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How to Acquire an ISBN and Barcode to Allow Your Self-Published Book to Appear in Retail Stores

ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number. The number acts as a unique identifier of a book...

How to Create a Professional Cover for Your Self-Published Book

Your book cover is an essential marketing piece. Most readers decide to buy a book based on the cover and the table of contents...

How to Get Your Self-Published Book into Libraries

Getting your book into libraries (public, school, academic and/or specialized, such as corporate, government or military) can be beneficial for you...

How to Register the Copyright for Your Book

Step-by-step instructions to register your book copyright to protect your content

How to Design the Interior Layout of Your Self-Published Book

Your book’s interior should be designed specifically to facilitate reading, consistently convey the book’s tone or brand, and meet industry standar...

How to Acquire Permissions for Copyright-Protected Material to Ensure Your Book is on the Right Side of the Law

Copyright protects the expression of facts, information, and ideas, but not the facts, information, and ideas themselves. Copyright also protects...

Your Publisher’s Cataloging-in-Publication Data: What It Is & How to Get It for Your Self-Published Book

A book’s Cataloging-in-Publication Data (also known as CIP) is a bibliographic record created by the Library of Congress prior to a book’s publicat...

How to Choose the (BISAC) Category Code for Your Self-Published Book to Attract a Ready-to-Buy Audience

Learn how to select the proper BISAC subject code for your book to allow customers - who are searching for specific content - to easily find and pu...

How to Obtain Endorsements to Generate Instant Recognition for Your Book

An endorsement, also known as a testimonial or “blurb”, is a quote from an established author or recognized expert that is used to help promote and...

How to Price Your Self-Published Book to Produce Robust Sales (and Determine How Much You Will Earn Selling It)

Pricing your book correctly increases sales. To help you determine the suggested retail price...

How to Release Your Self-Published Book via the Top Distributors and Aggregators

There are numerous distributors and aggregators that will deliver your book to retail outlets...

How to Submit Your Self-Published Book Directly for Sale to the Top Online Retailers

Retailers sell your book directly to the customer. According to Authors Earnings, online book sales account for the majority of book...

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