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I selfpublished a couple of volumes of my fathers poetry, because it was of interest to several hundred friends and relatives but not to a mass market audience of thousands required by a traditional publisher. Next, log into your kindle direct publishing account, and upload your book and some cover art. To publish your book, you have to make sure its in the best possible shape. I work with a lot of writers, and by far the most frustrated, disappointed, and confused writers i work with arent the ones chasing after the publication of their first book, trying to figure out how to publish a.
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