Summary: In our inaugural episode of the self-publishing podcast, after more attempts to make our setup work than we can count, and after Sean continuing to fight us with whatever is wrong technology-wise at his house, we eventually were able to get down to business and talk about some of the ways to begin your self-publishing journey. We talked about how we all got our starts -- Dave and Sean years back and only in the last year getting started with Amazon Kindle self-publishing, and me writing my book over a decade ago but only recently publishing it. You'll hear about two very different business models -- two guys (Sean and Dave) who produce 3 books a week between them (!!) vs. a guy (me, Johnny) with a more mortal timeframe, producing one novel and a bunch of smaller essays. We talk about: What you need to do to get your book ready to publish How the process of self-publishing on Amazon really works Whether or not you're a good judge of your own book... in many different areas... and what to do about it Why your book cover matters, and how to best handle it How to totally screw up your chances of having a popular book Why it may make sense to have more than one book written before you do any marketing for any of your work, and why I, personally, am not doing it that way regardless of what's smart vs. not smart Dave's creepy obsession with "goths pissing on trees" And a whole lot more Have a listen!
