About this guide

Yes - it's free!

Back in January 2012 I decided to write and publish a book in both print and ebook formats. Not so unusual you might think. What made it different is that I set a timescale for doing it - one week!

I partly achieved my goal, I wrote the book and published the ebook within the seven days. The paperback version took a little longer since it took three weeks for the proof copy to arrive in the UK from the printers in the US.
The subject? The title was 'So You've Written a Book." It described how a would be author should self- publish a manuscript. Most of the book was made up by step-by-step illustrations using screen captures. Within a few years it became out of date so I started work on a new version, the one shown in banner above called 'An Illustrated Guide to Getting Published.'

Several years later, publishing has advanced again and a new guide is needed. This time I'm making it available free on the web so that it can be updated as needed. Naturally that won't get me much in royalties so to help pay for this site you'll find some adverts. Some will be for my other books, some will be for books I've personally enjoyed, some will be for products I think worth buying because I've bought them myself.

Ignore the adverts if you wish but if you find this guide useful at least download a free ebook, that will help my rankings. I am an Amazon affiliate and many advert links will point to Amazon.

...and maybe, some day I'll produce a new printed version of this as a reference book.