Self-publishing Tips For New Authors

Marje is never one to hang about! Following my DM on twitter plea for help last night regarding Amazon KDP tax form, she came back with with an excellent link today. Realising my dilemma and frustration are no doubt shared by many she was inspired to write this post – fantastic links regarding all aspects of self-publishing! Many thanks, Marje…so happy to have form all sorted! Bookmarking these – they will be invaluable!

M J Mallon YA Author and Poet

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Recently, I was asked by fellow blogger and friend Annika Perry how to fill in tax details for publishing on Kindle KDP. I messaged Annika the link below via twitter and this encouraged me to write this post to help others with some of the painstaking detail of self-publishing.

Here is the link :

KDP Tax interview:
https://catherineryanhoward.com/taxinterview

I have been collecting many other links which might be useful to people considering self-publishing. Most of these are related to publishing on Amazon Kindle:

Size of artwork for books: http://www.wordhook.com/publishing/correct-ebook-cover-dimensions/

http://www.writersworkshop.co.uk/blog/how-to-format-your-ebook/

https://chrismcmullen.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/kindle-ebook-formatting-example/

https://litworldinterviews.com/2015/07/02/how-to-create-a-ncx-table-of-contents-for-amazon-upload-using-calibre/

If you need to sign word documents this is useful:

http://www.writersworkshop.co.uk/blog/self-publish-book-amazon-kindle-kdp/#format

To make a table of contents use bookmark, typing the titles of each chapter heading briefly without any spaces.

Further self publishing links:

https://janefriedman.com/self-publish-your-book/

Ways to earn money by publishing online serially:

Tapas – A Serial Publishing Platform That Earns Money for Indie Creators via Jane Friedman

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