Self-publishing - the pleasure and the pain
I'm writing this blog post about my first foray into self-publishing because it's less painful than banging my head against the wall. If this blog post helps just one other person to stop banging their head against a wall then it's done its job. After the e-book success of my Coronation Street companion book "Norman Bates with a Briefcase: The story of Richard Hillman" I decided I'd self-publish it in paperback. I investigated Lulu.com and spoke to Sunderland author Alan Parkinson who had good things to say about it. However, as I'd already invested in Amazon with the e-book for Kindle and felt I knew what I was doing, I decided to go with CreateSpace , which is also run by Amazon. Here's what I did: 1. Set up a CreateSpace account. Simple. 2. Decided on the size I'd like my book to be. I chose 8" x 5" and downloaded the 8" x 5" template. I uploaded all of my text into the 8" x 5" template. 3. Downloaded...