Rushing to Publish Cost Me Three Thousand Dollars
Before I knew more about publishing, I dumped three thousand dollars into CreateSpace to publish my book for me
Like numerous authors before me who wanted to publish, I was ready to hit the ground running.
So ready in fact that when I published my first book ten years ago, instead of researching the processes and how to publish, I paid a service three thousand dollars to help me make it happen. As happy as I was to have published my first book, I was unsure if it was sustainable to do it again.
Thankfully, my first book sold 250 copies. But when the sales stopped altogether and I only had 12 reviews to show for it, I was seriously questioning my decision.
Forward four years to when I slowly began my journey to growing my social media following, which admittedly wasn’t going well. But then one day, a guy named Ben McQueeney reached out to me and asked if I’d be interested in joining his little X (Twitter) writers chat. And that was when it all changed.
After getting to know these other authors, some published and some not quite yet, they taught me something amazing — I could publish a book for nearly free.
That was when Ross Young, Ben, Peter James Martin, and some of the others taught me about:
Canva.com for marketing images and book covers
Reedsy.com for free book formatting
Finding cheaper editors
And how to upload my book to platforms like Amazon
If I took the time to learn it all, I could publish my books for nearly free. Something I needed more than I ever knew.
Needless to say, we authors are in this together and without the help of other seasoned authors, I would have never made it to where I am today.
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I Lost Thousands Publishing My Book