How to self-publish a book using BlueRoseONE DIY Platform.
A writer’s biggest dream is to publish their book and put it out in the world for people to read. They pour their emotions and imagination to make it a beautiful project but then they get stuck on how to reach the world. In the early days, it was difficult to get something published – it was costly, time taking, and never profitable as well. Today, we present you with a place where you are welcome to publish your first ever book the way you want and however you want. Read: Benefits of self-publishing a book in India.. BlueRoseONE – Stories Matter! BlueRoseONE is a self-publishing platform which allows you to become the author of your dreams. While we give our authors the expert packages we also give them an option of DIY i.e. Do It Yourself.It just takes four steps – Get Registered Choose Format Write or Upload Submit & Publish What are the DIY packages? BlueRoseONE offers you two options – DIY PACKAGES and EXPERT SOLUTION. Under DIY packages, you get to publish your book in the range of FREE to ₹8,990. The packages include: BASIC DIYBasic DIY allows you to publish your book in the format of eBook or paperback. It is usually recommended for the authors who want to publish small poetry books, novellas, thesis, etc. They can also sell their books through our BlueRoseONE store after they have published their book. POPULAR DIYPopular DIY also allows you to publish your book in the format of eBook or paperback. Authors who want to publish Novels, Inspirational or Non-Fictional books are recommended to go along with this package. It also lets your book sell through Amazon and Flipkart nationwide for a wider range. GLOBAL DIYGlobal DIY allows you to publish your book in the format of eBook or paperback. It is recommended for Novels, Inspirational, Educational, and Non-Fictional books. With this package, you can sell nationwide and worldwide through hundreds of stores to reach a wider audience. How can you reach out to us for publication? There are two ways – either you can submit your queries on the website within 24-48 hours, our team will contact you.Or you can visit the website www.blueroseone.com and study the packages to understand which ones you can opt for. Four-Step SELF PUBLISHING: Get Registered After you have been well versed in the world of DIY, click on start publishing. A Login/Register with us page will appear. If you already have an account, enter the credentials and start the process. If not, then you can register with your Phone number, E-mail ID, and password. Once you’ve registered, log in with your credentials, and Voilà! You’re good to go! 2. Choose Format Now starts the main process. As you’ll be welcomed by the home page, you’ll find a yellow button saying ‘PUBLISH WITH US’. Click on it and it will take you to the ‘My account’ page. On the left side of the page, you’ll see your details like your name, username, email ID, etc. On the right side, you’ll see some recently published or best-selling books. In the center, there will be two options open for you – Start Writing and Start Reading. Click on Start Writing. Once you do that, you’ll find a tutorial on the chat icon which can help you to understand how to publish your book on the DIY platform. You’ll be provided with two options – Publish a complete Book or Create online stories. Publishing is the option you’ll choose if you want your book in paperback, hardbound, or eBook format. If you’ll choose to Create online Stories, it will help you to write online like Wattpad, Web Novel, etc, does. You’ll be soon shown two options – Paperback or eBook. Read: How to coyright a book? Paperback – You’ll have to choose the Type of Write-up i.e. Genre, Binding type i.e. Paperback or Hardbound, Write-up Size i.e. the size of your book, Write-up Interior i.e. the color of the page, Paper Type i.e. texture and shade of the page, Language, and finally Write-Cover i.e. Gloss/Matte Finish. eBook – You’ll have to choose the Type of Book and Language. Read: How to self-publish a book for free? Once you’ve finished choosing these details, you will have to fill up all the information about your book i.e. Title, Description, Subtitle (If any), Author Name, Contributors (If any), Keywords, Author Biography, Category, and Audience. 3. Write or Upload Once you have filled in all this information, you have the option to either write on the website and format it with our templates or you can upload a print-ready PDF. Then you have to create a cover design. BlueRoseONE provides you with free templates which can help you design your own cover. 4. Submit & Publish Now that you’ve uploaded your files, you will have to select the distribution packages and the price of your book which will be calculated on the basis of how many pages, quality of paper, and what type of binding you have. It will also tell you how much royalty you will be receiving. After you’ve selected everything, it will be sent to the team for reviewing and brushing up on some details. And then it will finally be published. What to do after it is published? Promote. You can promote your books with teasers or by showing people the cover of your book on social media platforms. You can also contact our social media team to help you with the promotions of your book. Our team is always happy to help. We hope that this helped you to understand the working of DIY a bit better. We believe that stories are meant to be heard, so, if you won’t write them how will those stories be known? Don’t let your talent go to waste just because you’re afraid; write and spread the word. We’ll be waiting to see your stories on our portal soon. Au revoir! You may also like: Ultimate Guide to Copy Editing: Tips, Techniques, and Tools
Mansi Chauhan
How can I self-edit my own book?
You have taken your sweet time in writing your book. Each chapter, each paragraph, and each line have been thought out and written, but is it ready for publishing? No. After writing comes editing. Editing is one of the most crucial parts of your pre-publishing phase. It is what sets the foundation strong. Read: How to copyright a book? There are many elements you can observe while editing and even think about tweaking some lines. For example, people use words mixed between American and British English, and they move ahead with that manuscript. But that is not how it should be done. Writers should always keep in mind that the language is the same throughout. Words like, realize – realise, color – colour, valor – valour, learned – learnt, etc. are some examples of what differences we should look at while editing. There are many words that can help you identify them. Editing also includes the right setting of elements and the correct stimulation of emotions throughout the story so that it will connect better. There are a few basic steps that you can keep in mind while editing your manuscript: Revisit your manuscript after writing it completely. Make notes while reading it. Imagine that you are reading someone else’s work and then read it. Highlight the points you noticed while reviewing with sticky notes, different coloured fonts, and so on. Once you are done with the reviewing stage, divide your editing process into three parts: creative changes, copyediting, and proofreading/spellchecking. It will make the process easier for you and give good results. Now, you will start making the changes that you penned down. The first changes will be the ones that would affect your story the most, i.e., rephrasing, paraphrasing any exaggerated parts, rewriting a scene, etc. Then you will go for the copyediting, i.e., grammatical errors, language accuracy, punctuation, etc. The spell-check is the finishing touch. Once you’ve made these changes, you’ve got to do a final spell check to ensure that the work is error-free for now. These steps have to be repeated twice at least to ensure no mistakes in the manuscript. Read: How to self-publish a poetry book? How many pages should a book have? A book can have as many pages as you want, but it is usually 50 pages minimum, and the maximum has no limit. Page numbers also depend on what type of content you are working with and what audience you are catering to. The theme and style of writing decide the number of pages. Yet, the ideal number of pages is 100-150 pages. Does publishers edit your book? Nowadays, the internet has provided us with many apps that can help us in the editing process of our manuscript. Apps like Grammarly, Quillbot, etc. provide us with many tools which can be useful. Grammarly has the option to switch between British, American, and Australian English as well, so you can keep one flow throughout the manuscript. Read: How can you make your book cover stand out? Different publishing houses have different sets of rules when it comes to editing the manuscript. Some reframe your entire manuscript, while others just rewrite it. BlueRoseOne lets you decide which type of editing you want to be done at very affordable rates. The author’s inputs and approval are the first needs catered to by us.