Practice Publishing with an Old Manuscript

Posted on June 2, 2007
Filed Under Designing Novels, Self-Publishing with Lulu |

Karen has been asking some good questions about the publishing process with Lulu. The other day, she asked me if I thought it was a good idea to use an old manuscript as a testing ground for learning how to publish with Lulu. By all means, yes. I think that’s an excellent idea because you can use it to practice until you become comfortable with the process.

If you don’t have a spare manuscript, go to the Gutenberg Project website and download one of their ebooks from their Top 100 list. This morning, I happened to find Edgar Alan Poe’s “The Raven” and H.G. Wells’ “The War of the Worlds” and downloaded both of them. In a minute, I’ll show you how I formatted the first chapter.