Guided questions
AvailablePublishing Starting Point
Answer a few plain-English questions about your manuscript and the decisions you've made so far, and receive Your Publishing Starting Point — a personalized snapshot you can save, print and keep.
Resources
Publishing guidance you can use right now.
Practical tools and guidance for first-time authors: understand where your book stands, learn the publishing path at your own pace, or prepare for a consultation about your specific project.
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Choose the kind of help you need.
Assess where your project stands today, learn the publishing process at your own pace, or talk your book through with someone.
Course
AvailableSelf-Publishing Foundations
A structured, self-paced course covering the publishing path from finished manuscript to published book, at your own speed. Finish with your own Publishing Action Plan.
Free consultation
AvailableFree Publishing Consultation
A free consultation about your book: ask your questions, understand the publishing decisions in front of you, and get clearer about what should happen next. No charge, and no obligation to publish with us.
The Publishing Director
Don't just ask a publishing question. Find out what it means for your book.
Any AI can explain what an ISBN is. The Publishing Director can relate the answer to your own project — using the publishing details you've recorded here, remembering the decisions you've confirmed in this browser, showing where your book stands, and pointing to the next sensible move. It also knows when a question is better handled in a free publishing consultation. It never writes or reviews your manuscript.
Ask the question. Understand the decision. Know what comes next.
Ask the Publishing DirectorAnswers the question
Plain-English publishing guidance on editing, ISBNs, covers, formatting and Amazon KDP — no terminology required.
Relates it to your book
It uses only what you've recorded or confirmed yourself. If something about your book isn't known, it says so rather than inventing it.
Keeps track of decisions
When you state a decision clearly, it can become part of your Book Publishing Profile — saved in this browser, not sent anywhere.
Shows what comes next
One recommended next move, drawn from Self Publish Me's publishing framework, with “Why this next?” always available.
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Prefer guidance on your book specifically?
Resources help you decide. Tell us about your book and we'll review the project information and any relevant materials, then explain what publishing it properly involves.
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