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sorry i'm just getting into this new
chat so i might actually stream a lot
because yeah this is like share my
position
but no worries i'll try to keep it as
professional as i can
so in this video like i said we're going
to be talking about how to print your
books without spending
a dime without spending money so i'm
going to give you that
and at the same time i'm also going to
give you how to actually
print and publish your hard cover book
so let me
show you the difference between a
paperback book and
a hat cover book and i'll be showing you
some interesting
african authors that i've fallen in love
with forgive me if i become narcissistic
in the process so one i have
um let's see
moving things from the shelf as you can
see
it's properly arranged now i have
this then
i also have this
so this is paperback so paperback
is the basic
book you pick acro
like picking the store and all that you
pick everything at the store actually
so paperback is like the basic normal
book there's no heart just the outer
paper is just say a few milligrams
heavier than the ones
inside well had
covered books this is stranger in lagos
by sally this book is interesting she
actually get the copy and yeah
this is actually my book you should
actually get a copy and check out the
reviews on amazon and goodreads
so yeah back to this book so this is
hard
cover like you'll be wondering how do
these people make their books
and how do they make it into hardcovers
and all that
so i'll be showing you or teaching you
the platforms where you can actually get
your books out
this way without spending too much and
having it
in the hands of all tom
dick and harry so
for the sake of this video i'm just
going to do this somewhere i'm sorry i'm
gonna arrange you later
so going deep into it
to publish your book basically to get
this version of your book
that's the basic cover for most of my
books down my shelf
you can do this via kdp
as a self-publishing auto you should
know slides like
kdp create space ingramsparks
book baby draft digital because
these are platforms where you get your
plotted manuscript of your book
and they actually help you print out
this book to make your
your imaginations become reality
like say for instance you're done
writing your manuscript
yeah thinking to yourself asking
yourself
okay the beauty of actually being a
writer is not just
publishing the book and you know having
it on digital
um digital platforms or just having e
copies but the beauty of actually being
a writer for most people
is that the father can hold their words
they can actually feel like yes this is
my book like
i feel so special like to say this is my
book
that is also my book over there so it
gives me this joy
so if you want to also join the group of
writers that actually
get this type of joy without spending
their money and breaking a bank
all you need to do is sign up for kdp
and kdp is accessible to everybody all
over the world
around the world anywhere in the world
world world world
worldwide so
kdp means kinder direct publishing and
kindly direct publishing is actually it
involves
doing um print on demand so print on
demand is
the latest technology in which people
order your books
and the company or platform in which you
have uploaded your book
prints the book immediately and other is
placed and delivered
straight to them so if you are watching
from nigeria or most parts of africa
this service is actually not accessible
some people might actually do it but
it's going to like
oh that was actually painful but yes
it's not readily available on like other
like developed countries
but you also have access to it and you
need to enjoy that your book will not
get to you
except you find a way to divide down to
your country
but it's exactly cheaper and you can
actually get a wider audience to read
your books
so like i mentioned earlier kdp is like
number one
number one and that is amazon kindle
direct publishing
and this is owned by um kdp is actually
the only platform you can actually
publish your book
or your books without paying before
you publish your book schedule is the
only
platform where you get to publish your
book without paying a dime
like it is free but it gets to collect
like um a percentage of your book and
you get only realities
so which is fair to me because after
you've uploaded your book to the
platform
when any copy of your book is actually
printed and delivered to someone they
take off the money
or the cost of printing then they take
off a percentage
of your interests and then they release
the rest to you and they also take out
tax of it so you're free from thinking
about tax and
likes then these other platforms i'm
going to be mentioning are platforms you
can actually sell
your books like kdp also does kindle
direct kindle itself like kindle ebooks
so you upload your books
as e copies and also as printed these
other platforms you have to
pay a certain amount of money to get
your books printed
now notes that kdp only offers this
service like printing paperback copies
but the next two services
or companies i'm going to mention
actually offer
this service they are the main ones that
actually do the printing the other ones
i mentioned are actually like
distributors that
like i have a connection to kdp and this
other places so
the next one is actually lulu l
u l u lulu
lulu offers the service of printing
hardcover books also
book baby gives you the opportunity to
produce
hardcover books as well as paperbacks
too but like they give you the
opportunity to do that
then ingramsparks actually is actually
like the biggest of
everything they are competing with kdp
you but you have to pay a certain amount
of money like you're subscribing to your
service
to get your books on their platform and
to have the opportunity to print ad
cover paperback
ebook and have distribution channels all
over the world
then the following channels are actually
channels that actually offer the
services too
but they are linked to these other lulu
engrams packs
and they help you like print out your
books in different forms and formats
and then it'll be distributed around the
world these services are
auto house um
draft digital um bands and noble
they're actually a lot of them but these
are verified confirmed platforms that
ensure your book
is printed the right way though
like their comparison like between the
cost of production and the time of
shipment and all that but
i feel you just need to find which one
works for you
and go with the flu like read a lot
online about okay which one would you
prefer working with
i know that for me because i don't want
to think about the stress of like
doing hardcover books or pain extra when
i can just
print it out and yes this is not a paid
ad by kdp i wish kitty people pay me for
doing this but yeah
i just enjoy your services is
the easiest way to go about exactly
using amazon that's ktp and
using kdp you get sample copies of your
book for
free not free but it's going to be
cheaper than if you
were going to um a publisher to print a
sample
copy of your book for you so you get
sample copies of your book
i'm going to show you a sample copy of
my book i got for almost
half the price of the original one or
the
exact price so they always put this not
for sale on it
so this is like a proof copy you use
this to determine
okay if your format and layout is nice
if your text is okay the arrangement and
organization of the book is fine
so they give you this type of service
you can also other
auto copies like normally when you put
up the price you also add the price of
the book and also actually of course
like whatever you want to add to it
but when you're printing with amazon
kdp when you want to print all those
copies you can order from
one to 999 per batch
or whatever you want to order you can
actually do that and you pay
only the cost of printing the book
not the price you actually put out there
for like your customers or your readers
but the disadvantage is that the book
doesn't come to you in time as it would
if you were actually
buying it normally like as a customer on
amazon
be actually an indirect customer so it
just doesn't come to you on time
yes yes yes my dear thanks a lot for
sticking with me on this video
and now that is how to get your books
in paperback and add covers
without spending a dime okay for the
uncover you have to spend the time
but it's worth it because it's easy the
stress of thinking of
oh my god this guy is a professionals so
you can get your book into the market
immediately it is ready and
all you need to do just markets markets
markets market markets
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of these platforms
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i remain karma happy writing
and yes happy reading
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