Are you interested in working with self-publishing authors? Self-publishing authors are, in essence, publishers, which means that they need to educate themselves about the steps in the publishing process. The publishing landscape is changing fast, and for editors interested in working with self-publishing authors, it's important to stay abreast of these changes. Editors often know more than they think about what's involved in getting a book from manuscript to market. And what they don't know, they can learn, by exploring topics in self-publishing.

1. Self-Publishing for
Editors
Editorial Freelancers Association
Instructor: Carla Douglas
Beyond Paper Editing
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2. What You’ll Need
O Microsoft Word (course
instructions are written for Word
2010)
O Course text: APE:
Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur:
How to Publish a Book, by Guy
Kawasaki and Shawn Welch
O A sense of humor and a tolerance
for lots of great interaction and
hands-on exploration

3. Who This Course is For
I’ve designed this course with a range
of learners in mind:
O Are you tech-savvy? I’ve built lots of
extras into the course to allow you to
work to your strengths
O Do you describe yourself as a
luddite? I’ve provided you with lots of
basic options, and additional
resources that can address gaps in
your knowledge

4. 1.0 Exploring Ebooks
Learning Goals
O to explore a nonfiction and fiction
ebook
O to understand how ebooks work
O to understand how ebooks are
similar to and different from print
books

5. 2.0 Understanding Epublishing
Learning Goals
O To familiarize yourself with important
topics, players and organizations in
the epublishing world
O To understand how self-publishing
works

6. 3.0 Editors and Self-Publishing
Learning Goals
O To understand key steps in the selfpublishing process
O To find author-friendly resources
that demonstrate or explain the selfpublishing steps

7. 4.0 The Editor’s New Roles
Learning Goals
O To learn about common ebook gaffes
and formatting errors in ebooks
O To consider the roles of editor-as-
educator and editor-as-publishing
consultant
O To create an author tool that explains
the key steps in the (self-)publishing
process