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Step 0 Fund the Book

• Get a Good Job or a rich Spouse
• Tempting to skimp
• Save Money ($1,500 – $10,000)
• Crowdfunding (049 – How to Use Crowdfunding to Fund Your Next Book Advance)

Step 1 Write The Book

• First Draft (004 – How to Write Your Novel in a Month)
• Rewrite
• Beta Readers
• Substantive Edit (071 – How To Find a Good Editor)
• Line edit
• Copy Edit

Step 2 Make Book

• Type Setting (We will have a whole episode on this coming up soon)
• Book Cover (We will have a whole episode on book covers coming up soon)
• Back Cover Copy (We will have a whole episode on this coming up soon)
• eBook Formatting (We will have a whole episode on this coming up soon)

Step 3 Print The Book

• How Book Printing Works
  • Printing
  • Distribution
  • Fulfilment
• Offset or Print On Demand
  • Offset much cheaper, but … higher risk. Garage full of novels?
• Use the offset money to make the audiobook. Episode 95 and 96
• Thomas’ Recommendation: CreateSpace

Step 4 Market The Book

• Start With Branding (Episode 41)

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• MyBookProgress