(PRWEB UK) 3 February 2015 -- Mereo Books, one of the UK's first self-publishing houses with 20 years of experience and hundreds of titles, has produced a downloadable self-publishing guide for authors, designed to help them to fight their way through the self-publishing jungle and make sure they get the best service and advice for their books.
The guide answers many of the questions authors constantly ask Mereo, such as:
• What sort of book has a good chance of selling, and what doesn’t
• What to expect from a self-publishing house, and how to tell a good one from a bad one
• How the self-publishing process works
• How to plan a book
• What to put in, and what to leave out
• How to avoid some common mistakes in English
• How to present the manuscript
• How to sort and present illustrations
• Tips for writing fiction
• The importance of professional cover design
• How to promote a book and help it to sell.
Mereo also publishes a regular blog on its website, with hints and tips for writers on how to get themselves where they want to go. While the publishing guide is detailed and informative, the blog site gives tips that authors might not have thought of and shares advice for budding writers to help them through the challenging process of planning, writing, publishing and promoting a book. Tips for aspiring writers and authors are aimed at those who want to become a writer but are afraid to take the leap into what could be the best, or worst, decision of their lives.
Tony Tingle, Mereo Books, +44 1285 640485, [email protected]
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