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Let
’
s Get Digital
How To Self-Publish, And
Why
You Should
by David GaughranEditor: Karin CoxDesigner: Kate GaughranPublished by Arriba Arriba Books, July 2011Copyright © 2011 David Gaughran
The authors in Part Three retain the copyright to their respective contributions
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s Get Digital
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PART ONE: DIGITAL REVOLUTION
Introduction Why I Decided to Self-publish1. Challenges Facing the Publishing Industry
2. Copying Mistakes Made by the Music Business
3. Could Piracy Be Good for Authors?
4. Royalties
5. What We Talk About When We Talk About Editing
6. Literary Agents
7. The 800lb Gorilla: Amazon
8. Print Is Doomed
9. E-book Dominance Is Inevitable
10. Publishers: The New Travel Agents?
11. Self-publishing Myths
12. It
PART TWO: DIGITAL SELF-PUBLISHING
The Biggest Mistake Self-publishers MakeStep 1: Write Your Story Step 2:Design Your CoverStep 3: Edit Your Story Step 4: Format Your Story
Step 5: Uploading and Pricing
Step 6: Blogging and Websites
Step 7: Social Networking
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