I'm a teen in highschool and I've been wanting to use my poems to create a book but the way I was showed cost a lot. But thanks to you I'll finally be able to do it, Thank you so much, This will be my way of gaining some money to save up 😊
It's extremely easy if you're not 71 years old, having started your novel with pencil and lined paper. It took years. It's damned good. I'm just going to hire a young person to do the hard part. At least I know it can be done! Thanks!
I understand this message so much, I'm only 33 and I too still use line paper and pencil. I lived under a rock for a while, but now have broke out the shell and ready for the next step. Congratulations on your book completion 🎉
I'll be finishing my first novel that I started 15 years ago and I wasn't sure how to get started. When I looked into the cost I didn't think I'd be able to pursue. Then your video was recommended and omg, thank-you! I will be the first in my family to ever do anything like this! I am so excited! Thank you for the step by step video! Thank you so much!!! Just subscribed!!!
thank you so much I am writting my first book and have wanted to for years but i am finally doing it so this has been so helpful I am 64 and so this is so amazing
Bethany! You are awesome. I'm so glad I found your channel a few years ago. You are the reason I decided to give self publishing a try even though I have been terrified at times! I just finished the first draft of my debut novel, and I am using your videos to guide me every step of the way. I will definitely come back to this video when I am ready to upload it! Thanks for making easy to understand videos for us!
I like your ‘judging a book by its cover’ advice. I’m not wowed by my covers and am so excited to have them redone this year by a professional service!!
Thank you so much; it's a great help! 😚🤩 My book will be published in the beginning of 2024, the 10th anniversary I started making scrapbooking interactive photo albums (scrapbooking book). Dominique
Hi Bethany This is my first day researching self publishing and you helped to alleviate about 95% of the anxiety. Looking forward to watching your other videos. Thank you!
Ma'am. You're absolutely amazing. I truly do appreciate your walk through. I have a Book I'm trying to publish and have many Publishers interested in the Book . But I have to pay them to get that done. I'm not capable of doing that now for some reasons that would send chills up your spine. But that's another story for another time. I'm considering doing it myself but I'm skittish that I could mess up as it's my first time. Thanks again. I would keep up with your program to assist me figure things out much better. Respectfully... Chima Agim.
Hi Bethany! It was great to have refresher on how to publish a book. I didn't know that it was possible to use Draft to Digital to change an eBook to a PDF, that's good to know. Thank you as always for taking the time to put up great quality videos.
You're videos are such a great tool to have! They're informative and gave me the encouragement to finish my novel, which I just released the beginning of this month. Thank you for all your hard work!
I wrote a 10 page story in college for a writing class, that's turn into a full short story. While I'm currently not planning to write for a living I've always wanted to publish it, but looking at cost and help I could never afford it. Seeing you break down the steps makes me feel like I could!
Thank you for being so clear and detailed in your description about how to get published.. I knew it was an easier process than what other services had indicated. I feel confident and will publish by the end of February. Thanks again.
This was very helpful! I'll have to remember to come back to it when I'm ready to publish. Ironically, I created my D2D account today (had to wait b/c I wasn't legally allowed to make one and then forgot for a couple months) and played around with a short story that I wrote. Your videos are so helpful and I don't know what I would do if I hadn't found your account. Also, I love your books and can't wait for The Secret Curse to be released!
As a first time novelist, this was the most helpful video on UA-cam. As a former high school English and journalism teacher, I found your explanations extremely easy to follow. Making the shift from being a produced and optioned screenwriter, I thank you for all your help. Continued success with your own books.
My subscribers have been wanting me to make a cookbook and I'm pretty clueless not to mention scared that I won't make a profit, or I'll get in over my head. This was definitely very helpful. Can you tell me how much percentage does Amazon take for print version and do they distribute globally with print version. Also does the pricing include shipping for the printed version. I plan on doing e-book also but most of my subscribers specified they want a print version. Thank you, so much for an awesome video.
This is why I LOVE Bethany's videos! I feel like I should also thank her sister-in-law, Cassandra for the question :) Love this comprehensive breakdown on the publishing process - it's so quick and easy with multiple options! This video will definitely be rewatched in the future. Everytime I finish a final draft, this will be my go-to guide. As someone who wants to eventually quit my remote work and become a full-time writer, this was so valuable! Thanks, Bethany :)
@@BethanyAtazadeh hello Bethany! I was wondering if you have any video on how to get your book in libraries as an indie author, I don't want to be traditionally published so I was wondering how to self publish and still have my book in popular libraries like b&n
@@BethanyAtazadeh Thanks - I didn't know this pathway was so streamlined. What is your take on traditional publishing houses in today's landscape, or market(?) Another thing: I do not have - nor do I want - to use friends, family or followers for book promotion. Does that automatically mean that indie publishing is off the table?
I've been working on a fiction fantasy book for about 6 months and I'm about halfway finished, but I already have everything planned out for the story. Excited to go back to this video when I finish it!
I am currently editing my first book and excited to find you. Your video made it seem like I can do this. I’ve subscribed so i can get more information. Thank you.
Ah, thank you!! I'm a Modern Foreign Language tutor and have had problems finding learning materials for teens & adults, so I've created a couple of books myself that I'm determined to share with other teachers and with students who are looking for practice materials or for lone learning. I'm very excited about trying all this out.
Hi Bethany. I'm new to you. I love your info and I've subscribed. I will probably try KDP first. I haven't looked at it yet. But does my book that I upload have to be 1 giant file of my entire book? I'll have to watch your KDP tutorial. I can't imagine. Also I have questions about size. So much to learn. Thank you sooo much for your great information. Once I have time, I'd like to read some of your books. The series I'm working on is Sci-fan.
Thank you for this video! I want to publish an anthology about some of the poems I’ve written while in a depressive state :3 fun how that is, isn’t it?
thank you so much again Bethany you are literally giving me so much rihgt now including renewed hope and that is alot to give . may the creator bless you!
Thanks Bethany. This was a fantastic tool, My first book with lots of questions, and you answered most of them with one video. My heartfelt appreciation.
Thank you again so much. This video was what I'm looking for after publishing my first book. I started a sequel, but I needed to find a cheaper way to publish the next one, so thank you.
I have watched a ton of your videos. They are AMAZING! What I can't figure out is how to find a font that is free for commercial use and is verified to be compatible with KDP for print. I haven't seen anything on any of your videos that addresses this in depth. Thanks.
Thank you, glad they're helpful! That's not my area of expertise to be honest, but I bet if you google something like public domain font or "free to use font" you can find info on that!
Great video and something I have been looking for as I am ready to push my books into the world (republish and new books), definitely will check out your other videos, thank you.
Thank you so much for this! I wrote stories on Wattpad for years and started to desire publishing but just the very thought of the process was so scary to me. Now I'm looking forward to and even excited to finish my stories so I could one day do this. You're heaven sent!
Thank you so much for this video! This was super helpful. What if I want to publish my book in ebook AND paperback? Do I need to do the whole process again for paperback?
Glad it was helpful! I show this in the linked video where I show the paperback uploading process as well (it's in the description I think if you're interested) but once you have an ebook, it'll offer the option to link a paperback and fill in a lot of the same info automatically.
Kudos and thank you so much! This is one of the best self-publishing tutorials I have seen amongst many. You are amazing and thank you for all the guidance. All the best and much success to you 💖🎉
We have written a book, done the design through Canva (hardcopy) and tried to publish through KDP. Our book keeps being sent back from KDP for editing of the cover. . . not in the line in the line. So frustrating. . its been done from 6 months. so frustrating.
I'm very new to Amazon publishing. I just wrote and published my first KDP printed paperback children's book. I'm now adding my book to the Kindle store. Is there a rule that helps me gage how much my Kindle book should sell for, vs. the KDP paperback? My children's book, "Whiskers of the Heart" is 35 pages and all pages are fully illustrated color pages. I could really use some insight. BTW... I LOVED your videos on publishing and 'blurbs'
This is a great video, thank you! One thing I do want to caution though, the cover dimensions for Barnes & Noble are different than the ones for kdp. Also, I found that there's a bit of a difference between ingrams park and KDP as well. So if you're going to use those different services, you're going to need different size covers. The person I got my covers from adjusted for the different services and no extra charge.
Just starting out. Had friend to help me make a ebook but after viewing it, it wasn't edited correctly and it doesn't get me the ability to correct it. But would enjoy following your teachings. Thank you
Hmmm KDP doesn't charge so I'm worried for you that you may have accidentally worked with a company pretending to be KDP (this is unfortunately very common, there are a lot of scams out there around KDP, but the real thing is free I promise!)
Thank you! Unfortunately I don’t because it’s just too dependent on the genre and industry and author preference. The short answer is to publish very similar to your competition/same genre books.
My usual is KDP, but I first tried Lulu just for printing, not publishing and sometimes still do it. It's the only one that cooperated when I tried to print a sort of proof copy for the first chapter of my graphic novel
Thank you so much ma'am for this video. I am about to publish one non-fiction book in few weeks and this video is surely going to help me a lot. I will surely send you a copy once done, once again...thank a lot ☺
KDP is free? I almost paid a guy who claims he’s a rep from KDP $500 to proofread and publish my book. I’m glad I came across your video. Much appreciated!
Great details explanation Bethany. Thank you very much! I have a couple of questions for you. I noticed there are 3 options for publishing a book, ebook, paperback, and Beta hardcover. Is the Hardcover option available yet? My second question is the following; toward the end of the video, you enter Grace House Press as your Publishing Company. I thought Amazon KDP was your publishing company. What's the difference?
Right now, I'm trying to figure out how to publish my children's book, but all the print options in KDP and Lulu, the two I use, are portrait-wise dimensions. It's 10 wide and 7 long, but the only option on KDP was 7 wide and 10 long. (Actually I first tried 10x8, but I thought I'd have to change it, but 10x8 is what I was originally looking for)
This was SO helpful! THANK YOU!!! Do I need to create a publishing house withs DBA to publish my books under that? Or how do you suggest to publish? Also, what if you have multiple businesses - and want to maybe do different publishing houses for each? Or do I do a main one? I will be publishing novels, self-help, inspirational, bible studies and devotionals, journals, planners, poetry books, & children's books...
What a great video!! Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge!! I do have one question about print books. What if I want to get an ARC copy before it's actually published? Is that possible?
Thank you so much for this information. It was very helpful for someone who knows nothing but Amazon KU lol, I needed to know about the ePUB when you told us about it because I was totally unaware. lol
Thank you much. I was about to self publish my book but at final step I found out they don't publish for free anymore. I was disheartened until you saved m
I’m almost in middle school so I start to save things like this because I am starting to write books and it’s fun but I’m saving this so I can publish them eventually!
I have a typed manuscript left to me from my grandfather. I’ve had it for almost 20 years! I NEED to publish it. It was his biggest wish! I’m assuming to begin, I need to type the whole thing into a word doc? There’s no where to mail the typed manuscript anymore, correct? When I’m typing it, are there certain margins I have e to stay within?
I started dictating my books on Loom (video platform). The platform produces a transcript of the video. I drop the transcript into ChatGPT to remove the timestamps (be sure to prompt it to NOT change any other text). Then I drop the transcript into Word/Google doc and edit. It's the difference between typing 2000 words/per hour and producing 2000 words in 15 minutes. I've published 8 books this way.
Thanks i really want to publish my books! I have a question about the larger arc of a series.. how do you finish book 1 say, but not conclude the umbrella arc? Doesnt book 1 feel unfinished? Thanks so much
That's a tough question to answer in a comment box BUT I'm excited to say I have a whole playlist about series and I know I talk about that in a couple videos - here's the link: ua-cam.com/play/PL3IFBPbxQRyrI7g9Zmt9Q2fOKDrxoRinN.html&si=4_mziJBBOu9M_NZY
Great video! The only thing I would mention is that if you want your content copyrighted, there is a $65 fee for that... technically, having a copyright page in your book is the best first step, but to really solidify the protection, it could be registered.
Unfortunately I have copyright and my books still get stolen and pirated. Unless I want to take them to court, the copyright does nothing for me. Plus in the US your work is copyrighted the moment you write it.
Great video, thank you so much. I have only one question, if you want to format for ebook only, what do you recommend during the actual writing process? Is it easier to do some "preformatting" before plugging it into D2D? Or just basics like chapter headers and assorted illustration, and D2D takes care of most of it?
Thank you for this very informative information. I'm trying to get my book published. I'm thinking of going through a publishing company being that it's my first book and new to this process. And as far as the editing formatting cover etc I rather leave that to the professionals instead of doing it myself. But I do wanna do self publishing because I wanna have control over my book. And most publishing companies you have to pay which I don't really want to. But they said that I will still have the royalties to my book Would you be able to to recommend sites to get advice from professional authors etc
Thank you so much for this video! I worked with a editor/publisher from my church and it cost me $2500 for them to help me and they used KDP. I have been asked to do an "uncensored" version of my story since it was dumbed down by my editor and was scared about spending another $2500 but now I can do it myself thanks to you :) I do wonder what your opinion is on my cover, since I am releasing pretty much the same book but with my graphic details do I need to change the cover or keep it the same?
Bethany, I am grateful for this information. However, I am now confused about the physical books. How do I go about getting the hard copies if the ebook is that simple?
Great video and certainly really helpful for those who want to self publish books. 😊 I would suggest that in future videos, try to get the sound of your video edited (I was listening to it with headphones, and the background felt a bit too noisy at times). You have a great sounding voice, so if you get that sorted out, you'll sound even better. If you need help with that contact me, I'll be willing to help out. 🙂
Thank you, I appreciate the kind feedback! Unfortunately, I'm not tech savvy and am a full time mom, so while I'd definitely like to learn more about sound quality, it's something that will have to happen slowly over time just due to always being behind on my work haha... But I'll make a note to work on it when I can!
Thanks for your ideas and suggestions and great method for publishing own book for free. I am eagerly looking for this a long time. Thanks Have a great day 🎉
My daughter is 7 and she loves making her own little books with paper and staples the paper together. I would love to suprise her with one of her stories on a hard cover book.. Any suggestions..TY
I'm a teen in highschool and I've been wanting to use my poems to create a book but the way I was showed cost a lot. But thanks to you I'll finally be able to do it, Thank you so much, This will be my way of gaining some money to save up 😊
Please do say after published
@@hasna_pov i will!!!
This is sooo impressive... get started!!! I wish you massive sales.
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@@diannesyme6392 thank you so much!!!
It's extremely easy if you're not 71 years old, having started your novel with pencil and lined paper. It took years. It's damned good. I'm just going to hire a young person to do the hard part. At least I know it can be done! Thanks!
I understand this message so much, I'm only 33 and I too still use line paper and pencil. I lived under a rock for a while, but now have broke out the shell and ready for the next step. Congratulations on your book completion 🎉
Well damn... now I want to read this book of yours!
That was a great lead in and I'm hooked!
Big J
This was great you're a great teacher.
Typing physical works was one of the first jobs for computers
Can’t you just stick a manuscript along with illustrations into an envelope and a stamp please?
Thank for this video! You don’t know how much it helps, being an indie author starting this journey. Precise and on point!🙏🏼
So happy to hear that, thank you!
This video made publish so much simpler than I thought it was. I can not wait to use it for my book when I finish it!!!
Yay so glad to hear it!
I have alot of ideas for many books, and it feels overwhelming . Im thankful for this.
I'll be finishing my first novel that I started 15 years ago and I wasn't sure how to get started. When I looked into the cost I didn't think I'd be able to pursue. Then your video was recommended and omg, thank-you! I will be the first in my family to ever do anything like this! I am so excited! Thank you for the step by step video! Thank you so much!!! Just subscribed!!!
So happy to hear that, you’ve got this! 🎉
I am 12 years old and I've written so many novels by now but I didn't know how to publish them. Thank you for making it easier! ❤
Glad I could help!
GIRL I CAN'T BELIEVE THOSE EXIST! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
This content is just phenomenal! You provide such a wealth of knowledge and easy to follow steps and techniques.
So glad you enjoyed it!
thank you so much I am writting my first book and have wanted to for years but i am finally doing it so this has been so helpful I am 64 and so this is so amazing
Bethany! You are awesome. I'm so glad I found your channel a few years ago. You are the reason I decided to give self publishing a try even though I have been terrified at times! I just finished the first draft of my debut novel, and I am using your videos to guide me every step of the way. I will definitely come back to this video when I am ready to upload it! Thanks for making easy to understand videos for us!
Thanks Elizabeth, that means a lot to hear!! 🥰
I like your ‘judging a book by its cover’ advice. I’m not wowed by my covers and am so excited to have them redone this year by a professional service!!
Ooooh! Have fun!
Thank you so much; it's a great help! 😚🤩 My book will be published in the beginning of 2024, the 10th anniversary I started making scrapbooking interactive photo albums (scrapbooking book). Dominique
Hi Bethany This is my first day researching self publishing and you helped to alleviate about 95% of the anxiety. Looking forward to watching your other videos. Thank you!
Yay so glad to hear that!
Very encouraging! Looks like I may be able to do this after all ! Thanks !
Ma'am.
You're absolutely amazing.
I truly do appreciate your walk through.
I have a Book I'm trying to publish and have many Publishers interested in the Book .
But I have to pay them to get that done.
I'm not capable of doing that now for some reasons that would send chills up your spine.
But that's another story for another time.
I'm considering doing it myself but I'm skittish that I could mess up as it's my first time.
Thanks again.
I would keep up with your program to assist me figure things out much better.
Respectfully...
Chima Agim.
Hi Bethany! It was great to have refresher on how to publish a book. I didn't know that it was possible to use Draft to Digital to change an eBook to a PDF, that's good to know. Thank you as always for taking the time to put up great quality videos.
So glad it was helpful, thank you! :)
You're videos are such a great tool to have! They're informative and gave me the encouragement to finish my novel, which I just released the beginning of this month. Thank you for all your hard work!
Thank you so much!
I wrote a 10 page story in college for a writing class, that's turn into a full short story. While I'm currently not planning to write for a living I've always wanted to publish it, but looking at cost and help I could never afford it. Seeing you break down the steps makes me feel like I could!
I'm a 10 year old I really want to publish a book about what I learned in my classes
Do it !!! 💖💖😎😎
THATS SO COOL
Thank you for being so clear and detailed in your description about how to get published.. I knew it was an easier process than what other services had indicated. I feel confident and will publish by the end of February. Thanks again.
It’s the end of February, how did you process go?
This was very helpful! I'll have to remember to come back to it when I'm ready to publish. Ironically, I created my D2D account today (had to wait b/c I wasn't legally allowed to make one and then forgot for a couple months) and played around with a short story that I wrote. Your videos are so helpful and I don't know what I would do if I hadn't found your account. Also, I love your books and can't wait for The Secret Curse to be released!
This video is very helpful as I’m self publishing my book in may 2025. Will recommend this video for beginners looking to self publish their book.
Thank you, so glad to hear that!
your video was very helpful I will definitely be publishing my children's book this year, thank you 😀
Glad it was helpful!
As a first time novelist, this was the most helpful video on UA-cam. As a former high school English and journalism teacher, I found your explanations extremely easy to follow. Making the shift from being a produced and optioned screenwriter, I thank you for all your help. Continued success with your own books.
So happy to hear it was helpful!
My subscribers have been wanting me to make a cookbook and I'm pretty clueless not to mention scared that I won't make a profit, or I'll get in over my head. This was definitely very helpful. Can you tell me how much percentage does Amazon take for print version and do they distribute globally with print version. Also does the pricing include shipping for the printed version. I plan on doing e-book also but most of my subscribers specified they want a print version. Thank you, so much for an awesome video.
This is why I LOVE Bethany's videos! I feel like I should also thank her sister-in-law, Cassandra for the question :)
Love this comprehensive breakdown on the publishing process - it's so quick and easy with multiple options!
This video will definitely be rewatched in the future. Everytime I finish a final draft, this will be my go-to guide.
As someone who wants to eventually quit my remote work and become a full-time writer, this was so valuable!
Thanks, Bethany :)
Aww thanks Avi, I appreciate that a lot! :D
@@BethanyAtazadeh hello Bethany! I was wondering if you have any video on how to get your book in libraries as an indie author, I don't want to be traditionally published so I was wondering how to self publish and still have my book in popular libraries like b&n
@@BethanyAtazadeh Thanks - I didn't know this pathway was so streamlined. What is your take on traditional publishing houses in today's landscape, or market(?)
Another thing: I do not have - nor do I want - to use friends, family or followers for book promotion. Does that automatically mean that indie publishing is off the table?
I've been working on a fiction fantasy book for about 6 months and I'm about halfway finished, but I already have everything planned out for the story. Excited to go back to this video when I finish it!
I am currently editing my first book and excited to find you. Your video made it seem like I can do this. I’ve subscribed so i can get more information. Thank you.
Awesome, glad it was helpful!
Ah, thank you!! I'm a Modern Foreign Language tutor and have had problems finding learning materials for teens & adults, so I've created a couple of books myself that I'm determined to share with other teachers and with students who are looking for practice materials or for lone learning. I'm very excited about trying all this out.
I am soo glad I clicked your video after searching a easy to do book video. Thank you, sister in law, Patricia, for allow Bethany to do this video. 😊😊
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Bethany. I'm new to you. I love your info and I've subscribed. I will probably try KDP first. I haven't looked at it yet. But does my book that I upload have to be 1 giant file of my entire book? I'll have to watch your KDP tutorial. I can't imagine. Also I have questions about size. So much to learn. Thank you sooo much for your great information. Once I have time, I'd like to read some of your books. The series I'm working on is Sci-fan.
Thank you so much for all the information you provided. Great video and editing
You did a great job explaining the process, thank you Bethany!
Thank you for this video! I want to publish an anthology about some of the poems I’ve written while in a depressive state :3 fun how that is, isn’t it?
thank you so much again Bethany you are literally giving me so much rihgt now including renewed hope and that is alot to give . may the creator bless you!
This is so clear cut and to the point, this video is well appreciated. As an Indie author starting my creative journey, this was just wonderful.
Thank you! Glad it was helpful!
Hi Bethany, I've been wanting to self-publish but always had this fear. The way you laid everything out makes me less afraid, thank you ❤
Thanks Bethany. This was a fantastic tool, My first book with lots of questions, and you answered most of them with one video. My heartfelt appreciation.
This is such a wonderful overall guide! Thank you for sharing this information with us 😊
So glad it was helpful, thank you!
Thanks Bethany - great video! I will watch this again!
Thank you again so much. This video was what I'm looking for after publishing my first book. I started a sequel, but I needed to find a cheaper way to publish the next one, so thank you.
Thanks I am looking to publish my first coaching tutorial and this was great.
Yay! So glad it was helpful!
I have watched a ton of your videos. They are AMAZING! What I can't figure out is how to find a font that is free for commercial use and is verified to be compatible with KDP for print. I haven't seen anything on any of your videos that addresses this in depth. Thanks.
Thank you, glad they're helpful! That's not my area of expertise to be honest, but I bet if you google something like public domain font or "free to use font" you can find info on that!
Thank you very much. This is a time, frustration and money saver. Watch this once then re-watch and take notes, folks. 😎😎💖💖
So glad it helped!
Fantastic. You are so helpful and precise. Thank you so much for such outstanding tuition.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you! You are a great communicator and teacher!😀
Wow, thank you!
Great video and something I have been looking for as I am ready to push my books into the world (republish and new books), definitely will check out your other videos, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for this! I wrote stories on Wattpad for years and started to desire publishing but just the very thought of the process was so scary to me. Now I'm looking forward to and even excited to finish my stories so I could one day do this. You're heaven sent!
Thank you so much for this video! This was super helpful. What if I want to publish my book in ebook AND paperback? Do I need to do the whole process again for paperback?
Glad it was helpful! I show this in the linked video where I show the paperback uploading process as well (it's in the description I think if you're interested) but once you have an ebook, it'll offer the option to link a paperback and fill in a lot of the same info automatically.
Kudos and thank you so much! This is one of the best self-publishing tutorials I have seen amongst many. You are amazing and thank you for all the guidance. All the best and much success to you 💖🎉
We have written a book, done the design through Canva (hardcopy) and tried to publish through KDP. Our book keeps being sent back from KDP for editing of the cover. . . not in the line in the line. So frustrating. . its been done from 6 months. so frustrating.
The exact guide i need!! Finally, i found a video, oh and i subscribed
I'm very new to Amazon publishing. I just wrote and published my first KDP printed paperback children's book. I'm now adding my book to the Kindle store. Is there a rule that helps me gage how much my Kindle book should sell for, vs. the KDP paperback? My children's book, "Whiskers of the Heart" is 35 pages and all pages are fully illustrated color pages. I could really use some insight. BTW... I LOVED your videos on publishing and 'blurbs'
Thank you this has been an awesome lesson, especially the ebook part.
Glad it was helpful!
Been Looking for somthing like this for the last year! Thank you!
Thanks for this video. Really helpful!
Thank you for the video, Bethany. It is the very first video I've watched on KDP and found it super useful! 🙂
Very helpful. First full tutorial I've seen. Thank you
Yay! So glad it was helpful!
Thanks a lot. It helped a lot, as I had bunch of questions and all being answered in this video. Thanks a lot. 🙏🙏
Glad it was helpful! :)
What are the main differences between Kindle Direct e-book v print on demand?
THANK YOU so much for your help, support, guidance!
This is a great video, thank you! One thing I do want to caution though, the cover dimensions for Barnes & Noble are different than the ones for kdp. Also, I found that there's a bit of a difference between ingrams park and KDP as well. So if you're going to use those different services, you're going to need different size covers. The person I got my covers from adjusted for the different services and no extra charge.
This is so cool. I am still in the writing process, but I want to self publish eventually.
I think your explanation was awesome. You have a great way of explaining things... I'm a fan. Wish me luck.
Just starting out. Had friend to help me make a ebook but after viewing it, it wasn't edited correctly and it doesn't get me the ability to correct it. But would enjoy following your teachings. Thank you
Thank you that video is extremely informative. Just wanted to ask: How do I own copyrights of my book? What do I have to do?
Are there free print on demand options or are those only thru paid publishing packages?
Thank you for sharing this!
Thanks for always helping!
Happy to help!
Was great thank you. I used KDP before but used the they do it for you option for $500 bucks it looks easy enough to do it myself this time 🙏🏽
Hmmm KDP doesn't charge so I'm worried for you that you may have accidentally worked with a company pretending to be KDP (this is unfortunately very common, there are a lot of scams out there around KDP, but the real thing is free I promise!)
Great video! Do you have a video on pricing paperbacks on Amazon?
Thank you! Unfortunately I don’t because it’s just too dependent on the genre and industry and author preference. The short answer is to publish very similar to your competition/same genre books.
My usual is KDP, but I first tried Lulu just for printing, not publishing and sometimes still do it. It's the only one that cooperated when I tried to print a sort of proof copy for the first chapter of my graphic novel
That's cool to hear Lulu was a good option for you!
Excellent tutorial. You're a star!
Thank you so much ma'am for this video. I am about to publish one non-fiction book in few weeks and this video is surely going to help me a lot. I will surely send you a copy once done, once again...thank a lot ☺
KDP is free? I almost paid a guy who claims he’s a rep from KDP $500 to proofread and publish my book. I’m glad I came across your video. Much appreciated!
Great details explanation Bethany. Thank you very much! I have a couple of questions for you. I noticed there are 3 options for publishing a book, ebook, paperback, and Beta hardcover. Is the Hardcover option available yet? My second question is the following; toward the end of the video, you enter Grace House Press as your Publishing Company. I thought Amazon KDP was your publishing company. What's the difference?
Right now, I'm trying to figure out how to publish my children's book, but all the print options in KDP and Lulu, the two I use, are portrait-wise dimensions. It's 10 wide and 7 long, but the only option on KDP was 7 wide and 10 long.
(Actually I first tried 10x8, but I thought I'd have to change it, but 10x8 is what I was originally looking for)
Nice!
So far this is the most useful video, thank you
Glad it was helpful!
This was SO helpful! THANK YOU!!! Do I need to create a publishing house withs DBA to publish my books under that? Or how do you suggest to publish? Also, what if you have multiple businesses - and want to maybe do different publishing houses for each? Or do I do a main one? I will be publishing novels, self-help, inspirational, bible studies and devotionals, journals, planners, poetry books, & children's books...
What a great video!! Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge!! I do have one question about print books. What if I want to get an ARC copy before it's actually published? Is that possible?
Thank you so much for this information. It was very helpful for someone who knows nothing but Amazon KU lol, I needed to know about the ePUB when you told us about it because I was totally unaware. lol
Thank u soo much now I will publish my book
Thank you much. I was about to self publish my book but at final step I found out they don't publish for free anymore. I was disheartened until you saved m
I’m almost in middle school so I start to save things like this because I am starting to write books and it’s fun but I’m saving this so I can publish them eventually!
Bethany, this is very helpful!
OMG!!! YOU ARE AMAZING!!! THANK YOU FOR ALL THE KNOWLEDGE!!!! ❤🤩
I have a typed manuscript left to me from my grandfather. I’ve had it for almost 20 years! I NEED to publish it. It was his biggest wish! I’m assuming to begin, I need to type the whole thing into a word doc? There’s no where to mail the typed manuscript anymore, correct? When I’m typing it, are there certain margins I have e to stay within?
I started dictating my books on Loom (video platform). The platform produces a transcript of the video. I drop the transcript into ChatGPT to remove the timestamps (be sure to prompt it to NOT change any other text). Then I drop the transcript into Word/Google doc and edit. It's the difference between typing 2000 words/per hour and producing 2000 words in 15 minutes. I've published 8 books this way.
Thanks i really want to publish my books! I have a question about the larger arc of a series.. how do you finish book 1 say, but not conclude the umbrella arc? Doesnt book 1 feel unfinished? Thanks so much
That's a tough question to answer in a comment box BUT I'm excited to say I have a whole playlist about series and I know I talk about that in a couple videos - here's the link: ua-cam.com/play/PL3IFBPbxQRyrI7g9Zmt9Q2fOKDrxoRinN.html&si=4_mziJBBOu9M_NZY
Great video! The only thing I would mention is that if you want your content copyrighted, there is a $65 fee for that... technically, having a copyright page in your book is the best first step, but to really solidify the protection, it could be registered.
Unfortunately I have copyright and my books still get stolen and pirated. Unless I want to take them to court, the copyright does nothing for me. Plus in the US your work is copyrighted the moment you write it.
@@BethanyAtazadeh yikessss well that's a bummer!
Very informative video. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Super, super useful!!! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and expertise!
So glad it was helpful!
Great video, thank you so much. I have only one question, if you want to format for ebook only, what do you recommend during the actual writing process? Is it easier to do some "preformatting" before plugging it into D2D? Or just basics like chapter headers and assorted illustration, and D2D takes care of most of it?
Thank you Bethany 🙏 especially for that shared enthusiasm 🙌✨💖
Thank you for this very informative information. I'm trying to get my book published. I'm thinking of going through a publishing company being that it's my first book and new to this process. And as far as the editing formatting cover etc I rather leave that to the professionals instead of doing it myself. But I do wanna do self publishing because I wanna have control over my book. And most publishing companies you have to pay which I don't really want to. But they said that I will still have the royalties to my book
Would you be able to to recommend sites to get advice from professional authors etc
Thank you so much for this video! I worked with a editor/publisher from my church and it cost me $2500 for them to help me and they used KDP. I have been asked to do an "uncensored" version of my story since it was dumbed down by my editor and was scared about spending another $2500 but now I can do it myself thanks to you :) I do wonder what your opinion is on my cover, since I am releasing pretty much the same book but with my graphic details do I need to change the cover or keep it the same?
Thank you.
It sems easier now..Will try and let you know...thx again
Bethany, I am grateful for this information. However, I am now confused about the physical books. How do I go about getting the hard copies if the ebook is that simple?
Great video and certainly really helpful for those who want to self publish books. 😊
I would suggest that in future videos, try to get the sound of your video edited (I was listening to it with headphones, and the background felt a bit too noisy at times).
You have a great sounding voice, so if you get that sorted out, you'll sound even better. If you need help with that contact me, I'll be willing to help out. 🙂
Thank you, I appreciate the kind feedback! Unfortunately, I'm not tech savvy and am a full time mom, so while I'd definitely like to learn more about sound quality, it's something that will have to happen slowly over time just due to always being behind on my work haha... But I'll make a note to work on it when I can!
You’re amazing. Thanks for these tools
Thanks for your ideas and suggestions and great method for publishing own book for free. I am eagerly looking for this a long time. Thanks Have a great day 🎉
My daughter is 7 and she loves making her own little books with paper and staples the paper together. I would love to suprise her with one of her stories on a hard cover book.. Any suggestions..TY