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    The Tidy Guide to Publishing Your Novel: Tidy Guides, #3
    The Tidy Guide to Publishing Your Novel: Tidy Guides, #3
    The Tidy Guide to Publishing Your Novel: Tidy Guides, #3
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    The Tidy Guide to Publishing Your Novel: Tidy Guides, #3

    By Rachel Aukes

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    Learn the ins and outs of publishing a novel in 30 minutes!

    Have you written a story that you'd love to see published? Have you been looking at publishing options but feel stuck?

    The Tidy Guide to Publishing Your Novel answers your publishing questions and gives you the tools and confidence you need to have your story published. In this guide, you'll learn how to:

    • Prepare your novel for the publishing process, whether that's pitching to agents, selling to editors, or self-publishing
    • Query agents who can sell your story to the right publishing house
    • Self-publish your story as a professional-grade novel

    The Tidy Guide to Publishing Your Novel is a jam-packed 30-minute read that covers your publishing options and gives you steps to transform your story into a novel.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWaypoint Books
    Release dateMay 6, 2019
    ISBN9781386362944
    The Tidy Guide to Publishing Your Novel: Tidy Guides, #3
    Author

    Rachel Aukes

    Rachel Aukes (@RachelAukes on Wattpad) is the author of 100 Days in Deadland, which made Suspense Magazine’s Best of 2013 list. Rachel lives near Des Moines with her husband and an incredibly spoiled sixty-pound lap dog. When not writing, she can be found flying old airplanes and planning for the zombie apocalypse. For more information, visit RachelAukes.com or find her on Twitter as @RachelAukes.

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      The Tidy Guide to Publishing Your Novel - Rachel Aukes

      The Tidy Guide to Publishing Your Novel

      THE TIDY GUIDE TO PUBLISHING YOUR NOVEL

      The clutter-free, 30-minute course for publishing a book the right way

      RACHEL AUKES

      Waypoint BooksWaypoint Books LLC

      THE TIDY GUIDE TO PUBLISHING YOUR NOVEL

      Copyright 2019 Rachel Aukes.

      All rights reserved.

      Reproduction in whole or part of this publication without express written consent is prohibited.

      Please consider leaving a review wherever you bought the book, or telling your friends about it, to help spread the word. Thank you for supporting the author’s work.

      Cover Design by Evernight Designs.

      Sign up for Rachel’s newsletter to be the first to hear about new releases: www.rachelaukes.com/join

      Contents

      Introduction

      Choose your publishing adventure

      The traditional publishing path

      The self-publishing path

      A published book changes your life

      Appendix A. The Publishing Lifecycle

      Appendix B. Book Launch Checklist for Self-Publishers

      The Tidy Guide Series by Rachel Aukes

      Series by Rachel Aukes

      About the Author

      Introduction

      The landscape of the publishing world has changed. For the past century, books were printed and made available to stores as either paperbacks or hardcovers. That distribution method evolved when the e-book arrived. Stores are no longer limited by shelf space, and readers can choose from millions of books on any given day. E-books led publishers to rethink how they released books; and e-books led to the popularity of a new publishing model: self-publishing.

      This Tidy Guide focuses on the two most common publishing paths: traditional publishing and self-publishing. The path you choose may be different for each novel you write. If you want to self-publish, then by all means, self-publish. Likewise, if you dream of working with a publisher, then you should follow your dream. The path is yours for the choosing.

      Embrace your publishing adventure!

      Choose your publishing adventure

      Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars. ~ Nicholas Sparks

      In today’s digital age, writers have fewer barriers to publishing than ever before. Anyone with a computer and internet connection can publish a book with minimal cost.

      Writers choose from two publishing paths: traditional publishing through an established publisher or self-publishing. Each path brings its own set of opportunities and

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