Are you planning to self-publish your new book? To receive the best ROI, following a few steps will help you plan the self-publishing episode even if you have an agent by your side for auctioning the book or to perform promotional activities. Starting from hiring a self publishing company to deciding whether to convert the manuscript into an eBook, you have to go through immense work before launching the book.
In the following, check out the 4 significant steps to follow for a successful self-publishing venture—
Find & hire a self-publishing company
For successfully self-publishing your newly written manuscript, the involvement of a self-publishing company is essential. Considering the books they have published so far, initiate the shortlisting process. Make sure, the company is well-acquainted with the genre in which your book is written. Explore the number of bestselling books they published for successful authors to ease your decision-making procedure whether to hire the company or not.
Check out the services in details
Besides, knowing about the services they offer is important. Though the websites feature the book publishing services, you can ask about the book cover design services, illustration drawing or eBook conversion services they provide self-publishing authors before finalising the deal. During this phase, have a clear conversation about the cost of each service and the experience of the book cover design or the illustrators.
Hire an illustrator for children’s book publishing
If your book is exclusively written for children, you might need to hire an illustrator that can shoulder the liability of creating the characters you created. On your approval, the cartoon characters are added to the different pages of the boon relevantly.
Focus on marketing your book
As a self-publishing writer, besides planning the publishing, you have to put equal focus on the marketing of the book. You can hire a marketing agency with a strong background to promote self-published books of the same genre or you can do it on your own. Hire an experienced book layout designer, not only to design the book cover but also to draw digital copies of the cover for promotional activities on both digital and non-digital channels.
