Self-Publishing in a Nut-Shell: By Someone Who Cracked the Nut

by Karen E. Quinones Miller

An A-Z manual on how to self-publish your book by Karen E. Quinones Miller, who self-published her first book in 1999, and sold 3,000 copies in 6 weeks, and ultimately 28,000 copies in six months. Miller sold the rights, at auction, for six figures and went on to publish seven more books with major publishers such as Simon & Schuster, Warner Book, Grand Central Books. However, she also started her own publishing company which has published a number of bestselling books. Miller regularly gives workshops on publishing and self-publishing -- and has long been encouraged to write a book -- or books -- on the subjects. Chapters included in Self-Publishing in a Nut-Shell What Qualifies Me To Write This Book?Your ManuscriptSetting Up Your Publishing CompanyEditing and ProofreadingEditing ChallengeEdited ExcerptTypesettingPricing Your BookISBN Numbers and EAN BarcodesEAN Bar CodesBooks in PrintBook CoversRecommended Book Cover DesignersPrintersRecommended PrintersDistributorsChain Stores

43 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 28, 2012

About the author

Karen E. Quinones Miller is the author of the Essence best selling novels Satin Doll, I’m Telling, Using What You Got, Ida B., (nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction), Satin Nights, and Passin’.

Miller was born and raised in Harlem and dropped out of school in the 8th grade, but later finished her education and became a reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

In 1999 she self-published her first novel, Satin Doll, and sold 3,000 copies in just six weeks --and ultimately sold 28,000 copies in six months. The publishing rights to Satin Doll and a second book were ultimately sold at auction for a six-figure deal. She has subsequently been published by Simon & Schuster, Warner Books, and Grand Central Books.

Miller, who is included in the book Literary Divas: The Top 100+ Most Admired African-American Women in Literature, is a frequent and accomplished public speaker. Miller has conducted numerous publishing/self-publishing workshops that have been attended by people nationwide.

But more than anything, Miller’s passion is writing. She used her publishing company – Oshun Publishing Company, Inc. – to publish Harlem Godfather: The Rap on my Husband, Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson -- the first biography written about the Harlem gangster who was depicted in the movies Cotton Club, Hoodlum and American Gangster – which she co-authored along with Bumpy’s 93-year-old widow, Mayme Johnson. Oshun Publishing also recently published Raw: An Erotic Street Tale by Shay, and Prey For Love by Leyton Wint.