Hi, congratulations on your self-published book. I will purchase your book because I need ideas and visual stimulation to get my book published by the end of the year. I have been writing for a few years and do know that there is a book that I am supposed to publish. I have pages, post its, and journals that I have written, and they are scattered in many places. Thank you for sharing this process and your book.
I definitely recommend paying to copyright published work, unpublished you end up paying twice once the work is actually published. So I made my "preorder" date the published date to give myself time to receive my letter before the book started to actually be received / read by people.
@@shana-gaysmart819 I'm so sorry for the delay! So you can copyright 2 ways, unpublished work and published. If you copyright something that's unpublished you end up paying twice because you have to copyright again when the work is published.
Great video! Question: I’m also working on a collection of poetry. How do you know/decide when it’s done? So far I’ve kinda just chosen a theme or subject for the collection, and gathered some of my already existing pieces to start. And I’m just continuing to build on that. But I’m not really sure when I should aim to call it “done”, other than choosing a somewhat arbitrary piece or page count. Thoughts?
That's a really good question. So for my first book I picked a release date (it was 2022 & I wanted the release to be 4/4/22 lol) and after I had about 75% of the book done I aimed to finish it before the release date. The new book I'm working on I aimed to compile at least 100 pieces before I even start editing. I suggest you start looking into self publishing sites now, start to get an idea of cover art, page minimums, etc. and once you have an author copy decide from there if it feels "done".
@@tatysapp I also have a short poem collection but I'm not sure how to put it out there I need help with the legal side of the game copyright and stuff and learning how to not only do the phisical book but ebook as well id appreciate your assistance with this matter and you can always be my mentor if you like 😂
@@joseromero9933 hey!! So the copyright process was a lot easier than I expected, you can copyright unpublished work but you will have to pay and file copyright again after you publish, so it can be a waste of money. What you're able to do is file fro copyright when you start taking pre-orders for your book. I set up preorders a month before my book was officially published and received my copyright letter the DAY my book was available for general orders. Ebook is easy, you don't necessarily need an ISBN for ebooks but you can get one for both. And Amazon KDP if you publish solely with them you can get the ISBN for both for free.
Are their illustrations/drawings/pictures on the inside of your book? How important are illustrations on the inside pages to maybe accompany each poem?
I only have a few illustrations, at the beginning and the end of my book. I think that's definitely up to each writer how they envision their book. Initially I wanted multiple illustrations, but as the book formed I didn't feel having them included would fit the book format.
@@tatysapp oh thank you so much for ever being ever so kind to reply. I appreciate you. Mine is a collection of African poetry and I live West Africa, I sure as hell cannot afford multiple illustrations so based on what you have said I now know it is okay to put a few illustrations in the inside pages and a few black and white pictures here and there. Thanks a lot!
Was the whole book copyrighted for just $65 or $65 each? Just starting researching I have most of my poetry book written just looking for how to put it all together.
Hi! The whole book was copywritten for $65. If you decide to publish solely on Amazon or using a 3rd party distribution like Lulu that can be the only cost you pay, ISBN can be free.
I have a MacBook and used the "pages" to equivalent to MS Word. I formatted the document to be the size I wanted the book to be and started formatting how I wanted each piece layout to be based on that.
I believe the min page requirement was like 70ish. They may state on Amazon KDP, but basically when I uploaded my first draft of my book I was told the number of pages didn't meet the minimum and I added pieces based on that.
Hi answering all these questions or you, so I actually hired a friend of mine to do the illustrations. If you know any local graphic artists in the style you're looking for I would ask them what they charge.
Hi, congratulations on your self-published book. I will purchase your book because I need ideas and visual stimulation to get my book published by the end of the year. I have been writing for a few years and do know that there is a book that I am supposed to publish. I have pages, post its, and journals that I have written, and they are scattered in many places.
Thank you for sharing this process and your book.
thank you for sharing working on mine now ❤
🥹 when you publish it please come back and share the link! Would love to support.
Good morning lady happy New years thank you for sharing
Thank you
Thank you so much for this I’m working on my poetry book ❤
Can't wait to see what you create! Please do drop your poetry book link when you're finished, I'd love to support!
@@tatysapp omg that means so much, okay I will 💞
Thank you
Great video! I want to self publish a poetry book & I’m curious about how much it would cost to copyright a book?
Hey! Copyright was a $65 cost.
I definitely recommend paying to copyright published work, unpublished you end up paying twice once the work is actually published. So I made my "preorder" date the published date to give myself time to receive my letter before the book started to actually be received / read by people.
Right, that makes sense! Thank you.. you definitely gave alot of helpful information!
@@tatysapp can you explain more on this point
@@shana-gaysmart819 I'm so sorry for the delay! So you can copyright 2 ways, unpublished work and published. If you copyright something that's unpublished you end up paying twice because you have to copyright again when the work is published.
Great video! Question: I’m also working on a collection of poetry. How do you know/decide when it’s done? So far I’ve kinda just chosen a theme or subject for the collection, and gathered some of my already existing pieces to start. And I’m just continuing to build on that. But I’m not really sure when I should aim to call it “done”, other than choosing a somewhat arbitrary piece or page count.
Thoughts?
That's a really good question. So for my first book I picked a release date (it was 2022 & I wanted the release to be 4/4/22 lol) and after I had about 75% of the book done I aimed to finish it before the release date. The new book I'm working on I aimed to compile at least 100 pieces before I even start editing. I suggest you start looking into self publishing sites now, start to get an idea of cover art, page minimums, etc. and once you have an author copy decide from there if it feels "done".
@@tatysapp I also have a short poem collection but I'm not sure how to put it out there I need help with the legal side of the game copyright and stuff and learning how to not only do the phisical book but ebook as well id appreciate your assistance with this matter and you can always be my mentor if you like 😂
@@joseromero9933 hey!! So the copyright process was a lot easier than I expected, you can copyright unpublished work but you will have to pay and file copyright again after you publish, so it can be a waste of money. What you're able to do is file fro copyright when you start taking pre-orders for your book. I set up preorders a month before my book was officially published and received my copyright letter the DAY my book was available for general orders. Ebook is easy, you don't necessarily need an ISBN for ebooks but you can get one for both. And Amazon KDP if you publish solely with them you can get the ISBN for both for free.
Are their illustrations/drawings/pictures on the inside of your book?
How important are illustrations on the inside pages to maybe accompany each poem?
I only have a few illustrations, at the beginning and the end of my book. I think that's definitely up to each writer how they envision their book. Initially I wanted multiple illustrations, but as the book formed I didn't feel having them included would fit the book format.
@@tatysapp oh thank you so much for ever being ever so kind to reply. I appreciate you. Mine is a collection of African poetry and I live West Africa, I sure as hell cannot afford multiple illustrations so based on what you have said I now know it is okay to put a few illustrations in the inside pages and a few black and white pictures here and there. Thanks a lot!
@@toluwanigraceebun7645 you're welcome! Please share the book link when your book is finished!! I'd love to support.
Was the whole book copyrighted for just $65 or $65 each? Just starting researching I have most of my poetry book written just looking for how to put it all together.
Hi! The whole book was copywritten for $65. If you decide to publish solely on Amazon or using a 3rd party distribution like Lulu that can be the only cost you pay, ISBN can be free.
Also PLEASEEEEE come back to this post and send me your poetry book link when it's live
so I can support!!
Thank you so much. I will leave you the link when I get it published. :)
Where do you format the book, words, Canva, or Amazon? I am finished writing and edited so now it’s about publishing.
I have a MacBook and used the "pages" to equivalent to MS Word. I formatted the document to be the size I wanted the book to be and started formatting how I wanted each piece layout to be based on that.
What’s the page and word limit for Amazon?
I believe the min page requirement was like 70ish. They may state on Amazon KDP, but basically when I uploaded my first draft of my book I was told the number of pages didn't meet the minimum and I added pieces based on that.
Who did your illustrations?
Hi answering all these questions or you, so I actually hired a friend of mine to do the illustrations. If you know any local graphic artists in the style you're looking for I would ask them what they charge.
@@tatysappOh okay! 🤔
Any relation to Isis Sapp
Hi! Not that I know of. But if her family stems from Texas possibly.