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Somewhere inside you there is a book. Maybe it's been there for years — a message you carried through a hard season, a lesson you learned the expensive way, a story of what God brought you through that you know could help somebody else. And every time you think about writing it, the same wall appears: I wouldn't even know where to start. You need a publisher. It costs a fortune. The technology is beyond me. That wall is a lie — and this book is the map through it. Self-Publishing Made Simple is the guide Kimani Upshur, M.Ed. wishes someone had handed him before he published his first book. Having independently published more than 300 books through his own company, Upshur Unlimited LLC, he walks you through the entire journey in order — twelve steps, each one simple, none of them skippable: choosing your path (traditional vs. self vs. hybrid, KDP Select vs. wide), finishing the manuscript, the four-rung editing ladder, copyright and ISBNs, formatting print and ebook, cover design, distribution (Amazon, Apple, Google, IngramSpark, audiobooks), metadata, pricing math, the 30-day launch sequence, quiet long-term marketing, and building the catalog business. Written from a Christian worldview — writing as calling, excellence as worship, publishing as stewardship. Includes a one-page publishing checklist you can reuse for every book you ever publish. The gate is open. Publish the book.
Somewhere inside you there is a book. Maybe it's been there for years — a message you carried through a hard season, a lesson you learned the expensive way, a story of what God brought you through that you know could help somebody else. And every time you think about writing it, the same wall app...
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