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The beauty of self-publishing is that you have full control over your creative decisions. You can be the writer, editor, designer, publisher, and ultimately—the owner of your work! However, time is money, and your book design is an essential piece of discoverability and sales—so a lot o...
doi:10.1177/009207038501300328Robin PetersonSage PublicationsSage CA: Thousand Oaks, CA
the bad news is that the work isn't finished once a book is published. There is still the matter ofreviews,distribution, and acquisition. In other words, while self-publishing has opened doors for more diverse books to be published, those books can’t be successfully sold without distribution...
It's a great way to get personal with your followers and make them feel more connected to you. They get to see your personality in action, which gives them more of an opportunity to like you. People buy people, and as a self-published author, the goal is to get people to like you...