The Self-Publishing Roadmap

Six stages from first draft to a book that keeps selling.

Most first-time authors spend money in the wrong order — cover before edit, ads before reviews. The sequence below puts the cheap, decisive work first.

6 stages · cost order includedFor authors planning their first independent release.

What is inside

What to do, and in what order, at each stage
Where money is wasted and where it is essential
The decision point most authors get wrong: launch volume vs. backlist

Why this exists

Most first-time authors spend money in the wrong order — cover before edit, ads before reviews. The sequence below puts the cheap, decisive work first.

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