what the market needs or not. A self-publisher can go straight to the reader now by writing precisely the books that he/she wants to write and precisely the books that the fans want to read. The worries of; can an agent sell the book, does the publisher want to buy the book or will a retailer want to stock the book does not apply.
✅ Creative Freedom: With self-publishing, you don’t waste tons of time trying to get published, which can take years of back and forth. You go straight to the gatekeepers, which are the readers. If they respond favourably and you have sales, you can leverage that into writing and consulting career. If they don’t, you move on to the next writing project. Either way, you are not spending your time trying to get published, you are investing your time writing the next work.
So would you like to get self-published?
Which of these reasons would make you toe the self-publishing path? Do share with me in the comment session
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