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Set Up Your Publishing Business Bundle
Introduction
About the course
Resources
Business Basics
Introduction
Creating your mission and goals
Developing your business plan
Karl Palachuk: Publish like a business, not a hobby (56:23)
Angela Bole: The Business of Books
Funding your book
Business tasks and timeline review
Legal Matters
Introduction
Helen Sedwick: Setting up your writing business (legally) (28:33)
How to create a publishing imprint
Filing a fictitious business name or DBA
How to register copyright
Copyright, libel, and slander, Oh my!
Dealing with ebook pirates and phishing
Why You Don’t Need Digital Rights Management (DRM)
Helen Sedwick: Legal essentials for authors, with Orna Ross
Taxes & Permits
Introduction
Obtaining a federal tax ID
Resale certificates and temporary resale permits
Uploading a reseller permit to Amazon
Uploading a reseller permit to IngramSpark
Paying sales tax
Sales tax and the Amazon laws
The Tools, Services, and Partners to Help You Sell
Introduction
Book creation tools and services
Print distribution tools and services
Ebook distribution comparison by retailer (with royalties)
Printing costs, compared
Traditional-style publishing and wholesale distribution
Direct sales tools
Your Sales Strategy
Introduction
How to profit from direct sales
Mailing books
Pricing strategies
Wholesale distribution (traditional distribution)
Your preorder strategy
Expert: David Wogahn, The Power of Pre
Expert: Mark Coker: How to Create a Bestseller with Ebook Preorders on Smashwords (43:21)
The pros and cons of print preorders
How to track sales
Getting Help
Kate Tilton: Author Assistant
Thank you!
Your participation is important to me!
Copyright, libel, and slander, Oh my!
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