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By now, you should have heard of eBooks.
It is pretty much an electronic book.
Just have a look atMake Use Of’s eBook collection.
The only downside with eBooks is that it is only available online in an electronic format.
What happens if you want to publish it and have it in print?
You are up for a lot of fees, printing, and publication costs.
you better get legal advice, find a publisher to publish your book and the list goes on.
Thankfully there is a solution where you canself publishyour own book, or sell it in a bookshop.
The best thing is, you don’t even have to spend a cent.
And here’s how.
If you have created eBooks before, this is a service that youmustuse.
You easily and cheaply get your book published in a printed format with its own ISBN number.
before you kick off, it is a good idea to already have an eBook created.
It is also advised that you thoroughly check it and confirm it has been proofread and edited.
If in the future you do find mistakes, you could easily add a revision to the published book.
So lets publish our own first book.
The first step is to select whether or not you want to have a hard cover and a paperback.
once you nail selected your throw in, you could now enter the title of the book.
Next, select how you want your book to be distributed.
With this, you may have to purchase aDistribution Package.
This can cost around $75.
The next step is to choose the size, binding, and colour of your book.
The next step is to upload the electronic version of your book.
Simply choose browse and upload your file.
Your upload may not be accepted by Lulu as well.
Now, the fun part - creating a cover for our book.
see to it you have a look at all the themes and layouts and choose one that you like.
I have decided I want to make $10 profit from this book.
If you want to offer a downloadable version of the book, double-check you grab the option.
When setting your price, decide between your acceptable profit margin and readership.
So it may be worthwhile to have a lower price and allow more people to buy it.
This can benefit you in a number of ways.
Firstly, the more people that buy your book, the more publicity and exposure it receives.
We are now done.
Once done, click Save and Finish.
You have now published your first book.
All you have to do is promote it and watch the royalties role in.
A good way to promote something is on a blog.
Have any of you, MakeUseOf readers published a book?
Here’s your chance to share it.
