You've done it You've finished your novel (or memoir, or how-to, or poetry collection, etc.). Sit back. Breathe a sigh, take a drink, light a cigar. You've done it Now what? Usually, an author is so exhilarated by finishing a book that he or she doesn't really think about what's next. Sure, there are those dreams of every publisher knocking at your door, starting a bidding war for your manuscript and your book becoming a best-seller over night. And that can happen. It does occasionally, but more often the hard work still is to come. This book is not for those authors who get an agent who gets them editors who convince their publishers to publish their books. This book is for those intrepid souls who decide the only way to maintain control over their books - and/or to make more money per book than with a traditional publisher - is to self-publish.