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Do It Yourself · DIY Publishing Journey

Publish independently with intelligent step-by-step guidance for your book.

The DIY Publishing Journey gives a first-time author a clear publishing path for one book. You stay in control and do the publishing work. We provide the path, the explanations and the guidance.

$297 · One book · Six months · One-time payment. No subscription. No automatic renewal.

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  • Ask general publishing questions, any time
  • Learn terminology and standard publishing decisions
  • Build a lightweight Book Starting Point in your browser
  • No persistent project journey
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DIY Publishing Journey — $297

$297 · One book · Six months

  • One persistent project for one book
  • 10 guided publishing milestones
  • Book Publishing Profile saved with that book
  • A Publishing Director that knows your book, your current milestone, your recorded decisions and your progress
  • Saved milestone notes and progress you can return to
  • Six months of access — the project stays stored when the term ends

$297 · One book · Six months · One-time payment. No subscription. No automatic renewal.

The 10 milestones of your journey

Each one answers a single question about your book.

  1. 01

    Manuscript Ready

    Is the writing genuinely finished enough to publish from?

  2. 02

    Publishing Decisions

    What kind of book am I actually producing?

  3. 03

    Interior Ready

    Is the inside of the book laid out to print correctly?

  4. 04

    Cover Ready

    Is the cover built to the right specification?

  5. 05

    Publishing Identity

    Who is publishing this book, and under what identity?

  6. 06

    Book Details

    Is the information that sells the book written?

  7. 07

    Production Readiness

    Do my files hold together as one consistent book?

  8. 08

    Platform Readiness

    Do I understand what the platform will ask me for?

  9. 09

    Proof & Final Review

    Does the physical or digital proof look right?

  10. 10

    Published

    Is the book live, and what did I learn?

You do the work. We remove the guessing.

Your journey gives you structure, plain-English explanations, the standard decisions to make at each stage, and a Publishing Director that already knows where your book is. What it does not include:

  • Manuscript writing or editing
  • Cover design or interior formatting
  • File repair or file preparation
  • Uploading or submitting to KDP or any platform
  • Human review or approval of your files

You do that work yourself or hire providers you choose. Want a person alongside you? Guided Publishing adds structured human guidance. Want it done for you? Done For You.

How the six months work

  • $297 one-time covers one book for 180 days. No subscription, no automatic renewal, nothing to cancel.
  • When the six months end, your project is paused — never deleted. Renewing that same book costs $297 and reopens it for another six months.
  • A different book is a new $297 journey, with its own project.
  • You create your Self Publish Me account, pay securely, and your journey opens straight away with one obvious first question: what should I do next?

$297 · One book · Six months · One-time payment. No subscription. No automatic renewal.

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