Should you Self-Publish? Publish your own book! Publish your own ebook!

"I don't know what is involved. I wish someone would make it easy and understandable to publish your own book..."

Welcome to Mary's Journey.

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Two Videos

Produced and vetted to show you what you need to know to self-publish. It took Mary a lot of time to assemble this info when she first started publishing. This is meant to take out the guesswork and show you a clear and easy path.

Video One

In this 45-minute video, the first of a two-part series, Mary takes the guesswork out of self-publishing. She explains the process she has followed to prepare her manuscripts for self-publishing, including line/content and grammatical editing, pagination, and cover design and why each step is important. Resources for finding editors, paginators, and cover designers are also provided. At the end of this video, you can answer this question: Is your manuscript ready to self-publish?

Video Two

In this 42-minute video, the second of a two-part series, Mary explains the process she follows to prepare her manuscripts for self-publishing, including log lines (the beginning building blocks for your back cover and advertising snippets), ISBNs (What are they? Why do you need them?), Copyrights (Protect yourself!), and what is needed to upload to sites that will offer your book for sale.

Why are these videos unique?

You are given the websites to visit for things like ISBN and copyright and a list of vendors who are ready to help you. Mary provides an accuate assessment of the cost related to self-publishing before you sell your first book.

About Mary's Journey

Mary's Journey

After having two agents and writing for over 20 years, Mary decided to self-publish her own books. Her agent was against it. "You won't know how to do it correctly." Those were fighting words. Mary made it her mission to make sure she did it, and she did it correctly. But it was more complicated than she thought it would be to publish your own book, but after you do it, the fear is gone.

A Reluctant Teacher

Mary spent several years mastering her self-publishing, publishing thirteen of her own books. And one week in 2024, five people approached her with how she had done it. There was a lot of knowledge to pass along that took a lot of time, so Mary started writing it all down as she started thinking about it. She eventually put together several classes on how to publish your own ebook and publish your own book.

Labor of Love

As she put together her presentation, she realized it was more than just a handout she could give people. There were stories and advice around how to publish your own book, ways to reduce the frustration and learning curve.

Mary's Journey

Should you Self-Publish? Publish your own book! Publish your own ebook!