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Grab your free writer's toolkit by going to http://www.writerslife.org/finish-your-book ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi I'm Jodi from WritersLife.org and today we'll be talking about myself publishing is easier than you've heard here's the most surprising thing about self-publishing it's really really easy I say surprising because I feel like we as writers shouldn't realize this considering how many people have embraced self-publishing and have a lot of success doing it but there's something about the publication process that seems so daunting so many things to think about so hard to get the word out at the end of the day self-publishing just isn't that hard there are really only six things to worry about writing the dang thing this is by far the hardest part when you start writing you think it's going to be easy but you soon realize that it doesn't read like a book there are ton of holes and it kind of sucks you extensively rewrite everything and add a lot of new material you think it was going to take a month but writing your book actually took a year look getting it edited this is where things start to get easier there are so many incredible freelance editors out there after all for copy editing and final polished you turn to a friend maybe someone who agreed to a barter edit since you've edited some of their work in the past and now you're extremely happy with how everything turned out number three cover design you find an amazing and influential graphic designer who may be slightly better known among other things or perhaps you're on a budget and look to a friend or maybe a startup company number for interior design you think about trying to learn how to design the interior but this is a corner you decide to cut you reach out to a few interior designers for quotes and end up going with an incredibly fast and professional designer and the end result looks terrific piece of cake getting everything uploaded you distribute directly via Kindle BNN Kobo and use the e distributor Smashwords for everything else when the print cover is ready you distribute with creative space easy easy easy and number 6 promotions you plug your book to the blogger's and are fortunate to get some really nice blurbs and you begin experimenting with some social media ads this is a bit of a simplification obviously and if you have any questions about the specifics of self-publishing check out Susan K Quinn the creative path and David Goggin there are many merits to traditional publication but if you're holding back from self-publishing because it seems daunting don't sweat it it's really not that hard self-publishing veterans how did you find the process let us know in the comments don't forget if you're having a hard time writing or finishing your book check out our free writer's tool kit they can help you overcome procrastination get organized stay focused and get your book published just go to http://www.writerslife.org/toolkit to get your free copy if you enjoyed this video don't forget to give it a thumbs up turn on our notifications and subscribe down below and be sure to visit writer's life.org for more writing tips and tricks and I'll see you nothing
