Self-Publishing Guide: How Your Message Can Benefit Readers

The internet is filled with book writing, editing, and self-publishing companies that will create a book for you. But can their high-volume business models, formulaic processes, haphazard teams, over-the-top promises, complicated packages, and automated author interactions help you fulfill your vision for a transformational book? I offer an alternative, as your personal book-making guide. 

When you self-publish a message that benefits others, your own life can bloom. Here’s how:

• You retain all rights to your content to use, contract, partner, sell, or grant at your discretion and according to your vision
• You keep all profit—no tiny royalties, complex contractual profit splits, limited payment periods, or anyone dolling out money to you
• Your creativity is honored and prioritized as you consider professional feedback and guidance
• Your book is a tool for building your personal, professional, or special-interest brand as it demonstrates what you offer, adding “author” to your authority
• You can send the book as a calling card for clients, podcasts and media appearances, job prospects, and any person or institution you want to build a relationship with

Once you have completed a manuscript, I work closely with you at every step to ensure your publishing vision is fulfilled in ways that best reach your target reader. Drawing on my experience with hundreds of books and five publishing houses, I offer creative insight into the practical ways your vision can come through. 

I will personally manage the process of creating your book. We’ll begin with your idea or draft and a clear view of your publishing goals. Then we’ll navigate every step together—you and I. Yes, it takes a team to fulfill all tasks along the way, but with me you will never feel tossed from one person to the next. Instead, I do all correspondence with them on your behalf. I share your wishes with them, giving detailed creative direction, and review their work before presenting it to you to ensure quality. By only hiring contractors who I have worked with before, I can guarantee they produce quality work with cheerful professionalism. They respond well to feedback, and are happy to make corrections and adjustments until your wishes are fulfilled.