| p>Printing your book can cost anywhere from | | | | their customers.o How your book can be used as |
| $3.00 per copy to $10.00 per copy and up. It can | | | | a valuable marketing tool for their business.o That |
| get expensive! Consider offering your book to the | | | | you're willing to negotiate the content as it relates |
| book buying public as an e-book first. As the | | | | to their business, in order to obtain their |
| profits come in you can add a printed copy, for a | | | | sponsorship. |
| higher cost than your digital copy, to your | | | | In your offer be sure to include:o A copy of your |
| customers. | | | | completed manuscript.o A detailed description of |
| You can also record the contents of your book | | | | the offer including the discount, number of copies, |
| and offer it as an MP3 or audio book for those | | | | and the base price. |
| that like to listen to books on their commute. | | | | Promote products as an affiliate. |
| Audio books and books on CD are easy to | | | | Affiliate commissions can pay for your book's |
| produce and fairly inexpensive. Use the profits | | | | printing and promotion costs. Just about every |
| from your e-book sales to finance the printing and | | | | company in the marketplace has an affiliate |
| recording of your other books. This saves you | | | | program. This means that as an affiliate you get a |
| money and helps you to expand your product line | | | | percentage of any sales that are made because |
| fairly quickly. It's called Information Marketing and | | | | of you. It's a huge field and many people are able |
| it's a great way to write yourself rich. | | | | to make a living as affiliate marketers. How does |
| Offer links in exchange for advance copies. | | | | this help you self publish a book? Easy, find one or |
| Find relevant sponsors that will benefit from | | | | two reputable companies that relate to your |
| affiliating themselves with your book. Say, for | | | | book's topic. Become an affiliate and create links |
| example, your book is about tropical fish breeding, | | | | to those products or companies when you write |
| you could contact two or three specialty stores | | | | your book or e-book. As people click on the links |
| offer to highlight them in your book in exchange | | | | and make purchases you'll make money. |
| for a discounted prepublication bulk order of your | | | | Writing and publishing a book doesn't have to be |
| book. All it takes is one or two sponsors to agree | | | | expensive. By utilizing a few fiscal strategies you |
| to this offer and the costs of your printing and | | | | can in fact get others to pay for the production |
| marketing are taken care of. | | | | and promotion of your book. It's a great way to |
| It is important to remember to tell potential | | | | finance a career in writing and a great way to |
| sponsor:o What solutions your book will provide | | | | become a self published author. |