Amazon's Createspace offers a free publishing platform that allows authors to publish their own books online at no cost. The service allows for authors to sell books on amazon through the amazon.com site, and through Kindle bookstore if the author chooses to also have their book published as an ebook.
Many new authors seek to publish their own books but lack the funds to get started. With the free publishing tools offered through Createspace, new authors can test the waters with their books and build up their following, thus raising much needed to launch their own publishing company.
With Createspace, you can get access to FREE book publishing tools, resources, and a growing online community of authors. Learn how.
Once you have learned how to sell your book, and who your target audience is, then you can graduate to your own publishing company. Here is where you will foot the entire bill for bringing your books to print.
Becoming your own publishing company and building your name and brand is hard work, yet it is fun work. You will be joining the ranks of some of the most powerful publishing houses in the world, like Simon and Schuster and Random House.
You can use the information you learned bu utilizing the free publishing services offered by Amazon through their Createspace program as a stepping stone to building your own publishing company. In order to make the transition from being published through an author services firm to being your own publisher, you have to learn the tools of the trade. In my ebook, 'The Self-Publishing Blueprint', I show you all the steps you need to take to ensure that you not only produce a professional quality book, but, that you also keep all the rights to your book.
If you don't understand how to publish your book correctly, you could very well just hand your book over to someone; along with all of the rights to it. As I often tell my students and clients, in indie publishing, you have to foot the entire bill for bringing your book to print. And not only that, you are also responsible for all of the marketing, promotion and publicity for your book as well as the books of the authors you will eventually sign to your company.
I would suggest however that even though you are working with Createspace, you should still consider purchasing your own ISBN number. This number is unique to your book and lists you as the publisher of your work. It costs $125 to purchase your own ISBN number. If you just don't have it, you can use the number assigned by Creatspace; however, when you do decide that it's time to become your own publishing house, then you will have to purchase an ISBN anyway because more than likely your book will have to have extensive changes done to it, making it a new edition of the book, like adding a completely new cover.
Long story short, the free publishing program offered by Amazon's Createspace is indeed an affordable way for new aspiring authors to break into the marketplace and learn the field before shelling out the big bucks to start their own company. So, what are you waiting for? If you are an aspiring author, here is your opportunity. Get Published: Take your book from manuscript to the masses with self-publishing and print-on-demand from CreateSpace.
Until next time,
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