The ‘No B.S. Guide’ to Self-Publishing — Part Four — One Honest Indie

Picking up from where we left off at the end of Part Three.

Indie Publishing is Project Management

Becoming an indie author means you become an indie publisher, which means you’re taking on the responsibilities a publisher would perform for you. Essentially, to do this successfully requires a certain amount of organizational skill. Anyone who’s successfully run any kind of project can do this. Anything at all, whether it be in a corporate setting or at home. Even if you just organized a book club or local charity drive.

You’ll be responsible for finding someone to format your book (as a PDF file) to meet the publication requirements. Unless you choose to go DIY on that, which totally can be done. If you don’t want to, it’s easy enough to use or another service like to hire a freelancer to provide the following services:

• develop the cover art;
• format the print and ebook versions
• edit the book’s content; and
• copyedit and/or proofread the book.

Keep in mind, your mileage with freelancers found through Fiverr or UpWork may vary widely. For instance, be prepared to spend more for a well-designed book cover and good editing. I have used these services…