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NUTS & BOLTS OF SELF-PUBLISHING Self-publishing is not difficult once you have the roadmap and know what is expected and what you have to do to produce a professionally designed book. This comprehensive guide to self-publishing will provide you with that roadmap. It covers all aspects of self-publishing and will help you avoid some of the pitfalls you might encounter. Included in this guide you will find step-by-step instructions on what you need to do before you self-publish, how to create accounts, how to format your manuscript for ebook and paperback publication, how to add a TOC, how to acquire an ISBN and register your book, how to upload and submit your book for publication, and what you need to do after publication. Alongside the step-by-step instructions, you will find information about costing and pricing your book, author services and outsourcing, as well a lot more. If you only buy one book on self-publishing, this is the one for you. Chris Longmuir is an award-winning novelist. Her previous crime novels have won the Pitlochry Award, and the Dundee International Book Prize.

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This book is called the nuts and Bolts of Self Publishing but it is so much more than that. It's nuts and bolts, screwed in tight, providing a solid framework on which to publish your book. Every single thing you need to know is covered, and then some. Even better, it is covered well with the author's experience shining through in every word. It is bang slap up to date with the latest technology being used and discussed. Beginners and experienced authors alike will find this book invaluable. A definite must have for every Indie Author's bookshelf. Wendy H jones, Author

""This book is called the nuts and Bolts of Self Publishing but it is so much more than that. It's nuts and bolts, screwed in tight, providing a solid framework on which to publish your book. Every single thing you need to know is covered, and then some. Even better, it is covered well with the author's experience shining through in every word. It is bang slap up to date with the latest technology being used and discussed. Beginners and experienced authors alike will find this book invaluable. A definite must have for every Indie Author's bookshelf."" Wendy H jones, Author

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Chris is an award-winning novelist and has published three novels in her Dundee Crime Series. Night Watcher, the first book in the series, won the Scottish Association of Writers' Pitlochry Award, and the sequel, Dead Wood, won the Dundee International Book Prize, as well as the Pitlochry Award. Missing Believed Dead is the third book in the series. Chris also publishes a historical crime series, The Kirsty Campbell Mysteries, set during and just after the Great War. This series features Kirsty Campbell, one of Britain's first policewomen. There are currently two books in this series; The Death Game, and Devil's Porridge. As well as the above, she has published two non-fiction books. 'Crime Fiction and the Indie Contribution' which is an examination of crime fiction as well as an evaluation of independently published books in this genre. And 'Nuts & Bolts of Self-Publishing', an in depth look at self-publishing with step-by-step instructions on how to publish ebooks and paperbacks. Her crime novels are set in Dundee, Scotland, and have been described as scary, atmospheric, page turners. Chris also writes historical sagas, short stories and historical articles which have been published in America and Britain. However, A Salt Splashed Cradle is the only historical saga currently published. Writing is like an addiction to me, Chris says, I go into withdrawals without it. She is currently working on a new Kirsty Campbell novel. Chris is a member of the Society of Authors, the Crime Writers Association and the Scottish Association of Writers. She designed her own website and confesses to being a techno-geek who builds computers in her spare time.

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