So last year I went to all the trouble to learn how to self-publish a book on Amazon.

Did I write a best-seller?
Nope.

Do I make decent income from book sales?
Nope.

I make about $11 per month from book sales on Amazon. For me, though, that's better than zero. I have a serious attention disorder which prevents me from finishing projects. So for me, finishing something like a book was a really big deal.

I read about how to publish on iTunes and Kobo and other book publishing platforms but I never got around to actually doing it. Perhaps with my next book I'll figure out those additional platforms.

Getting my book finished was probably the hardest thing I've ever forced myself to do in my life. I read all these guides and tips on how to sell my self-published book, but really, sales isn't my thing.

But you know what brought me the most joy throughout the entire process of self-publishing?

Finding this Indian Anchor dude on Fiverr and hiring him to create a book video for me.

His Fiverr profile is here: https://www.fiverr.com/ashwanithakur

He was really fun to work with and he completed my project in a timely manner. He was extremely professional in all his correspondence with me. I think he deserved a lot more than he's asking for in the way of payment. At the time I hired him, I was pretty much broke. His over-the-top performance was exactly what I was looking for and he delivered way more than the $15 I paid him.

Hiring Ashwanithakur was the absolute best part of self-publishing my book. If you need some kind of advertising service, he'd be a good one to choose for your job.

Here's a link to my Amazon book, Un-Crap Your Life: Navigating Life's Crappiest Situations.

The software I used to create my book files is Pressbooks.

If you have questions about how to self-publish a book on Amazon, feel free to ask. I've written some guides to help people figure out the steps. I think I wrote a few of them on Steemit.

ps- I know I owe @teamsteem a book! I have that on my "taking care of things" list.

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