Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A recap of questions answered during my monthly Power Hour livestream.

Resources Mentioned:

150 Self-Publishing Questions Answered: authorlevelup.com/150

How to Get Your Books Into Bookstores and Libraries (Book by Debbie Young): geni.us/Jh3cfg

The Alliance of Independent Authors Service Ratings Directory: selfpublishingadvice.org/ratings

Paul Beverley Microsoft Word Macros: archivepub.co.uk/Macros.html

QUESTION TIMESTAMPS

0:00 What are the steps to publish a book?
4:45 What is your advice for finding beta readers?
5:08 When writing without an outline, how do you solve the problem of chapters that aren’t fitting right?
6:33 Should I listen to advice from a writing workshop?
10:54 What do you think about Autocrit?
12:30: What do you think about Wattpad?
14:54 How are you able to write so fast?
18:25 How do you get your books into libraries?
23:55 Thoughts on dictation
25:12 Are taxes a hassle if you sell books internationally?
30:30 Which spelling and grammar checker do you recommend?

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