Hey people of Mastodon!
I have just (finally) finished the second draft of my novel, and the daunting task of self-publishing it is looming ever closer.
I've never done it before. If anybody has any advice, or anything they wish they'd known before they did it, I'd love to hear it.
@gremaure If you go Kindle Unlimited, that means you have to be 100% exclusive to the Zon Empire. Possibly including samples on your website. I personally recommend against it; use Draft2Digital or Smashwords + Amazon *not* exclusive.
You'll probably get most of your sales from the Zon, but you'll pick up some from NeverAmazon folks too.
Make sure you've got decent grammar/punctuation editing. Beta-readers may suffice if you're lucky & get a pedantic English Major w/good grades.
@gremaure Use at least an email contract for art if you're not getting stock art. Some artists may have their own contracts -- read & get clarifications in writing if you don't understand something.
If you're both new at it, at least lay out what you want to use the art for & what the artist will want to do with the art. If something terrible happens & you have their Awful Cousin taking over their stuff, you'll need a Written Understanding for legal.
Grem
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