- If you're in the business of Self Publishing,
I know that you're going to want to succeed
at higher levels than what you are right now.
So, it's important that you become a student of the game
that you study from the people
that have blazed the trail before you.
So, naturally speaking I thought we did just go ahead
and curate the best of the best the cream of the crop,
the top 10 best books to read
about Self Publishing, stay tuned.
Hey, what's up, it's Dale here.
And I just wanna give you a heads-up notice
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Also some of the books that I'm going to mention
there's going to be links to them down
in the description below.
And anytime that you click one of those links,
it greatly helps support this channel
through an affiliate program on Amazon.
Number 10, let's get "Digital" by David Gaughran.
David's an interesting fellow actually,
when he's not writing books,
he actually spends quite a bit of time on his website,
where he is the type of person that shines a spotlight
on scammers in narrative wells that are in business.
He's kinda like your big brother.
He's looking out for your best interests
and your best needs.
And unless of course you are a scammer in that instance,
he's probably going to throw you under the bus,
but this book has nothing to do with that actually.
"Let's Get Digital" has a refreshing look
into the world of Self Publishing
and really starting to build out your brand.
And one of my favorite parts of this book,
is the fact that it is a hundred percent free.
Fair warning though,
David does have a small backlist of books in this series,
and this is the first in the series.
So, chances are very likely you're gonna wanna end up
reading the rest of them.
In fact he actually just released a book
called "Amazon Decoded."
It's on my TBR list.
I'm sure I'll eventually get to reading it.
Number nine, "Guerrilla Publishing" by Derek Murphy.
Don't be thrown off by Derek Murphy here.
He looks like the mad professor, the mad scientist
but he's a deeply analytical man
that really I tell you, he has a refreshing insight
into the world of Self Publishing.
And he also is not afraid to share some of his mistakes
and missteps over on his YouTube channel.
So, naturally I had to take a look at his publication
called "Guerrilla Publishing,"
and Guerrilla not like the ape gorilla,
but guerrilla as in like the militant type person,
doing it themselves.
And that really resonates a lot to me
because I'm all about do it yourself type publishing.
And at about $5 "Guerrilla Publishing" is a fantastic read.
Something that you're gonna wanna take
a couple passes through.
Derek is a fantastic novelist
and it definitely reflects in this particular book.
Number eight, "Secrets of the Six-Figure Author"
by Tom Corson-Knowles.
So, Tom actually is a former guest here, the channel
and I'm still a legitimate fanboy of Tom's work.
He is essentially one of the pioneers
of the Modern Day Self Publishing Model.
And he was one of the YouTubers I looked up to,
when I broke into this business of video content creation.
And even prior to that, into the world of Self Publishing.
And at now, Tom actually runs a company
called TCK Publishing
and it's a small publishing house.
And he actually works with other Indie Authors
in distributing the work.
He's doing a lot of fantastic things.
And even so, if you're not signed to his publishing company,
you can go to his free resources on tckpublishing.com
but "Secrets of the Six-Figure Author"
is a really good read,
it still holds up to this day,
gives some very sensible and practical advice
that you can still follow highly recommended,
and for the price at about three bucks,
you know, it's definitely a affordable
and if you've got Kindle Unlimited,
well, you can essentially borrow that,
through your Kindle reading device.
Number seven, "Successful Self-Publishing" by Joanna Penn.
Now Joanna Penn is an author.
She's a voiceover narrator.
She also is a podcaster.
She is an international speaker,
and she is just absolutely fantastic
in the Indie Author Community
and has provided so much for so many people
and really never asks for anything in return.
And I really like that about Joanna.
And in this book right here,
I will give you a fair warning,
it's a great gateway drag into her deep back list
of books about Self Publishing.
You know, but the nice thing is it's much like David's book
in that it's free.
You only have to invest a little bit of time
to sit down and read it.
And Joanna's perspective is very refreshing.
And even when you listen to her in her podcasts,
you can sensor enthusiasm and passion for this business.
And successful Self Publishing
is going to be a great entry way
for you to take a look at all Joanna's other books.
Number six, "How to Write a Sizzling Synopsis"
by Bryan Cohen.
Bryan actually is another former guest here of this channel,
and one of my favorites,
he actually is the cohost
of the Sell More Books Show Podcast,
as well as the founder for Best Page Forward,
which is a blurb writing company.
They do book descriptions and they have a veritable
who's who list of people that they've helped
in publishing, you know, Stellar Book Descriptions.
And Bryan is fantastic.
He shines best on this one.
And this is probably one of the very few books
that I've read a couple of times,
because writing a book description takes a lot of time,
effort and energy.
In fact, I find sometimes that I will spend a few hours,
just trying to craft a very good book description
tweak it a little bit.
And I always find myself going back to this book,
time and again,
to just review over and figure out, okay,
am I doing this just right?
Because I always gotta think, what would Bryan do?
And hopefully I'm doing him well.
So, in any event Bryan's book actually runs
for about four bucks, well worth the investment.
Number five, "Become a Successful Indie Author"
by Craig Martelle.
He's the cohost of the 20 books to 50k group and conference,
a prolific author to put it mildly.
And Craig's one of those exceptions to the rule
that he's able to just genre hop.
I think it's because he has written so many books
across so many different genres.
I think a lot of his readers and a lot of his fans
have come to expect that of him.
Whether he's doing science fiction, fantasy type work
or he's doing the more recent travel book,
I think it's what he released.
It looks like he's gonna be doing a whole series on it.
Or even for this one here, this is the entryway
to the successful Indie Author series,
it's really really good.
I actually found his books very refreshing
I've peeped through most of them.
And this is probably one of the ones
I think I'm probably gonna go back
and read at some point or another,
because of the strategies that he shares in there.
And at about three bucks,
it's a steal, honestly, give it a shot.
Number four, "Six Figure Author" by Chris Fox.
Chris Fox is another one of the ones that I started watching
over on YouTube some time ago,
one of my heroes coming up into the Self Publishing business
as well as here in the YouTube business.
And he continues to push forward
and put out quality fiction work as well as non-fiction work
through his "Write Faster, Write Smarter" series.
And the "Six Figure Author" book is just a great insights
from a guy that is absolutely crushing it in this industry.
Very similar to Craig Martelle,
Chris kind of, you know, obviously genre hops
he's able to do his fiction brand,
but in the same instance,
he's able to kinda spin this plate over here
in doing non-fiction.
And it doesn't seem to create any kind of dissension
between the two readerships,
and he's able to crush it,
and a big kudos to him for sure.
And Chris's book actually runs for about a buck.
You really can't beat that with a stick.
Number three, "The Prosperous Writers Series"
by Honoree Corder and Brian Meeks.
This is a full series,
but each of the three parts in the series
are relatively short.
So, if you were to just sit down and read one book a day
you'll get a blast out in a few days.
But Honoree Corder actually is a prolific author.
She's famously known for working with famous author
Hal Elrod in "The Miracle Morning" book series.
And Brian Meeks, I've gushed about him time and again,
and I do have him as a guest here relatively soon
on this channel.
He has actually written a numerous fiction books
but also he's very famous for writing
two different books that I really love
which is "Mastering Amazon Ads"
and "Mastering Amazon Descriptions."
The latter of the two is probably one of my favorites
alongside of the "How to Write a Sizzling Synopsis"
by Bryan Cohen.
But these three books are just really good.
I found that the back and forth or writing of the two,
the co-authors really kind of played
out a good yin and yang.
It was so much fun to where you could tell
one person wrote one area,
and then they would purposely handed off to the other one.
Bryan style is so much fun,
a little snarky but endearing.
He's very much an affable individual
that you can come to love,
even as he kind of says some sarcastic and dry humor
in his writing.
And in about 10 bucks, you're getting three books.
That's a few bucks per book, not bad.
It's also enrolled in Kindle Unlimited.
So, if you're in the Kindle Unlimited program,
then essentially is free to read.
Number two, "The Indie Writer's Encyclopedia"
by Michael La Ronn.
Okay, I'm a little biased on this one here.
Another YouTuber I've followed for a long time.
In fact, it was watching his videos
that really inspired me to take the steps forward
to becoming a YouTube video content creator.
But Michael is, gosh, another guy super-prolific.
He has written tons of fiction books,
and he has done a lot of non-fiction books.
Now, "The Indie Writer's Encyclopedia"
is not necessarily something
that you're gonna wanna sit down
and recover to cover necessarily,
because there are some things
that you're gonna need the digest
and there's gonna be something.
So, I want you to kinda think of it more like a dictionary,
that if for some reason you get stuck on a particular term
you hear someone throwing out something in a video,
you can pick up Michael's book
and go thumb through it and go, Oh,
that's what he's talking about.
And Michael laboriously poured a lot of attention
and energy into this.
And I am super proud of my buddy
for really putting out something
that is just absolutely amazing.
And it should hopefully stand the test of time.
And at about $5, it is going to be something
so worth having inside your catalog
for Self Publishing books.
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And oddly enough as we transition
over into the number one book,
if this feels just a little bit narcissistic in me
actually putting my own book here at the top,
but it is "Amazon Keywords for Books."
And Archangel Ink had a huge part in putting together
a lot of the type setting,
for the print and the eBook and such, and you know,
"Amazon Keywords for Books,"
this is a book that's about four years in the making.
And if you think about all of the time
that I've been in this business for six years,
you're looking at just quite the curation here of content.
And you'll see, there's a number of reviews
that will agree with that over on the Amazon Marketplace.
I really wanted to demystify a lot of the whole process
of putting keywords into practice on your book.
Whether it's in the seven buck and keyword slots,
or inside your book description,
or even just through researching your type of content,
we've done all of that inside "Amazon Keywords for Books."
And this is actually the first book
in a three-part series called the Amazon Self Publishing.
So, if you stay tuned to this channel,
you'll be able to get more details
about the advanced reader copy team
when it rolls out for each of those books.
And if you wanna get that book,
you can always visit dalelinks.com/keywordsbook
and you can get your hands on a copy right away.
And hey, while we're kinda talking
about, you know, best content when it comes
to Self Publishing,
actually name 10 of the best YouTube channels,
about Self Publishing and it doesn't include me on this one,
I'm sorry for spoiler alert.
And you can actually take a look
at that video right here,
but hey, YouTube also suggested, you know,
if you've already seen that one,
you might wanna take a look at this one.
YouTube suggests good content every now and then.
So, you may wanna look at this one.
So, I'll see you in either one of these.