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I’ve self published three books now, with another in the works. Amazon print on demand makes it incredibly easy. They’re about my adventures around the world, w
by grecy 2y ago
I’ve self published three books now, with another in the works. Amazon print on demand makes it incredibly easy.
They’re about my adventures around the world, with some lessons I learned and observations about whatever part of the world I’m in sprinkled throughout.
The process was immensely satisfying, and I’ll never forget the feeling the first time I held the printed book in my hands. “Holy shit, I wrote a book!” My name was on the spine and everything.
I write them in LaTeX to have ultimate control over the layout and formatting, then run it through Pandoc to get a compliant epub file. Details here [1].
I have them for sale on Amazon printed and book, and kobo and apple as ebooks. I’ll never get rich, but ~$500 a month forever is really nice when I’m on the road in a foreign country where costs are not high.
If you have the desire, I highly recommend it. The learning and immense satisfaction are great. It doesn’t cost a cent, and you will have it forever.
[1] http://theroadchoseme.com/how-i-self-published-a-professional-paperback-and-ebook-using-latex-and-pandoc http://theroadchoseme.com/how-i-self-published-a-professiona...
- _tom_ 2y agoI don't see a date the article. The web has taught me to never waste time with an undated article. Odds are very good it's obsolete.
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- grecy 2y agoHuh, I never noticed the wp theme I’m using doesn’t put a date on “pages” , only “posts”. I wrote that in 2020, and I’m doing the identical thing right now for my next book. Not out of date at all.