Jed Byrne - Self-Publishing Your First Book

Business development director and Raleigh commercial real estate enthusiast Jed Byrne joined me on Ditching Hourly to walk through the entire process of self-publishing his first book, Start Small Selling, from idea validation to Kickstarter funding to final production.

We cover testing your book idea with real money, writing a first draft in 35 days, running a Kickstarter campaign to fund professional editing, finding and working with developmental editors, designing a book cover on a budget, and publishing through KDP and Lulu.

Chapters

(00:00) - Who Is Jed Byrne?

(03:19) - The Hyper-Local Newsletter

(07:59) - Why Write a Book?

(11:41) - Testing the Idea

(14:05) - The Writing Process

(21:56) - The Kickstarter

(31:04) - Building the Editing Team

(36:23) - The Timeline

(45:49) - Working with a Developmental Editor