e-Publishing 101: 2012 Writer's Digest Conference Session
The publishing world has exploded with new and free opportunities to help you get visibility for your work. New online services can help you publish your work quickly, test market ideas and create a readership,with little to no start-up cost to you. Get a behind-the-scenes tour of these options, how they work, and how writers are using them to move their career forward. While e-publishing doesn't equal instant success, you'll learn:
- How authors have used online tools to increase their visibility and open up other opportunities
- Which instant publishing tools and services are popular, free, and powerful
- What you can expect from these services, and how they make their profit
- How you can instantly make your ebook available for sale on Amazon and other major online retailers,the same places where traditional publishers sell
- When to make your work free and when to charge
- How to determine if you need physical copies to sell and what kind of investment to make in print production
- If and when you're endangering the future potential of your work by making it available for free or online
- How to decide when it's time to seek traditional publishing options
- How to integrate your instant publishing efforts with the rest of your career and online presence
