Self Publishing eBooks and Print on Demand

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SELF-PUBLISHING EBOOKS AND PRINT ON DEMAND

Working from your word processor's file of a finished, revised, and edited novel, and a cover art image, you will learn how to publish your book to major ebook channels AND paperback print in one process - doing it quickly, easily, and professionally.

By the end of this program you will be able to...

publish your book to 8 ebook publication channels including Amazon Kindle, Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble Nook, and Kobo Books

use Photoshop and your ebook's cover image to create an attractive print on demand (POD) paperback cover; and

publish your book as a paperback through Createspace Print on Demand publishing service

You will feel in control of your self-publishing business instead of wondering if it’s controlling you.

Vanessa Grant Oltmann

Author / Storyteller / Educator

vanessa@oltmann.ca

"Storytelling and education have been my lifelong passions. I love facilitating learning for storytellers." ... Vanessa Grant Oltmann

AUTHOR / STORYTELLER

Vanessa Grant Oltmann began her literary career writing the column A Letter From Lucy Island Lighthouse for a small northern British Columbia newspaper. She later worked as a contributing editor for Sea Talk magazine and free lance commentator for CBC Radio Canada.

Her first novel was published in 1985 and she went on to write 32 more romance novels as Vanessa Grant (several while living on a sailboat in Mexico for two years) and three dark thrillers under the pseudonym Val Cameron.

Vanessa has been translated into 15 languages with over 10 million copies of her books sold worldwide. Her non-fiction book Writing Romance won the Under the Covers literary award and was described in a National Writer's Monthly review as "by far the best writing book I have ever read".

EDUCATOR

Vanessa has presented storytelling workshops for writers' groups in Canada, the USA, Australia and New Zealand. She is also qualified as a Certified Professional Accountant, a Certified Forensic Investigator, and holds a British Columbia Post Secondary Instructor's Diploma.

Vanessa recently retired from her career as a Professor of Accounting and Forensics at Vancouver Island University to work on her own teaching and writing activities.

Vanessa lives with her husband of forty years and their enthusiastic Australian Shepherd on British Columbia's beautiful Vancouver Island.

Vanessa Grant Oltmann
eMail: vg@oltmann.ca
Twitter: vanessa_grant

Reviews (3)

Vanessa Grant offers a surefire very easy way to go from "I've written the best book I can" to fully published on multiple platforms in about 10 easy steps. With video and text to follow (and a very cool clock showing how long it takes) she takes the fear out of the technology. In this course you'll learn how to format, upload, make a print cover from an ebook cover and create a print on demand paperback and more. I found the steps easy to follow, Grant's explanations clear and concise (no wandering off topic) and actually money-saving. I've been self-publishing for some years now and I've avoided doing a lot of print books precisely because of the added cost of having a print cover made by an expert. Now I'm the expert! I highly recommend this course and would take more classes from Vanessa Grant in future. I rank this course a MUST for writers wanting to take control of their careers, their books and their publishing schedules.

by Bonnie Edwards

This course was easy to follow and thorough. Step by step it walked me through what I needed to do to self-publish my book. The on screen tutorials were an added bonus. They were clear, concise and really helped with the process. Given that Vanessa Grant is a multi-published author and has self-published her own books, she has an 'in the trenches' kind of insight into publishing that I appreciated.

by Laura Langston

I found this a great course for learning how to self publish on Amazon and through D2D. Vanessa gives easy to follow directions in each segment and the visuals are very effective. She also has a clear speaking voice that is very easy to listen to. Highly recommended for people starting out on the self publishing journey!

by Gail Crease

Self publishing ebooks and print on demand

$47.00

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