Publish Your Novel: Self-Publishing & Marketing Masterclass
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Genre: eLearning Video | Duration: 76 lectures (8 hour, 50 mins) | Language: English
The Complete, Step-by-Step Guide to Self-Publishing and Marketing Your Book and Launching Your Author Career
What you'll learn
A detailed, step-by-step road map of the entire publishing and marketing process
How to successfully self-publish your novel in eBook, paperback, and hardcover
How to make your book available for sale on popular vendors like Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Target, Apple Books, Kobo, Google Play, Indigo, and more
The foundations and strategies you need to successfully market your book and increase your sales, revenue, and fanbase of loyal readers
How to give your book the best chance for potential distribution in physical bookstores and libraries
All the tools, strategies, and resources you need to not only publish one book, but launch a thriving author career
How to make the right decisions for you, your book, and your budget (and avoid costly mistakes)
How to build your own customized self-publishing plan to ensure you never miss a step or forget a task
Requirements
No prior knowledge required. In this course, you'll learn everything you need to know to self-publish your novel successfully!
Description
Do you want to publish a novel? Launch a successful author career? Build a loyal fanbase of readers? Or turn your passion for storytelling into a lucrative business?
This course will help you achieve all of those goals.and more.
The truth is, it's easy to become a published author. But it's a lot harder to become a successful published author.
The rise of self-publishing platforms like Amazon KDP has made it fast and painless for authors to publish their work almost instantly. But it also means the market has become flooded with self-published books, making it difficult for any one book or author to stand out.
It's estimated that the average self-published book sells less than 250 copies in its lifetime.
And yet, there are thousands of self-published authors out there who do make money and have built prosperous careers doing what they love, some making as much as six or seven figures a year writing and publishing novels.
How do they do it?
Simple. They know the secrets to self-publishing successfully. The same secrets you will learn in this course.
"This course is brilliant! Superb presentation and detailed information that makes self-publishing achievable." - Dee D.
Throughout this course, you will learn.
How to successfully publish your novel in eBook, paperback, and hardcover formats
How to give your book the widest distribution possible including selling your book on popular vendors like Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Target, Apple Books, Kobo, Google Play, Indigo, and more, with potential distribution in physical bookstores and libraries
The foundations and strategies you need to successfully market your book and increase your sales, revenue, and fanbase of loyal readers
Strategies that will not only set you up for success with one book, but will help you build the foundation for a fulfilling, multi-book career
This is not a "get published quick" course. This is a "get published right" course.
Building a successful self-publishing career (or even publishing one novel) can be complicated, with tons of decisions to make, and plenty of opportunities to get overwhelmed and make mistakes.
That's why we've included in this course
A 40+ page workbook full of resources, tools, templates, checklists, examples, and a full self-publishing glossary
Customizable publishing timelines to help you stay on track and hold yourself accountable
Flexible templates to help you create a rock-solid publishing plan customized just for you and your book
A master Self-Publishing Checklist to make sure you never forget a task or deadline
Sample marketing plans with step-by-step directions that you can customize for every book you release
Over 20 tried-and-true marketing strategies to help you launch your book into the world with a bang!
And more!
"This was amazing. I watched this entire course and took away important information in every section. Every new (and seasoned) self-published author should watch this." - Erica H.
This course is designed to be your on-demand coach and self-publishing guide, to help you through the process step-by-step and take out all the guesswork of self-publishing on your own, so that you can make informed and confident decisions while avoiding costly mistakes and missteps.
We will cover everything you need to know including
How to choose the right title and genre for your book
Whether or not you should use a pen name
How to edit your book to ensure it's the very best quality it can be, including how to find, hire, and work with professional editors
How to design an amazing, professional cover that will leap off the shelf and capture the attention of readers, plus where to find cover designers that fit any budget
How to write a book description that will have readers clamoring to push that "buy" button
How to format the interior of your book (including free and paid options) so every page looks amazing and conforms to all the industry standards
How to choose the right publishing platforms, vendors, and formats for your book
Whether you should use the free ISBNs provided by the publishing platforms, or purchase your own
How to select the best release date for your book
How to make your book available for preorder so you can start capturing sales before the book is even released
How to get into the right marketing mindset to set yourself and your book up for success
How to design and implement a customized marketing plan to increase sales, build your readership, and maximize your book revenue
And much, much more!
By following the steps in this course, by the end you'll have all the secrets to self-publishing success, a complete publishing and marketing plan, and (most important) a published novel!
Plus you'll have all the tools, strategies, and resources you need to not only self-publish one book, but launch a thriving author career.
"A wonderful starting point which you can go back to anytime you need. Bethany touched on everything involved in the process and covered it step by step." - Deanne W.
Why Learn from Us?
Bethany Atazadeh is a young adult fantasy and science fiction author, best known for her award winning Stolen Kingdom series, available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook. She's self-published over 10 books in just four years and built up a following of thousands of readers as well as a thriving career as an author. In this course, she breaks down every step of the process to help you make the best decisions for you and build your own customized roadmap to self-publishing success.
Jessica Brody is a bestselling author, top-rated Udemy instructor with over 50,000 students, and founder of Writing Mastery. She is the author of more than 20 novels plus Save the Cat! Writes a Novel, the #1 bestselling plotting guide for novelists.
Writing Mastery only partners with the most qualified writing instructors to bring you high-quality courses you can trust.
In fact, we guarantee it with a 30-day 100% money-back guarantee!
We are confident you'll love this course. But if, for any reason, you don't, we'll give you a full refund.
We can't wait to see you inside the course!
Our students are already on their way to self-publishing success!
"Superb presentation and detailed information that makes self-publishing achievable." - Dee D.
"This was amazing. I am four books in and have been using trial and error for every area of self-publishing. I watched this entire course and took away important information in every section. Every new (and seasoned) self-published author should watch this." -Erica H.
"The workbook, templates and personalized timelines have got me excited and confident for my publishing path." - Amanda S.
"I wish I had this before I published the first time." - IshKiaa P.
"The marketing section has so many great tips and ideas. I will definitely recommend the course to anyone who is considering self-publishing." - Deanne W.
"Bethany A. is a great communicator and I like that she gets to the point every time and with every subject.in taking this course I won't have to spend those long hours watching videos and reading articles on How to..? from many different sources and[can] concentrate on my writing and publishing." - Dinorah H
Who this course is for
Novelists
Novella writers
Short Story writers
Memoir Writers
Anyone interested in learning more about publishing novels
Anyone who has self-published a novel before and was disappointed with the results
Writers looking to turn storytelling into a career or side business
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