Publishing Desk

Welcome. This is the Publishing Desk. Everything you need to turn your manuscript into a book that’s ready for readers.

Publishing comes down to decisions. Format, pricing, ISBN, copyright, cover, Amazon, your author website, launch prep. Each guide here takes you through one.

Start with the first guide at the top. It shows how everything fits together. After that, read in order if you’re starting from scratch, or jump to what you need.

Work through it steadily. Each decision takes you closer to publication day. If a question comes up on the way, Ask Aura can help.

Publishing Your Book: Where to Start

Ebook, Paperback or Hardback

What Should I Charge?

Do I Need an ISBN?

Copyright and Protecting Your Work

Formatting Your Ebook

Formatting for Print

Print Cover Essentials

Amazon

Amazon and an Important Choice

Your Author Website

Getting Ready to Launch

These guides stay here for whenever you need them. Publishing has a lot of moving parts, and it helps to have everything in one place.

For anything specific to your book, Ask Aura can talk it through with you.