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1. What's the Best Publishing Method for You?
1.1. Traditional Publishing
1.1.1. Who Should Consider Traditional Publishing?
1.1.2. Who Should Avoid Traditional Publishing?
1.1.3. Tips for Succeeding with Traditional Publishing
1.2. Self-Publishing
1.2.4. Print-on-Demand (POD): Its Benefits & Drawbacks
1.3. Hybrid Publishing
1.3.1. Who Should Consider Hybrid Publishing:
1.3.2. Who Should Avoid Hybrid Publishing:
1.3.3. Tips for Succeeding with Hybrid Publishing:
1.4. The Bottom Line
2. Best Places to Self-publish Your Book
2.1. Retailer or Aggregator
2.1.1. The Retailer
2.1.2. Aggregators
2.2. The Bottom Line
3. Setting up ISBNs and Barcodes
3.1. ISBN & Barcode
3.2. ASIN, EAN & UPC
3.2.1. ASIN
3.2.2. EAN
4. Book Formats, Genre, Metadata & BISAC
4.1. Genre
4.2. Multi-format Books
4.3. Metadata
4.4. BISAC Code
5. EBook Formatting & Conversion 101
5.1. How to Convert EBooks to Epub File Formats
5.1.1. What is an e-reader?
5.1.2. eBook Formatting Rules: How to Prepare Your Manuscript for Formatting
5.1.3. How to Properly Indent Paragraphs
5.1.4. When and Why You Should Insert Page Breaks in Your eBook
5.1.5. What Kind of Margins Should My eBook Have?
5.1.6. How Should I Justify the Text in My eBook?
5.1.7. What Font and Font Size Should I Use for My eBook?
5.1.8. What Page Size Should I Use when Formatting My eBook Manuscript?
5.1.9. Tips for Formatting Images in your eBook
5.1.10. Images, Tables, and Diagrams:
5.1.11. Avoid Spaces in File Names of eBook Manuscripts
5.2. A Video Tutorial on How to Format Your eBook
6. Paperback Book Formatting 101
6.1. Do I Need to Publish in Paperback?
6.2. What is Paperback (Print Book) Formatting?
6.2.1. Book Covers (Print vs eBook)
6.2.2. Who Should Create Book Covers?
6.2.3. How to Maintain the Proper Trim Size
6.2.4. What is the Front Matter?
6.2.5. What is the Back Matter?
6.3. A Video Tutorial on How to Format Your Paperback Book
6.4. Free Websites for Fiction Authors to Publish
7. Where to Start Book Promotion
7.1. Places Where You Can Promote for FREE:
7.2. The Four Agreements
7.3. How to Get Noticed Online
7.3.1. The Best Book Promotion Sites
8. Feedback: Ratings & Reviews
9. Farewell Message
10. Helpful Resources: Videos, Promotion Guides and Tools