How to Self-Publish Your Own Book

Learn how to self-publish your own book with these easy to understand steps.

  1. You will learn where to get started to publish a printed or e-book online.

  2. You will learn where to obtain your own ISBN

  3. You will learn where to obtain templates for your book cover.

  4. You will learn how to easily allow your book to be converted into an e-book.

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Steps to self-publishing your own book

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<li>Create a free kdp select account - <a href="https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/">Self Publishing | Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing</a></li>

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<li>In that account go to <a href="https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201834330">https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201834330</a></li>

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for templates you can use to copy and paste or type your content directly into. - https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201834230#template

choose a template with content - https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201834230#template

ISBN -

  1. You can obtain your own ISBN through the only place in the US that manages them all - https://www.myidentifiers.com/identify-protect-your-book/isbn/buy-isbn

  1. My identifiers instructions - https://bwk-cig-apps-prod01.s3.amazonaws.com/myid50/s3fs-public/sites/default/files/Title-Registration-United-States.pdf

Uploading to Print Your Book

  1. You can create a cover using their templates in the program – at the time of uploading your manuscript.

My recommendations

Have second eyes look at your manuscript so that the silent words you did not say out loud are not missing