The Economical Guide to Self-Publishing: How to Produce and Market Your Book on a Budget

Unpublished and published authors alike learn valuable trade secrets to successfully self-publish and market books from the updated second edition of The Economical Guide to Self-Publishing written by 26-year veteran publisher, Linda F. Radke, owner of Five Star Publications, Inc., a producer of award-winning fiction and nonfiction manuscripts for adults and children. Authors that follow Radke's expert advice will get their work to readers faster, while maintaining creative control and making more money! While The Economical Guide to Self-Publishing gives writers the nuts and bolts of publishing, such as copywriting, acquiring an ISBN, editing, typesetting, printing and distributing, etc., in an easy-to-digest manner, it doesn't end there. Readers also receive an invaluable arsenal of conventional and sometimes unconventional methods for marketing, promoting and obtaining free publicity. In addition to updating all information to remain current with the times and ever-changing publishing industry, this second edition includes brief articles from other traditionally and self-published authors, who share their candid experiences on the front lines of promoting books.