How (NOT) to Publish a Book!
By Jeremy Bouma
There is a wrong way to publish a book. Not a slower way or a harder way — a wrong one, the kind that costs thousands of dollars and leaves you with a garage full of copies and no rights to your own work.
The focus of this insight today is the publishing part of this magical modern world of writing, publishing, and marketing your passion project to connect it to people who need your story, study, and resource to find flourishing in their lives and to ignite faith in those around you.
Something Tragic I Saw a Few Days Ago
What brought about this particular insight is something sort of tragic that I saw a few days ago that I was reminded is a thing in this modern publishing world that I kind of forgot about.
Field Note
Most publishing mistakes are recoverable. You can re-cover a book, re-edit it, relaunch it, move it to a different platform.
The expensive ones are the mistakes you sign. Which is why the path you choose matters more than almost any craft decision you'll make — and why it's worth understanding all of them before you commit to one.
The Absolute Wrong Way to Publish Your Book
And that is the possible paths to publishing — and the absolute WRONG way to publish your book. This one insight could save you thousands of dollars and a pocket full of heartache.
No. Seriously. Check it!
All for God's glory and your neighbor's gospel good.
/ jeremy