Answering Your Questions on Self-publishing a TINY Book
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ย. 2024
- A few weeks ago, I published a video titled "You Have a TINY Book in You. Write It." My story resonated with many people. Some viewers asked me specific questions too. This video is to answer those questions. Hope this helps!
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Time stamps
00:39 - Word count?
01:15 - Publishing process?
03:04 - Cheaper than KDP?
03:53 - Formatting method?
07:08 - Format choice?
09:15 - Writing apps?
11:29 - Page limit?
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*bursts out laughing at the "I tried doing the formatting myself"* Reedsy is a great professional formatting tool that does it automatically. This is the perfect video for me right now as I am working on a video series that summarises my experience writing a novella in 7 days and so this is something I am thinking about at the moment. Thank you for providing this media. Blessing!
Your book is awesome! I read it in a day after seeing your original Tiny Book video and loved it.
Wow! Thank you!
Your delivery was honest, informative and also humorous. I wish you the very best.
I am a book publishing coach and help writers self-publish their books worldwide on Amazon, Apple, Kobo, Google Play, etc. Resizing a PDF using online tools may bring a file to KDP paperback page size but it is still not considered as properly formatted because margins will not be okay. The source file must have the proper mirror margins, headers, footers, bleed, etc., for the final paperback pdf to look professional.
what app do you reccomend?
@@bv2999 I use MS-Word. This is enough for most books with text and some images. Only complicated books with complex image layouts are difficult.
Your comment on writing apps being tools (and the complicated relationship we have with our tools) reminded me of Wendell Berry's essay "Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer". I don't take it as gospel (I'm writing this comment on a computer right now) but it raised some very interesting points. Thanks for the video! Enjoying following along!
Thanks for the essay recommendation! I've just downloaded it. And I've subscribed to your channel too.🙌
@@fabiocerpelloni I hope you enjoy the essay! It's definitely a strange one :) his (fiction) books are terrific too. oh and thank you glad to have you around! :)
I laughed for joy through this whole thing…so inspiring 😂❤
😂😂I have just re-watched the scene from Malena where the Father is slapping the kid for ruining his favorite pants, and I couldn't stop laughing at the nonchalant style and fluid movement of those slaps (Great meme art from the actor). Today, Fabio speaks about punching the laptop, the publisher, and himself, in the face. So now I'm starting to think that maybe we're dealing with some kind of an Italian sport here 😄
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Good post brother! You're funny.
Thank you for the fantastic video and resources! I love the way you talk and get your thoughts out in such a focused and genuine way. Thank you 🙏
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Bro you are the answer to any person who wants to write. Thanks
I will get in touch with you soon when I need a publisher.
Another spot-on video. Thank you, Fabio!
Another wonder video! One small aspect I wanted to highlight when it comes to tools. I always wanted to write popular songs and since I play "piano", in my personal journey, I eventually gravitated to the idea that I needed the synthesizers that professional studio use before my music would sound good. I am a child of the 70s, 80s, and 90s and so I believed that a Prophet-5 or an OB-Xa ($5000 synthesizers at the time) would somehow lift my songs onto the radio. Fast forward 30 years - I finally get those synths via eBay and Reverb ... and guess what, my song writing is still terrible! LOL. So, I've recently taken a step back and decided to sit down, limit myself to the basic of instruments, and figure out how to write "songs" ... irrespective of the gear. So, very much like you say in your response to a post here ... "Tools without ideas (i.e. the content of your brain) are useless."
@@LutherBakerThanks for sharing your story. That's precisely what I meant when I talked about tools.😀
I really like your honesty and transparency. Thank you for the great tips ❤
Ciao Fabio. It was nice to discover your channel as I'm playing with the idea of writing myself. Maybe I could help with you next book's design as I'm an artist and sometimes a graphic designer.
Hey Rodi. Thanks for your offer. I'll keep that in mind :)
Completely agree about writing apps
To me personally I’d really love a good app. So far haven’t heard of one id love to use but moving things around definitely sounds nice and way better than copypasting. Just like people who used typewriters used to cut up paper on sections and rearrange it. Sounds very nice
Your accent is so intriguing 🎉😊
Hi I just started writing again. I started writing since I was 8 years of age. I write everything I cannot express. Where I come from you cannot answers or put your opinion towards elders when they tellung you off. My frustration goes on my papers underneath coconut tree😊. My questions I have written a cat stories, funny you mentioned on one of your videos about cats. But my cat stories are not tale. It's base on true events in my life and my connections with them. It's not tale. Sad but the moral, purpose and how it will help others. Some people probably be shocked about it. So I was thinking to do like anthology tiny book. But each of cat stories do have connection to the next they all stories with me in different occasions and different cats abd stages of my life. So what format would you suggest? I meant to see your videos because in my head I'm not quiet sure since it's gonna be my first publishing plan. I think you will be interested to know my story with cats it's not ordinary story nor tell tell. It's real and to these date when I think about it the events start playing in my head like adverts.
@@MBSTARproduction111 Sounds like a great book to write! You could tell one story per chapter and sequence them in the most logical way for you.
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I was gonna suggest Espresso Book Machines by On Demand Books but they discontinued from this year 😭😭😭😭💔💔💔
How do you market your book,?
@@michaelfasher Great question. Short answer: you put it in front of the people you wrote it for. Long answer: I'll tell you what I've been doing to market my book in a video soon. Thanks for the question!
I wanted to do my pamphlet but am intimidated by the tin# tax minutiae in the Amazon site as I am in The Bahamas and salaries are low here typically scared to blow my cash on an elaborate contract
@@melissasweeting-percentie6679 The Bahamas.🤩 I wonder what life is like there. 🌞
@@fabiocerpelloni oh very beautiful, sir, lots of aqua sea foam...very pricey....
10:23 "Only tool we need is our brain" - that is true, but that's so much unnecessary mental load you have taken upon yourself, no wonder your publishing journey was a mess.
But let's just look at it as a learning experience
I agree with what you say. And I disagree with what I said. What I meant is this: "Tools without ideas (i.e. the content of your brain) are useless."
Oh man give the kid a break. Sir, only read first day comments. Never accept online criticism from ANYONE. You will quickly find the pros
Pls consider a serious agent, editor and publisher.
Sell yourself to the best media lawyer you can find.
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