How Do I Publish Myself?

This may seem like a strange question to come from a self-publishing company, but it's the question we get asked the most. So, here's how to publish your own book:

The first step in publishing your book is to think about the format. Do you want to sell a paperback or hardback book? How big should it be? Do you want your readers to be able to fit it in their pockets? Perhaps it is more of a "coffee-table" book? The most popular books sizes are 6 x 9 and 8.5 x 11. Children's books often are a perfect square at 8.27 x 8.27.

Once you have answered these questions, you can then use any word processing program to layout your book. Many self-published authors use Microsoft Word to do this, but you can use any program that can save your document in Word or PDF format.

No matter what program you use, you will want to go into the "Page Setup" utility and specify the size of the final document you intend to make. Set the margins so that you leave enough space for the paper to fit into the spine of the book (at least an inch or so), and also enough room around the sides so the text doesn't crowd too close to the edge of the book.

You will also want to consider what you want your book's cover to look like. Does it need to have a special picture on the front? Perhaps a simple background color or design is more appropriate.
You can use Adobe Photoshop (you can download a free 30-day trial of Adobe Photoshop here) to design your cover or you can use the built-in cover editor available on http://www.wwaow.com/ to design your book's cover. Remember, people really DO judge books by their covers, so you will want to make sure you put your best foot forward in this regard.

You will also want to write up a short biography of yourself and a short description of your book that we will use to sell your book.

Finally, you need to go through the upload wizard on http://www.wwaow.com/. The step-by-step process helps you determine what you need to do in order to make a great looking book.

Learn more about how to publish yourself at http://www.wwaow.com/!