How To Self-Publish An Ebook
I couldn’t find a clear guide, so I’m leaving this trail for my future self.
When I wanted to rerelease American Lady Creature: A Feminist Reckoning in Qatar*, self-publishing was not in my wheelhouse. I did it as a strategic step in publishing my forthcoming second memoir.**
Though the stories are wildly different—in the first, my ex disappears while I’m trapped in a patriarchal culture, whereas the new one is about my salvation tour with various gurus, a sex ashram, and even a cult—I wanted to make the book available at a deep discount to entice potential readers.
Finding a guide to accomplishing this task, however, was nigh on impossible. So I’m leaving this trail for you (and my future self).
None of the links included here is affiliate. Where you see a clickable link, it’s a service I’ve at least tried. If you’ve had luck with something else, let me know in the comments. This information is current as of this writing and, I hope, general enough to be useful.
Where to start
Most “how-to” articles I found included lengthy passages on making sure you have a professionally-edited book in your genre. I’m starting with the assumption you’ve done that work already. Your book and title are ready to go and so are…
