“Whether fiction or non-fiction, the time has never been better for authors to write and publish a book.” – Steve Nobel
If you are thinking that self-published books are second class citizens next to books printed by mainstream publishers, then check out a few of the big titles available today that started out as self-published books: ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’ by Beatrix Potter, ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ by E. L. James, ‘The Celestine Prophecy’ by James Redfield, ‘Rich Dad Poor Dad’ by Robert Kiyosaki, ‘Still Alice’ by Lisa Genova, ‘Legally Blonde’ by Amanda Brown.
Publishing your book through an established publisher is a slow process, whereas self-publishing is relatively fast. Many new authors receive rejection letters from publishers while they wait for that one chance for a break. The good news is, you will never be rejected as a self-published author. Writing a book helps you build a following/a tribe interested in your area of expertise, which is perfect whether you want to share a message or promote a business. Self-publishing opens up possible new income streams (through book sales and other opportunities coming through the book publication). With self-publishing, you have control over all aspects of the book, from design and pricing, to launching and marketing.
We use KDP (‘Kindle Direct Publishing’) for a number of reasons and here are some of them:
- It’s free, fast and easy to use,
- You can sell online to customers around the world,
- You receive a greater percentage of royalties than a traditional publisher,
- Your hard copies will always be in stock with their ‘print-on-demand’ service,
- You are in control of choosing the ink colour/s, paper, trim sizes, cover design/finishes,
- You can order hard copies of your own book at printing/shipping cost to be able to sell at events or give away on promotion,
- Retain the copyright to your work, set your own prices, and run your own promotions through KDP (if you want to),
- Create your own Author page with your bio, images and videos,
- Access to your own author dashboard to view your sales rank, revenue and customer reviews.
1. Saves you time and energy researching how to publish your book the correct way.
2. Helps you avoid the steep learning curve of self-publishing by trial and error.
3. Teaches you the technical skills that you can apply to any future books you wish to publish.
There will be a synopsis of the writing journey by Steve Nobel as well as all the technical stages of self-publishing on KDP/Amazon by Liz Findlay.
- Opening Attunement with Steve Nobel,
- The writing and proof-reading process,
- How to open a KDP account (very simply done on Amazon),
- Technical details you need to know when designing the front book cover for Kindle and front/back/spine cover for a hard copy book. There are free tools available on KDP to design a cover, otherwise we can recommend a wonderful designer if you do not want to do this yourself,
- Technical details you need to know when turning your Word document into a file supported by Kindle to upload. You will also need a separate file for hard copy printing. (Both are quite specialised and we will recommend freelancers to do this relatively cheaply for you),
- Uploading your book onto KDP for Kindle publishing, as well as hard copy publishing,
- Once your book is published through KDP onto Amazon, there is the all-important journey of marketing your book.
***THIS WEBINAR IS RECORDED***
The recording will be sent out to all ticket holders through Eventbrite a day or two after the live event.
All ticket holders will also receive THREE EXTRA BONUS VIDEOS of interviews before the webinar to give you further hints and tips. One interview will be with a graphic designer on book covers, another with an editor on tips for writing your book, and one more with a copywriter/editor on proof-reading your book.
Steve Ahnael Nobel is the author of 6 non-fiction books, the most recent is entitled ‘The Spiritual Entrepreneur‘. He is a book mentor and spiritual coach. He was a director of a not-for-profit spiritual organisation called Alternatives (based in St. James’s Church, Piccadilly, London W1) for 13 years, leaving on the Winter Solstice of 2012. Subsequently, after leaving he began his own work. He created a healing system called Soul Matrix Healing. He also began creating a series of transmissions/meditations which are freely available on his website and YouTube channel. These transmissions are played all over the world and Steve received an award from YouTube in August 2021 for reaching 100K subscribers. He runs various events to support Starseeds on their journeys, such as webinars, workshops and retreats, as well as 1-to-1 sessions on Zoom. Visit his website here.
Liz Findlay is a Reiki Master Teacher, Animal Healer and Laughter Yoga Leader with her own business offering multifaceted healing for both people and animals. Originally from South Africa, Liz lived in London for over 12 years before moving to the Sussex coast where she offers all healing sessions online. She co-hosts Starseed Business Networking each month with Steve Nobel, and runs a podcast called “Inspiring Spiritual Entrepreneurs“. She also trained with Steve Nobel in his ‘Soul Matrix Healing’ system, and they run workshops and retreats together in the UK and abroad. Liz runs webinars on working with energy and spirituality, as well as practical webinars helping spiritual entrepreneurs. She produces free meditations and podcasts available on YouTube, SoundCloud and Insight Timer. She also offers 1-to-1 sessions on Zoom for people, as well as companion animals. Visit her website here.
