There are multiple steps in this self-publishing checklist, but they fall into 5 broad stages:
· ๐ช๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด
· ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด
· ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด
· ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด
· ๐๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ
๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ญ — ๐ช๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ
1. Create an outline
2. Complete your first draft
๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฎ — ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ
1. Reread your draft
2. Complete your second draft
3. Complete your third, fourth, and fifth draft
4. Send it to an editor
5. Finalise your manuscript
6. Write your author biography
๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฏ — ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด
1. Decide on your book format
2. Format your book
3. Get a book cover design
4. Do your Amazon KDP & Ingram Sparks research
5. Submit your book
๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฐ — ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด
1. Make a marketing plan
2. Promote your book on social media
3. Launch your book website
๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฑ — ๐๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ
1. Plan a launch event
2. Launch your book
๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ '๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ'. ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ '๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง-๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ' ๐ฆ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ.
