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Last minute details before publishing your book

28 September 2017 by Eileen

Last minute details before publishing your book

You are wondering if you can publish a book without a specialised company to help you with that? The answer is yes. Using the Internet now allows anyone to publish whatever they desire at small costs and with minimum requirements. All you have to do is know exactly what you want to publish and check details in order to obtain a qualitative result. Choosing the traditional way may take more time than you expect, but using transcription services in now extremely popular. An editor will decide the value of your manuscript and the quality of the text and the chances of promoting this book will rise automatically.

Last minute details before publishing your book

Here are some tips to help you get your work published:

Make good use of technology

Firstly, you have to know that using some services could seriously help you with saving time and energy. If you’d rather speak than write, try recording everything you have to say and have a specialised company to transcript your entire book. This way, you are going to be more relaxed than usual and you won’t have to spend extra time to proofread all the pages. Transcription services provide dividing your text into sections, editing and time-stamping them, proofreading and quality checked twice.

Decide what your goal is

Some people who are at the very start of their career do not know exactly what they desire from the future. This is the reason why you will need to take some minutes for yourself and put your thoughts together: to whom is the book addressed?; what kind of print are they going to have?; is the text qualitative enough? etc. Don’t forget about calculating your budget from the very start.

Manage your time properly

Time is very important. If you really want to publish your book, besides the time you spent working on it, you have to give yourself some time to rest and think. Focus on your goals and think about what it is necessary to achieve them. Find a place to be just yours, relax and just picture your future. Time needs to be managed in order to be helpful to you, not stressful.

Document yourself

Go to libraries and start buying books yourself. Browse for things you love and gather as much useful information as possible. This way, you will start noticing things you like and things you dislike. Compare books one another and search for inspiration on the internet. Read reviews and ask customers what’s their opinion on details like the cover or the font used. Do not rush, give yourself some time to document before publishing. How do you want your car to look like? Is it going to have a hardcover or a soft one? Trust yourself and your tastes and if you find yourself in a deadlock, ask for help.

Check twice

Before contacting a self-publishing site, check what you’ve done so far one more time. Think about the decisions you made and correct every tiny detail that remained behind. Check if the design you chose is the appropriate one and calculate your budget and investments again.

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  1. Anca says

    29 September 2017 at 9:07 am

    I’m considering writing a book, but it’s a cookbook, so a little different. All your tips are handy though.

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