
Self-Publishing for the Broke Author
How to Edit Your Manuscript, Format Your Book and Create a Killer Cover on Little to No Money
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Jean Bauhaus
About this listen
Producing a publishing-quality book can be expensive. Editing, formatting, and cover design can all add up to quite the hefty chunk of change.
But does it have to?
Indie author Jean Bauhaus shares the methods she used to produce no fewer than six self-published books without spending a dime - including the novel that got her noticed and landed her a three-book publishing contract. This is a comprehensive guide for bootstrapping do-it-yourselfers and for the would-be indie who thinks she needs a big platform and a successful Kickstarter campaign before she can get started.
And she doesn’t stop there. Jean goes beyond the basics of e-book and paperback production to walk you through the publishing and distribution process and educate you about your options so you can develop the best publishing strategy to serve your long-term career goals. She also explores your options for publicizing your book and helps you determine where to focus your marketing efforts at this stage of your author career.
If you think you can’t afford to get started with self-publishing, this audiobook is a must-listen. It will give you all the tools you need to launch your first book and set your publishing career on course to reach the stratosphere.
©2019 Jean Marie Bauhaus (P)2019 Jean Marie BauhausListeners also enjoyed...
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- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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To trace the history of the twenty-first century so far is to trace a history of unaffordability and shortage. After years of refusing to build sufficient housing, America has a national housing crisis. After years of limiting immigration, we don’t have enough workers. Despite decades of being warned about the consequences of climate change, we haven’t built anything close to the clean-energy infrastructure we need. Ambitious public projects are finished late and over budget—if they are ever finished at all.
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Bold new ideas for a better future
- By Edward Swing on 03-19-25
By: Ezra Klein, and others
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The Honeymoon
- By: Jane E. James
- Narrated by: Rose Robinson, Sean Burke, Leena Makoff, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
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Timothy and Jonah, wealthy entrepreneurs with a spoiled son, hide sins from their past—one involving a death on a cruise, the other a crime in Bali. Nathan and Samantha, the hot ex-nanny turned trophy wife, grapple with infertility and a shocking paternity secret. Bartosz and Angelika (he’s a chef, she’s a former sex worker) carry debts to the other couples they don’t even realize they owe. Over fourteen days, the couples bond—but their pasts are too deeply intertwined to stay hidden. The sly concierge, Putu, knows more than he lets on.
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Great storytelling!
- By Ashley R on 03-31-25
By: Jane E. James
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Project Hail Mary
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
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Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
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Bazinga
- By Davidgonzalezsr on 05-04-21
By: Andy Weir
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The Wedding People
- A Novel
- By: Alison Espach
- Narrated by: Helen Laser
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
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It’s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She's immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she’s actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn’t here for the big event. Phoebe is here because she’s dreamed of coming for years—she hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband, only now she’s here without him, at rock bottom, and determined to have one last decadent splurge on herself.
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What a beautiful book
- By Brooke Baker on 08-15-24
By: Alison Espach
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Once Upon a Crime
- By: Brynn Kelly
- Narrated by: Chase Brown, Rebekkah Ross
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
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Lana Fleming’s sister has vanished from the set of TV’s hottest show, and no one seems to care. Desperate for answers, Lana sneaks in as an extra, only to get stranded with Griffin Hart, an A-list action star with a reputation for good abs and bad decisions. Though Griffin didn’t expect to be cast as a librarian’s sidekick in a real-life thriller, he’s weirdly into it—and into her. Even more unsettling—she sees right through his playboy persona. But their meet-cute soon turns deadly when they uncover a Hollywood scandal for the ages.
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Never a dull moment
- By Christina Clark on 03-11-25
By: Brynn Kelly
What listeners say about Self-Publishing for the Broke Author
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- Yakov Nayerman
- 06-18-19
Solid Instructional Aid
In contrast with most of the instructional How-to audiobooks, this one is not overloaded with references to different URL or other sources you can not physically capture while walking or driving. Jean Bauhaus stated in the very beginning that all the references are listed on her website and this is very true. I would like to have a guideline of what chapter I should go to, depending on my stage of writing or publishing. Or at least to have the titles of the chapters in the table of content. Otherwise, it is a good book, matching the promises of its title and I recommend it to all "green" authors.
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- NC
- 07-26-20
Great guide for publishing on a dime
I'm an author, and I've been generally broke during Covid-19, so I was really happy to find this book! It offers a lot of practical advice on how to get your book professionally up-to-par for publishing on Amazon, and while none of the advice is particularly revolutionary if you've been around in publishing for a while, it's all neatly packaged and here in one place. If you're new to publishing, this would likely be more useful to you. But, either way, I picked up some tips on sites and resources I hadn't heard of before, and now have a greater arsenal of tools to use while getting books out there!
One caveat is that a lot of tips are geared toward very low-cost publishing vs free publishing, or at least putting in a significant time commitment with bartering skills. Also, you'll likely do better with these suggestions if you have a skill to trade such as editing or cover design. Which, honestly, is practical! But, this isn't as much a guide to publish for free as it is a guide to publishing for someone who has a small budget and/or time and skills and can do some serious DIY-hustling.
I received a free review copy at my request and voluntarily left my honest review.
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- Ashley Hedden
- 12-08-20
Good Read
Self-Publishing for the Broke Author: How to Edit Your Manuscript, Format Your Book and Create a Killer Cover on Little to No Money was a great quick read by Jean Bauhaus. The author shows you how to produce, publish, and publicize your book with little to no money. I really enjoyed reading these tips and tricks by the author.
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