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Last one tonight: before you pay any invoice, check it against the quote you were given.
Word count, package, delivery date. Small mismatches are much easier to sort out before you pay than after.
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4. ISBNs. Each format of your book needs its own. Ours are from £27.99 ($34.99) plus VAT for UK buyers. Going direct to Nielsen is the route if you want your own imprint.
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Myth: you need thousands of pounds to publish a good book.
You need to spend wisely, not hugely. Plenty of authors do their own formatting or marketing and pay a professional only where it shows most, usually the edit and the cover.
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How many copies do you need to sell to earn back what you spent?
Put in your costs, price and format, and see your royalty per sale, your break-even point and what different monthly sales would bring in.
Free Self-Publishing Income Calculator, link below 👇
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Self-Publishing Income Calculator: hmdpublishing.com/education/…
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Don't pay for the same job twice.
If your editing package already includes a proofread, you don't need a separate proofreader. If your formatter delivers an EPUB, you don't need an ebook conversion service. Check what's bundled before you book.
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Hot take: the cheapest book is the one you only publish once.
Skip the edit to save money and you often pay twice. Once for the rushed version, and again to fix it after readers point out the typos.
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Where should the money go when you self-publish?
On the book itself first: the edit, the cover and the interior. Marketing spend works much harder once the book is ready to sell.
Full UK cost breakdown, link below 👇
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How much it costs to self-publish a book in the UK: hmdpublishing.com/blog/how-m…
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Set aside money for after launch, not just before it.
Author copies, a few weeks of ads, giveaways and postage for events all add up. A budget that ends on publication day leaves your book with nothing behind it.
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Formatting quotes shouldn't be a mystery.
Our packages are priced by word count: from £197 ($249) up to 20,000 words, £297 ($377) up to 40,000, and £397 ($497) up to 60,000. EPUB and print PDF in every one. See your first chapter formatted free first.
Link below 👇
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Book formatting packages and the free first-chapter sample: hmdpublishing.com/services/b…
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