First time self publishing a poetry book! Talk through my experience & advice + Ingramspark issue

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Hi loves! This video is a combination of a full talk through as well as little things I learned while fumbling through the self publishing process last year. My book was a poetry book and I went through Ingramspark, although quite a bit of the advice here is general and I think it might be especially helpful to first time authors or fellow antsy perfectionists who would like to hear of a genuine experience self publishing.

We are going to go over pretty much everything, from perspective to have going to the process, expectations & examples, to gathering your poems (if poetry,) & organizing them, formatting your interior, creating a cover, using illustrations, my Ingramspark issue / experience, marketing yourself, presale information, pricing your book, and even self distribution info.

Something I didn’t go over for whatever reason was editing! Please make sure your book gets edited as well!

Buckle up! Time stamps are below for your convenience :)

TIME STAMPS
1:14 Finish your book!
2:00 My writing background at the time of publishing & to be careful when you look at other authors for comparison. ( be fair to yourself)
4:21 the gathering process & your books length
5:51 expectations and variety in examples (poetry books)
9:41 organizing your pieces & formatting
12:16 interior detail / theme / design
13:11 Illustrations (if applicable)
16:25 Ingramspark doesn’t take T3 fonts... flatten your cover
18:13 picking your publisher
19:38 my issue / experience with ingramspark
23:00 marketing your book
24:07 presale info
25:09 pricing your book
28:15 self distribution info & experience

WHERE TO FIND ME-
Instagram @katrisharose & @katrisharosedotcom
Website / blog katrisharose.com

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