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How to do it
Want to self-publish your book?
Self-publishing is becoming a popular option for writers, especially when it can be hard to get your foot in the door with mainstream publishers. Self-publishing a book is a useful strategy for professionals or business owners who want to write a book based on their professional experience – a book can often be a credible marketing tool or "calling card". It is also a suitable option for some non-fiction books.
Best-selling thriller author, Matthew Reilly, and the hugely successful Sandra Cabot – author of The Liver Cleansing Diet – both started off as self-publishers. They were both picked up by major publishing houses soon after.
This seminar is presented by Geoff Bartlett and will help you determine if self-publishing is right for you.
Here's what you'll learn
This self-publishing seminar will cover:
- self-publishing versus commercial publishing
- the steps to successful self-publishing
- the importance of editing and layout
- how to get your book printed
- marketing and distributing your book
- what's it all going to cost?
This seminar focuses on self-publishing hard copy printed books. If you would like to find out more about self-publishing eBooks, you want our seminar on "Sell your eBook on Amazon". There isn't enough time to do justice to both topics properly in one seminar so we hold separate seminars to cover print and digital books.
YES! Please send me an outline for this course
Learn from the best
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Geoff is an author, journalist, actor and producer. He has filed articles and interviews for over 20 major newspapers and magazines around the country, including The Sydney Morning Herald, Courier Mail, Canberra Times, West Australian and Australian Style. Geoff's books include Comedians in the Mist, Cattitude and Mutterings. He also writes regularly for the finance and travel industries. ...more |
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Courses are held at our harbourside Centre in Milsons Point
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Rave Reviews for Self-Publishing – How to do it
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KAREN ADAMEDES"The self-publishing seminar at the Sydney Writers' Centre was informative and inspiring. The seminar not only covered the process of how to self-publish, but brought it alive with specific examples of how others have put this information into practice. I would highly recommend this seminar to anyone who is exploring their options of how to realise their publishing dream." |
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WILLIAM DE ORA AND LOUISE WOODBURY"Our books, How To Grow Your Business By Taking 3 Months Off, The Invisible Entrepreneur and The Invisible Partnership, would have never seen the light of day without the knowledge gained as a result of attending the Sydney Writers' Centre workshops. The truth be known, we were greener than green in the field of self-publishing, writing and crafting a book, and PR in promoting books. The Sydney Writers' Centre provided us with a blueprint to get us on this journey. "We do not believe that we could have succeeded to the level we are enjoying today without the help of the Sydney Writers' Centre. We are deeply indebted, privileged and blessed to have found the Sydney Writers' Centre and be coached by its tutors." |
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Next available seminar:
Self-Publishing – How to do it with Geoff Bartlett
Two-hour evening seminar SEMINAR DATE:
Monday 12 Mar 2012
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NEXT AVAILABLE:
Self-Publishing – How to do it
with Geoff Bartlett
Two-hour evening seminar
TIME: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
FEE: $85 (includes GST)
SEMINAR DATE:
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RAVE REVIEWS ABOUT SELF-PUBLISHING - HOW TO DO IT
“All the necessary knowledge required to self-publish was available and conveyed simply. Geoff is excellent and willing to help during and after the course. His knowledge of the subject is boundless and he shares that willingly. Don't even think about writing to get published without first doing several Sydney Writers' Centre courses.”
- James Pratt
"Thanks so much for your seminar, it was awesome! I thought the seminar was extremely well organised and the content was to the point and very helpful for aspiring self-publishers. My partner and I are going to work on our book – thanks so much!"
- Vanessa Volpato
"Thank you so much for the self-publishing course. It was so informative – the advice on printing was excellent but the advice on the 'small business' you become when selling your own book was invaluable.
"The information about advertising, publicity, methods of selling etc would be essential to anyone with a small business, whether they're selling a book or not.The presenters were very honest and generous with their time."
- Claire O'Connor
"Well I've done it. Little Wins for Working Women is my first ‘Little’ book. Thanks for your encouragement over the past couple of years, I'm really enjoying my writing. I'm working on a couple of new ideas now and will share any success they bring in the future."
- Jen Dalitz
Author of the Little Wins for Working Women series
"I spent three years thinking about, and then 18 months seriously researching and writing my new book, A Practical Guide to Selling. The problem was that the more I learned, the more I realised how much I didn't know, as my research kept coming up with new questions.
"Three courses with Sydney Writers' Centre totaling a little over a day and less than a thousand dollars not only saved me as much as 12-18 months in further research, but also gave me insights and perspectives that could have cost me years – imagine a false start to the book AFTER I had gone to print!
"Whether you want to simply learn more so you can make an informed go/no-go decision on your writing future, or you have made the decision to try writing for pleasure or profit, Sydney Writers' Centre is the only way to go 'in my book' – I literally couldn't have done it without them!"
- Grant Hyman
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