Chapter 10
Getting Into Self-Publishing
In This Chapter
Tackling written self-publishing
Going the audio route
Venturing into videos
Handling legal issues
Years ago, the power to create intellectual property (a legal term referring to works you produce that are creations of the mind), such as reports, books, and other information products that are the fruits of your labor was a relatively difficult pursuit. Fortunately, doing so today with self-publishing isn’t the case anymore.
Self-publishing is when an author of a body of work (or the creator of an audio podcast or video) takes on the additional role of creator and distributor of that work. Traditionally, self-publishing meant that you created your own book (or report, newsletter, and such), but today self-publishing means your creative work can take the form of a website, blog, ezine, audio, video, or other work that can inform or entertain.
As this chapter explains, self-publishing isn’t just about the written word in its various formats (article, report, book, and so on). It’s also about taking that content and repurposing ...
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