TPI's Self-Publisher Consulting is tailored to your specific needs and areas of expertise. We have helped dozens of self-publishers walk through the publishing process. With TPI, you're not alone. Here you'll learn how to:

- Name your own publishing company
- Design your logo
- Get your ISBNs
- Create your preliminary marketing plan
- What kind of book?

- Audio book
- E-book
- Hardcover, softcover, something in between

- Design your cover; meeting the needs of your market

- Get blurbs
- Get barcodes- Register your book with Advance Book Information

- Design your interior to meet the needs of your market

- Desktop publishing dos and don'ts
- Professional galley review

- So I've got my books, now what?

- Warehousing / storage
- Fulfillment (getting the books to the buyers)
- The business of being an author / publisher
- Presales
- Registering with Books in Print
- Understanding industry discounts
- Equipment you might need (computer, email, fax, bookkeeping software, publisher's software; merchant account)
- Developing a marketing budget
- Reviews ¨ where do you send your book?
- Seller's permit, sales tax
- Direct sales
- Website / shopping cart, PayPal
- Shipping and handling (costs, process)
- Placing your book on Amazon.com (forms)
- Placing your book with Barnes and Noble and other bookstores (forms)
- Placing your book with a wholesaler (B&T, what you need to place your book (forms)
- Marketing your book:

- Writing press releases
- PR versus advertising, publicity
- Events, booths

- Reporting to the tax authorities (income, expense)

	About Self-Publisher Consulting
	Client / Project Information Sheet
	Meet Kira Henschel
	Book Consulting Agreement
	TPI's Questions for Assessment
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