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How to Self-Publish Your Book With Little Or No Money! A Complete Guide to Self-Publishing at a Profit!

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This delightful book provides the day-to-day, personal hands-on advice only authors and publishers with sixteen years of experience could provide. The unique "checkup" questions at the end of each chapter will help you make decisions about the best direction for you. Read this book, listen to Bettie and Wayne and do what they say.

The book describes how to get started, writing prose, writing poetry, what associations to join, what magazines to subscribe to, meeting expenses, your legal and business responsibilities, the parts of your book, making it "camera ready", printing, when the books arrive, fulfillment, low-cost promotion, the Internet and computers and what to do next. Resources, glossary and index.

Bettie Corbin Tucker has been an author, publisher, speaker and talk-show host.

Wayne Brumagin is an editor, publisher, and poet. He is retired from the Veteran's Administration.

As a publisher and an author of 113 books (including revisions and foreign-language editions) and over 500 magazine articles, I recommend this book to publishers and those thinking of becoming publishers. DanPoynter@ParaPublishing.com.

If you believe your book is your baby, if it really comes from within you, then you'll resonate with Bettie Tucker's approach and how she, as an expert, can relate to your goals deeply in "How To Self-Publish Your Book With Little Or No Money."

And that's only the beginning.

"How To Self-Publish Your Book With little Or No Money" begins with an understanding of the prospective book author's own sentiments and beliefs. The belief a writer has in his or her own message. This book is not for the casual writer or established professional with years of contacts; this book is for the individual new author who has no contacts, but who has something to say.

Toward this overall objective of making a book come to life, Bettie does an interesting thing: she compels some self-examination of the new writer and their material. I'm big on that. Every writer should really understand why we want to write, what we'll write and how to begin the process. Some think this is the easy part - self-expression - but it is vital to get down and get down early.

Because self-publishing is not a mechanical journey - it's much more than business, more than expression, more than mere perseverence; it's understood to be more of a personal growth experience with some real personal difficulties and change to challenge the new author as a neccesary part of their personal publishing success.

This is the secret of Bettie's content: it isn't easy. It's written to be direct, succinct and useful, but much is expected of the serious-minded self-publishing author. How the industry works is critical to understand in order to avoid that protracted, discouraging learning curve of when no one outside seems to cooperate. It's not how to get past the secretary kind of information - it's more of understanding; how to optimize the quality of your book; how to avoid pitfalls and frustrating delays; and how to bring your book to life at a profit.

Was it hard for me? No, it wasn't, but it did demand of me a new way of thinking. And that's the challenge if you want to take your writing to publication. We all write; how many take it to the next level and publish a book?

For your new book to succeed is at the heart of Self-Publish Your Book With Little Or No Money, hence the importance of the self-examination, the brief grammar review and the real-life case history inside. The book has a great index, too, current leads and filled with juicy contacts.

I respect this book, because it doesn't serve up how to make it easy, necessarily; it hands over the secrets to make it work.

I probably sound like a former student, but the new author-publisher probably will, too. That's the relationship between Bettie Tucker and her readers. Isn't that what you might expect once your book is published? I'm searching for a word here... How about gratitude?

For being well written, of course, an A. For being personable and effective, an A+.

Ever have a teacher you really liked? The ones who got results? For helping me get results, five stars.

John Longenecker, Author

A great resource that will guide you step-by-step through the process of self-publishing. Comprehensive and thorough, covering all aspects of marketing, promoting and selling your self-published work. I lacked confidence in the profitability of self-publishing until I read this book. Then, I took a chance of contacting a printing agency recommended in her book and have been thoroughly satisfied. A must-read if you want to know how to protect your work while exposing it to many marketable opportunities. I would highly recommend you read this book before endeavoring into the fast-growing world of self-publishing.

Great information is contained in this book, but seems outdated now by instructions to write letters to various entities and requests form letters etc. A new edition should include more digital resources such as website addresses and downloadable forms. This book also needs another editor who is not so fond of using exclamation points! Can be bothersome! Eliminate some! Please!

This book is an excellent resource for those who want to succeed at self-publishing. Though there are many other books on the subject, I found this one to be unique in that it contains a complete English manual, a test to determine if self-publishing is an option for the reader, and step-by-step guidance. By following the directions and taking the quiz at the end of each chapter, I knew that I was right on target. If you are truly serious about self-publishing, this book is the answer.

How to Self-Publish Your Book With Little or No Money, by Bettie Corbin Tucker. Is a must have tool for writers consideration self-publishing, and experienced authors. The book is an easy to follow reference guide to the self-publishing process, and gives writers needed information on formatting, copyrighting, and beneficial resources. Plus, her step-by-step instructions on marketing and promotion, combines with her experience to direct us into the world of successful publishing.

This book had some useful advice, but I found its presentation to be very juvenile. I would hope that this book's audience, made up of those people who are seriously contemplating careers as writers, would be intelligent/insightful/deep-thinking/analytical enough to put 2 and 2 together. If readers cannot understand a maturely-written book, then they probably shouldn't get their hopes set on making a career out of writing. This book makes it seem like anyone, no matter how dense or shortsighted their writing, can make it in this business, a simply erroneous assumption!

My home is full of self-publishing books but this is by far the best one. It has everything a writer needs to self publish. This is definitely an all-star book. Why? Because it guides the reader through the process one step at a time, leaving nothing to chance. The large print makes it easy on the eyes, something many people will appreciate. It has a sample layout and, believe it or not, a short grammar course included. Who couldn't use this? Want to know if you learned the subject matter? Take the test at the end of each chapter and the final at the end of the book. This book is realistic and the authors know what they are talking about. You can't go wrong on this one. Begin your self-publishing venture today!

This book, in my opinion, is one of the best on the market. First you take a test to determine whether or not you should self-publish. Then the author leads you through each step of the process and has reminder quizes at the end of every chapter to make sure that you have followed instructions and understand the material. Don't go on to a new chapter until you pass the quiz. It is not a book with an excessive number of pages but the material on each page is part of an over-all receipe that helps novice publishers find success. One thing that impressed me is the sample layout that proves pictures are worth a thousand words. I found the info and links to be up-to-date. I read the book all the way through and then thought, "I can do this." If you want to succeed and avoid common mistakes such as the spelling of the word "foreword," this book should be among your prized possessions. Oh, there's also an English and grammar section to give you a brush-up course on needed writing skills.

The publishing world is a jungle. Bettie and Wayne are your guides. Read, learn, absorb their wisdom. I've been promoting self published authors for 25 years. I wish all of my authors had read THIS book first. Rick Frishman -President of Planned TV Arts (NYC) Co-author GUERRILLA PUBLICITY & GUERRILLA MARKETING FOR WRITERS