You’ve got a great idea for a book, but you don’t have a publisher. Choosing to publish your own work is a viable and powerful alternative to the traditional approach. Should you do it yourself or pay a company to do it? In this informative and practical Toolbox you’ll learn the essential steps of self-publishing. Key topics include: navigating companies vs. making your own company, creating a publishing entity, finding an editor, compiling and creating material, copyrighting and registering your book, using an online print-on-demand service, designing a cover, marketing your book, launching your book into the world and online, cultivating recognition for your work. Moderated and presented by Steve Harper, a TV writer, playwright and producer who created Laughing Panda Press and published the anthology A Few Short Plays to Save The World – Winner of a 2023 Independent Book Award - available in bookstores and online.