This book will demystify the self-publishing process and present you with 13 simple steps to successfully and cost effectively self-publish your book. The steps described herein specifically relate to Print-on-Demand (PoD) publishing. If you have a book in you dying to get out, self-publishing can be an extremely cost effective, painless and quick way to publication.

In this book I provide a step-by-step path to successful self-publishing. It also recommends some "options" that will take you over the $20.00 mentioned in the title. These "options" provide good value for many people but they are NOT required to successfully self-publish for less than $20.00. I explain which ones I used and why they were good for "my" books. However, the "options" may not be important for your particular circumstances. I also cover the four primary myths about self-publishing and hopefully convince you to ignore them.

This book also makes the assumption that you are familiar with using your word processing software. I do provide information on the "tricky bits" of formatting (interior and cover) and also graphics/image insertion and you will have to have some "basic" word processing knowledge in order to apply my suggestions. And if you don't have the basic skills, you should not be afraid to visit the <help> tab in your word processor to learn more about what I'm talking about.

This book is written in a casual tone and style.