Publishing a e-book is a large enterprise—reserved for the actually brave. Publishing a whole sequence? Typically, that takes much more grit, to not point out cautious planning.

With regards to launching a sequence, there’s extra stress to get the whole lot proper from the beginning. It’s tougher to get well if something is ready up improperly. Your selections relating to the primary e-book have implications for all books within the sequence, and a misstep with later books can alienate them from the remainder of the sequence.

So, what concerns must you make when planning a sequence?

Listed here are a couple of pointers.

There are a number of questions you must ask your self early on:

• What’s going to your creator identify be? Will you employ a pen identify or your authorized identify? No matter identify you select should be constant throughout your whole e-book sequence.
• Will you kind a publishing firm? In that case, will you buy ISBNs beneath that identify? Every e-book in your sequence must be revealed beneath the identical firm.
• Do you want a brand? If “sure,” it ought to seem on every of your books.
• Will you’ve an internet site? How about social media? Will you share hyperlinks to them in your books?

These are just some gadgets that can have repercussions all through your creator profession. Altering this stuff afterward could be detrimental to your total model. 

Earlier than launching any e-book—however particularly a sequence of books—survey your competitors, primarily the bestsellers. What instruments do bestselling authors make use of to make sure cohesion between books of their sequence and heighten discoverability? How do their covers seem? What language do they use of their titles and e-book descriptions?

This analysis can illuminate your subsequent strikes and pinpoint what may go greatest on your sequence. When you’ve surveyed the panorama, your subsequent essential step is crafting titles that resonate.

The titles (and subtitles) of all of the books in your sequence must be written nicely upfront of the textual content. When crafting them, attempt to make them suitable with each other. Ensuring all of the titles sound like they go collectively is a good way to spice up model recognition.

An skilled e-book title marketing consultant may also help be certain that the phrases not solely resonate with consumers but in addition reinforce the unity of the sequence.

The cowl design of e-book one will develop into the inspiration for the remainder of the books within the sequence. All of the books within the sequence ought to have an identical feel and appear that can assist consumers acknowledge them and affiliate them with the sequence.

If you happen to handle to plan all of the titles and subtitles forward of time, that can assist the duvet design course of go extra easily for every e-book transferring ahead. The designer will then be capable to make sure the overarching design is versatile sufficient to accommodate the longest and shortest titles within the sequence, in addition to spotlight the model.

If you happen to select to supply e-book one in a number of binding types, you must accomplish that for different books within the sequence, as nicely. For instance, if e-book one is obtainable in softcover, hardcover, and eBook, consumers will sometimes anticipate these choices for the subsequent books within the sequence. 

If a buyer buys books one and two as a hardcover, they doubtless gained’t wish to discover e-book three solely obtainable as a softcover. That may result in unfavorable critiques. For probably the most half, e-book lovers choose consistency on their bookshelves.

Patrons who loved your first e-book will anticipate the value of the others to be related. Pricing your e-book precisely from the beginning will ship this consistency and keep at bay disagreeable surprises. That is trickier than it sounds, nevertheless.

Because the years go on, print prices will regularly enhance. Whilst you don’t wish to value your self out of the market, you should value the e-book excessive sufficient to cowl the print value. Not all authors may have the identical overhead, so don’t be afraid to cost your books in a manner that can cowl your prices successfully.

If you happen to want any assist with title session, cowl design, or advertising, 1106 Design presents all this and extra. We love serving to authors obtain their publishing objectives. Contact us right this moment to be taught extra about how we may also help you succeed!