Publishing Your Book
A guide to choosing the right publishing platform
Writing a book is of course the first step on your journey to becoming an author. But you can’t keep that manuscript sitting in your drawer. It needs to go out into the world.
Writing a book is the hard part and give yourself a pat on the back for having finished your book. But achieving success as a writer requires a lot more. It’s not just about having a great idea or good writing. It’s also about how you present yourself and your book to the world—to readers, to publishers, to libraries, to reviewers.
There are several options today. You can self-publish and do it all yourself. There are several platforms today to do this including Amazon and Ingramspark which are two of the best known.
You can go to traditional publishers and see if they will accept your manuscript for publication. However. what you are most likely to discover is the arduous path to acceptance. Publishing companies and agents receive thousands of submissions each week.
And here’s the hard truth. Getting a book published is hard and it isn’t going to happen quickly. You’ll be lucky to get your book into the world in 2-3 years.
The third option is to use one or a combination of the thousands of publishing services offered by companies who provide everything from editing and book design, printing and manufacturing and marketing options.
Or you can even create your own publishing company and make money from publishing your own books. No matter how you decide to go about getting your manuscript published, or self-publishing, here are several things that you need to do to get your book in front of readers. The most important decision you need to make is “What do I need to get out of publishing a book?”
Alternatively, you can select a solution that takes all the headaches out of publishing. We at WriteClick act as your personal author concierge. Which means we help you all the way through the publishing process – whichever option you choose. And it won’t cost you an arm and a leg. Have a chat to us and find out how we can help you get your book in front of millions of readers.
