Review: Useful resource for those looking to self-publish
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 29, 2013
As an editor, I’m often asked about self-publishing issues that I can’t always answer. I found “Self-Publishing a Book” useful in answering many of the questions. As a published writer, it’s nice having all the info in one place. Particularly those who are first time self-publishers and loaded down with questions.Admittedly, most of the information here can be found elsewhere, free, but it’s helpful reading it from the perspective of someone who has already made the mistakes, taken the lashes and continued on. And if you’re anything like me, your bookmarks aren’t organized and it can be an annoyance scrolling through so many to retrieve information that could be found more easily elsewhere (like in this book).I do recommend reading the book all the way through before beginning any implementation of tasks. The goal of the author was to explain the topics as an overview and give you a general idea of the language, but if you jump in too soon, you might miss some crucial information. His use of links was not overwhelming and I clicked on most of them, finding them useful.Some notes, could have stood to have a final round of proofreading. There were some missing words in the text that required a couple reads to figure out what the author was saying. That said, it’s “Stephen King” NOT “Steven King”. Overall, I found the content useful and worth the read. I did feel like there could have been more in chapter 4.