- Would you like to know how to self publish a book
step by step in less than 10 minutes?
Then I've got the goods for you today,
so make sure you stay tuned.
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Hey, I'm Dale L. Roberts, best-selling author,
as well as a self-publishing advocate
who wants to show you how to publish books that sell,
and if you want that too, of course,
subscribe to this channel and join me
every Monday at 12 p.m. at Twitch.tv/SelfPublish,
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and get a few freebies in the process.
And this is the final part of the
How to Self Publish a Book Series
exclusively sponsored by Fiverr.
If you missed any of the previous videos,
I highly recommend you click the links
down in the description down below,
so you can see step by step by step exactly what I did.
You finally get to see underneath the dash
exactly the niche that I chose, the keywords I selected,
the cover that was made, and all the content
that was involved in this is.
So before we jump into things, you're gonna need
to prepare everything in advance.
You're gonna need to make sure that you have an eBook
and print book metadata in order.
So you want to have another document
off to the side here on your computer
so you can simply just copy and paste the title,
subtitle, the description, everything that is relevant
have everything in one spot.
The next thing you're gonna need is course gonna be
your covers for both your eBook and print book
and also your description.
Get it to where it's formatted through HTML.
If you don't know how to do HTML and make it look good
go over visit DaleLinks.com/HTML2.
There's full instructions there with my boy, Dave Chesson.
You're gonna need to make sure your interiors
are properly formatted through eBook and print book.
And also, I think this goes without saying,
make sure that you have a KDP account set up in advance
in order to actually publish to their platform.
You'll need to put in your tax ID information
as well as your bank account information.
Now I'm gonna show you how to self publish a book
in less than five and a half minutes.
Start the timer.
Sign into KDP, then click Kindle eBook.
Fill in your title, subtitle, series name,
and series number, if applicable, and edition number.
Fill in the author name and any contributors,
note, only if you have permission.
Fill in the description.
I highly recommend formatting at DaleLinks.com/HTML2.
Verify you own the copyright.
Fill in the seven keyword slots.
Remember, you can have more
than one word in a keyword phrase
and up to 50 characters per keyword slot.
Set the categories.
This is the BISAC selection.
It may take a bit for you to fill out.
Selecting a category relevant to your title
helps Amazon properly file your book
in their unique browse paths.
What you select will not be the same
as what you see on the Amazon Marketplace.
Then, hit save.
Select age and grade range.
Leave them alone if you don't know
or have a book that's widely applicable.
Next, select I am ready to release my book now,
or select the pre-order option
should you need time to promote your book launch.
Click save and continue.
Digital rights management is a way
to protect your eBook against piracy.
Be careful, once you select this you cannot remove it.
Now, upload your manuscript.
I'm uploading a DOCX file.
Next, upload the Kindle eBook cover.
I have one ready-made.
I select the upload a cover you already have
and then upload your cover file.
I have a JPEG file for my cover.
Go ahead and launch previewer to see how it looks on Kindle.
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Make sure you see what it looks like
in landscape and portrait mode,
as well as how it looks on different devices.
Once you're set, click book details in the top left corner.
If you have any spell check issues, click view them.
KTP detected the drop caps in my document,
so I'll simply ignore these spelling suggestions.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page.
If you have your own ISBN and publishing imprint,
you'd enter it here.
Click save and continue.
Decide whether you want to enroll
your eBook in KDP Select or not.
For territories, keep it on worldwide if you own the rights.
Selecting individual territories diminishes your reach.
To make it easier for newbies, select view service
where KDP will give you a good idea
on the normal pricing for your niche.
It's recommending I price my book at $2.99.
I'm happy with that pricing, so I'll select yes.
Now, select other marketplaces
and adjust the pricing below the dollar.
It's how most pricing is done,
and the customers find it more appealing.
And now, click publish your Kindle eBook.
Once it's done processing,
you'll be prompted to start your paperback.
Let's do it!
The nice part about doing print right after the eBook
is the metadata, or the book's information, carries over.
You'll see the title, subtitle, author name,
series name and series number, and they carry over.
I highly recommend you tweak
your book description for your print book.
Another suggestion, use keywords relevant to print books.
I'll leave the category selection as is
and then select save and continue.
In the next step, we'll need an ISBN.
I'm going to select assign me a free KTP ISBN.
Feel free to use the second option
should you have your own ISBN.
For publication date, you can select a date,
if it's been previously published.
If you're releasing it right now, just leave it blank.
Now, select your print options.
You can choose the type of paper, the trim size.
I'm choosing five-by-eight for my book.
The bleed settings should stay as no bleed,
if it's a normal print book,
and choose whether you want your cover
to be matte or a glossy finish.
Next, upload your manuscript.
I'd recommend a PDF as the best format.
Upload your cover file.
PDF is the only file type accepted for this.
Scroll down and select launch previewer.
This part takes a while, so be patient.
Once the print preview appears, go through your book.
If there are any issues, it'll tell you in the left panel.
Some issues are minor and won't create an issue.
In the event they do, contact KDP support for assistance.
Click approve.
Scroll down and you'll see a summary of the print costs.
You do not have to cover this charge.
This cost is included when a customer orders your book.
Click save and continue.
Here is the distribution reach.
Again, leave it to worldwide to reach the most markets.
Now, price your book.
Stick close to a price other books
in your niche are selling.
To reach even more markets, select expanded distribution.
Royalties will drop in that category only.
Select the seven marketplaces and adjust the pricing
so it's below the dollar, like we did with the eBook.
Once you're set, click publish your paperback book.
And you're done.
After I got done publishing both of these,
it took a matter of hours for the eBook to get published.
I actually got an email from KDP,
and then about another 12 hours later,
I got an additional email that the print copy
was available on the market.
Now that you've got your book published,
you're probably starting to say, man, what do I do?
How do I get it out there?
What's one of the best ways for me
to market and promote this?
There's good news.
I actually have a full video series
for you to check out down below here.
It's book marketing for authors.
You want to go ahead and take a look
at this entire video series.
What are you waiting for?
I'll see you there.
Come on, click it, let's go!