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    Writing-Publishing Survival Guide: Really Simple Writing & Publishing, #13
    Writing-Publishing Survival Guide: Really Simple Writing & Publishing, #13
    Writing-Publishing Survival Guide: Really Simple Writing & Publishing, #13
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    Writing-Publishing Survival Guide: Really Simple Writing & Publishing, #13

    By Dr. Robert C. Worstell

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    Why This - Why Now?

    My muse made me write this.

    Just for you.

    You're welcome.

    Disclaimer: I've been publishing for over a decade and writing for years before that. Self-publishing was started in self-defense against the constant nagging of that muse mentioned above.

    Meanwhile, I've enjoyed financial freedom for several years, meaning I fired my last boss some time back. My books started paying my bills and since then have mostly improved in sales from month to month. I live within my means while I increase those means.

    The point of this was to do a final "brain dump" to get this data out in a single package of data outlining the essential points of a writing system you can follow.

    And it's been called "concise" and "easy to follow" by my advanced readers.

    What it doesn't have is a bunch of listicals or authoritative-sounding link-bait.

    The data that supports this book is in another dozen short books I've written and published on the subject. (Check the "bonus" sections from and back to get access to them.) Or you can simply look around wherever you get your ebooks, as I probably have the copies there as well.

    I make my living from writing and publishing, rinse, repeat. But I don't make a living from telling people how to write and publish. Generally, I give my hard-won knowledge mostly away for free (if you now where to look - hint: that "bonus" section again...)

    In this short book, you get the outline and the bare-knuckle opinion of who I think is worth a damn to learn from. Just because I've spent a lot of time and money on courses that weren't worth it, doesn't mean you should have to.

    And there are some wild theories that no one else has proved, but you can be my guest. They work for me. They help me make sense of self-publishing. And I'm about to do a couple of major tests of these, but wanted to let you know in case I don't surface from those adventures.

    Meanwhile, it's over to you. Have fun.

    Leave a review if you like it. Buy my other books if its worth something to you.

    Cheers!

    Get Yoru Copy Now.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMidwest Journal Press
    Release dateApr 28, 2017
    ISBN9781365921636
    Writing-Publishing Survival Guide: Really Simple Writing & Publishing, #13
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    Dr. Robert C. Worstell

    Dr. Worstell is known for the depth and volume of his research - as well as his published works.  With seven degrees to his credit, ranging from comparative religions to computer networking, there are few fields he hasn't researched as a means to finding workable truths anyone can apply. His current work is in making fiction writing profitable, and kicking over the bee-hives of established "guru's" in that field. Worstell feels that creating a living by writing should be simple and inexpensive.  Most of his work is available through his blog posts long before they become books. This blog-to-book method is a way of sharing and refining his material broadly to everyone.

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      Why This  - Why Now?

      My muse made me write this.

      Just for you.

      You're welcome.

      Disclaimer: I've been publishing for over a decade and writing for years before that. Self-publishing was started in self-defense against the constant nagging of that muse mentioned above.

      Meanwhile, I've enjoyed financial freedom for several years, meaning I fired my last boss some time back.  My books started paying my bills and since then have mostly improved in sales from  month to month. I live within my means while I increase those means.

      The point of this was to do a final brain dump to get this data out in a single package of data outlining the essential points of a writing system you can follow. 

      And it's been called concise and easy to follow by my advanced readers. 

      What it doesn't have is a bunch of listicals or authoritative-sounding link-bait. 

      The data that supports this book is in another dozen short books I've written and published on the subject. (Check the bonus sections from and back to get access to them.) Or you can simply look around wherever you get your ebooks, as I probably have the copies there as well. 

      I make my living from writing and publishing, rinse, repeat. But I don't make a living from telling people how to write and publish. Generally, I give my hard-won knowledge mostly away for free (if you now where to look - hint: that bonus section again...)

      In this short book, you get the outline and the bare-knuckle opinion of who I think is worth a damn to learn from. Just because I've spent a lot of time and money on courses that weren't worth it, doesn't mean you should have to.

      And included in here are some wild theories that no one else has proved, but you can be my guest. They work for me. They help me make sense of self-publishing. And I'm about to do a couple of major tests of these, but wanted to let you know in case I don't surface from those adventures...

      Meanwhile, it's over to you. Have fun.

      Leave a review if you like it. Buy my other books if it's worth something to you. 

      Cheers!

      I – The Writing & Publishing Survival Guide

      A Multiple Eyeballs Theorem:

      0. Publish to all possible sales points in all possible formats. Be everywhere to everyone with everything you can.

      1. Books As a Container – the content of your book is able to be in multiple digital and print formats. It's not just ebooks and its not just print.

      2. Be on Both Sides of the Garden Walls – No one store has all the customers. Different audiences have different preferences. Diversification is the key to sales. Every best-selling author has multiple versions available everywhere they can.

      Ebooks (epub, mobi, PDF – Amazon, iTunes, Nook, Kobo, Lulu.com, Scribd, 24Symbols, GooglePlay, and hundreds of others, if not thousands.)

      audio (audiobooks, CD's – Author's Republic, ACX, CDbaby.com)

      print (paperback, hardback, special bindings – Lulu, CreateSpace, IngramSpark)

      courses (CD/DVD, online – Udemy, Skillshare, and others with marketplaces)

      bundles (combinations of all these, digitally or physically delivered. - BitTorrent, various Affiliate marketplaces like JVZoo)

      video (iAmplify, Youtube, Vimeo, Facebook, etc. Even DVDs on Amazon and CDBaby.)

      3. Be everywhere at once – you can't get sales you don't ask for. There are a range of places who want to help you sell your books (for a small piece of your action):

      Outlets / Marketplaces: Amazon, Itunes, Nook, Kobo, Lulu, 24Symbols, Scribd, GooglePlay, HummingbirdDM, etc. - These sell your books for you for a percentage of your royalties.

      Aggregators: Smashwords, Lulu, Draft2Digital, StreetLib, PublishDrive – these send your book to these outlets for another percentage of your royalties. But save

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