Summary: Step 0 Fund the Book<br> <br> * Get a Good Job or a rich Spouse<br> * Tempting to skimp<br> * Save Money ($1,500 – $10,000)<br> * Crowdfunding (<a href="http://www.novelmarketing.com/49/">049 – How to Use Crowdfunding to Fund Your Next Book Advance</a>)<br> <br> Step 1 Write The Book<br> <br> * First Draft (<a href="http://www.novelmarketing.com/4/">004 – How to Write Your Novel in a Month</a>)<br> * Rewrite<br> * Beta Readers<br> * Substantive Edit (<a href="http://www.novelmarketing.com/71-2/">071 – How To Find a Good Editor</a>)<br> * Line edit<br> * Copy Edit<br> <br> Step 2 Make Book<br> <br> * Type Setting (We will have a whole episode on this coming up soon)<br> * Book Cover (We will have a whole episode on book covers coming up soon)<br> * Back Cover Copy (We will have a whole episode on this coming up soon)<br> * eBook Formatting (We will have a whole episode on this coming up soon)<br> <br> Step 3 Print The Book<br> <br> * How Book Printing Works<br> <br> * Printing<br> * Distribution<br> * Fulfilment<br> <br> <br> * Offset or Print On Demand<br> <br> * Offset much cheaper, but … higher risk. Garage full of novels?<br> <br> <br> * Use the offset money to make the audiobook. Episode 95 and 96<br> * Thomas’ Recommendation: <a href="https://www.createspace.com/">CreateSpace</a><br> <br> Step 4 Market The Book<br> <br> * Start With Branding (<a href="http://www.novelmarketing.com/41/">Episode 41</a>)<br> <br> Sponsor:<br> <br> * <a href="http://www.mybookprogress.com">MyBookProgress </a><br> <br>
