Step 0 Fund the Book

* Get a Good Job or a rich Spouse

* Tempting to skimp

* Save Money ($1,500 – $10,000)

* Crowdfunding (049 – How to Use Crowdfunding to Fund Your Next Book Advance)

Step 1 Write The Book

* First Draft (004 – How to Write Your Novel in a Month)

* Rewrite

* Beta Readers

* Substantive Edit (071 – How To Find a Good Editor)

* Line edit

* Copy Edit

Step 2 Make Book

* Type Setting (We will have a whole episode on this coming up soon)

* Book Cover (We will have a whole episode on book covers coming up soon)

* Back Cover Copy (We will have a whole episode on this coming up soon)

* eBook Formatting (We will have a whole episode on this coming up soon)

Step 3 Print The Book

* How Book Printing Works

* Printing

* Distribution

* Fulfilment

* Offset or Print On Demand

* Offset much cheaper, but … higher risk. Garage full of novels?

* Use the offset money to make the audiobook. Episode 95 and 96

* Thomas’ Recommendation: CreateSpace

Step 4 Market The Book

* Start With Branding (Episode 41)

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